Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 31st Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1899
I, WALTER JAY ENNISSON, of 944, Windsor Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut,
USA, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows;-
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This invention relates to a machine for automatically justifying type or type
matiices into lines of uniform length, or measure," so as to enable them to be
locked up in columns of the desired width to use in the ordinary and well known
processes of stereotyping of punting
In a gencial way the present machine may be regarded as an improvement on
the machine shown and described in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 12960,
May 25th 1897 Many of the fundamental principles of that machine are retained
in the present machine, embodied in mechanism some of which 18 improved in
form, and arrangement so as to better adapt it to its work. Some of the present
devices, analogous to those of the previous machine, are improved by re-arrange-
ment so as to combine them to better advantage, or to secure greater simplicity
or directness of action Still other portions of the machine herein shown are
entirely new devices, some of which are substituted for devices which in the old
machine performed the same or similar functions, while others of those new
devices are adapted to perform functions not contemplated at all in the machine
of the original patent above referred to
The objects of this invention are in general to provide a mole perfectly
organized machine, in which the devices and their respective functions shall be
so combined and correlated as to reduce the number of operating parts, simplify
their construction and mode of operation, reduce to a minimum the loss of time
between the operations of successive lines, and to so organize and combine
devices having similar or closely related functions, as to enable them to be
operated and controlled on a direct and comprehensive plan
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Among the more specific objects of the invention, may be mentioned the
following First, to hold each succeeding line in a waiting position close to the
measuring zone, so as to follow its predecessor with the least possible loss of
time; second, to so arrange the devices, and particular those of them which
perform the initiatory functions of measuring, gaging and setting, as to permit
them, after operating upon a given line, to be released therefrom for operation
upon the succeeding line, instead of requiring them to remain idle throughout

page_text: the completion of each current line; third, to provide a simplified and improved
Betting gage, stop and selector setting device, comprising in the present instance
only three elements, two of which may be integrally united under certain
designated conditions, fourth, to employ a constantly running word mechanism,
with means for stopping the operation of the spacer selecting devices at the
necessary intervals between the lines. Numerous other and minor objects are
hereinafter more fully disclosed in connection with the description of the devices
whereby they are attained.
This machine, like that of the above mentioned patent, 16 primarily intended
for use as an auxiliary to a type setting or composing machine, receiving the
type therefrom, either divided into lines approximating the desired length, or
in a continuous line In the latter case this machine may, and should, be pio-
vided with separating devices, similar to those shown and described in the above
named patent, for detaching from the advancing line a length of type approxi-
mating the width of the desired column, operating in conjunction with special
line separators which have been previously inserted at predetermined spaces
between the lines by the composing machine operator
The line of type is by means of a line grab caned upward through the type
channel against the appropriate stop of a stepped measuring jaw, which serves
to eliminate from the subsequent measurement the aggregate thickness of the
several separators in the line. The net measurement of the line is taken by
means of a measuring beam having a movable pivot or fulcrum which has been
previously set to a position suitably related to the number of spaces in the line
to be measured The measuring end of the beam moves an extent equal to the
"shortage" of the line, which is the amount required to extend the line to its
desired length or measure The corresponding movement of the opposite end of
the measuring beam, thus diminished in a iatio duectly proportionate to the
number of spaces in the line to be justified, operates through the medium of a
peculiarly constructed and arranged stop and setting gage to set the devices
which select from conveniently adjacent channels the proper spacer or com-
bination of spacers, which when inserted in each of the spaces between the words
of the line, will space it out to the required length
The words which compose the
line just measured are then lifted one at a time, by means of the word elevating
mechanism, engaging successively with each of their underlying and projecting
separators, up to the injecting zone in which the justifying spacers are inserted,
the corresponding temporary separator being pushed out of the line at the same
time Provision is also made, as in the patent above referred to, for "correct-
ing or varying the selection of spacers or combinations of spacers, because of
the fact that few lines can be exactly spaced out to the measure by the unvailed
repetition of any possible combination of fixed sizes of spacers
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Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, taken together, form a front elevation of
the preferred embodiment of the present invention, Fig 1 comprising the lower
ight hand portion, Fig. 2 the portion lving immediately above what is shown
in Fig. 1, and Fig 3 the portion of the machine immediately adjoining the left
hand side of what is shown in Fig 1. Fig 4 18 an end elevation looking at
the night hand end of what is shown in Figs 1 and 2, and Fig 5 18 an end
elevation looking from the opposite on left hand ends of Figs 2 and 3 Figs. 6
and 7, taken together, form a plan view of the machine, Fig 6 being a plan of
what 18 shown in Figs 1 and 2, while Fig. 7 is a plan of what is shown in Fig 3
Fig. 8 18 an elevation in section taken on the line 8-8 of Figs 1 and 6, showing
the type chanuel and the parts appurtenant thereto Fig 9 is a front view
showing in detail the construction and arrangement of the measuring apparatus
and the devices co-operating therewith for setting the spacer selecting devices
In this figure the measuring beam is shown in its normal horizontal resting
position Fig 9 18 a front view of some of the devices of Fig 9, showing the
measuring beam at the inclination to which it would be moved in measuring the
line shown in Fig. 9 Fig. 9b and 9° are end views of the selector setting gage

page_text: and its stop in two different positions, Fig 9b being a projection from Fig. 9*
showing the parts in the position occupied in that figure, while Fig. 9° represents
an end view of the same parts in the position occupied by them in Fig. 9
The succeeding figures of the drawings, excepting Fig. 40, are made to a scale
substantially twice that of the preceding figures Figs. 10 and 11, taken together,
form a front view of the type channel, showing in connection therewith the
pawls of the elevating, measuring and word grab mechanisms, Fig 10 being an
elevation of the lower portion, and Fig. 11 an elevation of the upper portion of
the channel Fig. 11ª 18 a left hand end elevation projected from Fig 11.
Fig. 12 is an underneath view, in section taken on the line 12-12 of Fig. 10,
showing the devices for releasing the line canier from its grab when the former
reaches the position shown in the latter figure, after having carried the previously
measured line out of the measuring zone Fig. 13 18 a partial plan view of the
spacer ejecting and assembling mechanism showing the parts in the position
occupied by them when the carriage and its attached parts are approximately at
the night hand end of their respective reciprocating movement Fig. 14 18 a
front elevation, projected from Fig 13, showing the parts in a corresponding
position. Fig 14ª is a complete plan view of the spacer ejecting and assembling
mechanism, showing the parts in the position occupied by them when the
carriage is at the left hand end of its stroke Fig. 15 is a plan view in section
taken on the line 15-15 of Fig 1, showing the governing devices. Fig. 15* 15
a front elevation projected from Fig. 15 Fig 16 is a left hand elevation in
section taken substantially on the line 16-16 of Fig. 15°, showing in detail the
construction of the devices for releasing the line shaft clutch Fig 17 18 a view
showing in detail the clutch releasing cam. Fig 18 is a table representing the
system of space combinations, the first vertical column thereof being a graphic
representation of the progressive combinations of type, the second vertical column
being descriptive of those combinations in terms of the four sizes of spacers
employed, which sizes are designated by the letters A, B, C, and D respectively,
while the third column expresses the comparative value of each spacer combin-
ation in units of the type measurement. Fig. 19 is a rear view in section taken
on the line-19-19 of Fig. 15, showing the devices for imparting intermittent
partial rotation to the line clutch releasing cam Fig 20 is a front view partly
in section, showing a portion of the line shaft with its shiftable clutch, and the
co-engaging clutch of the driving shaft
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Figures 21 to 26 inclusive, are views showing the details of various portions
of the mechanism. Fig 21 18 a side view, and Fig 22 an edge view, of a portion
of the mutilated sector gear employed for returning the setting gage to its first
position Fig. 23 is a plan view of a portion of the setting gage, showing a
yielding end tooth of the rack thereof Fig. 24 18 an edge view in section
taken on the line 24-24 of Fig. 25, showing the construction of the driving pawl
for the controller. Fig. 25 is a side view in section taken on the line 25-25
of Fig 15, of the controller ratchet wheel, driving pawl, and the releasing cam
therefor Fig 26 is an end view in section taken on the line 26-26 of Fig. 15
Figure 27 is a plan view and Fig. 28 18 a rear elevation, of the improved cor-
recting devices Fig 29 is a left hand end view projected from Fig. 28
Figs 30, 31 and 32, are rear elevations of the improved correcting devices, repre-
senting three different phases of its operation. Fig 33 is an end view in
section taken tiansversely through the adjusting quills at the projection 84 of the
fuleum block 80 Fig 34 is a front elevation drawn to full size scale, of the
selector setting slide
Figure 35 is a side view in section taken on the line 35-35 of Fig. 36, show-
ing the simplest though not preferred form, of the setting gage and stop.
Fig 26 18 an end view partly in section taken on the line 36 36 of Fig. 35
Fig 37 is a side view in section taken on the line 37-37 of Fig. 38, showing a
modified arrangement of the improved setting gage and stop, in which the latter
is fitted between inclined wings of the gage Fig. 38 is an end view, in section

page_text: taken on the line 38-38 of Fig. 37. Fig. 39 18 an end view, showing another
modification of my improved setting gage and stop, the former being provided
with wings for engaging on opposite sides of the stop, only one of the wings
being inclined to the direction of movement of the gage, the other being parallel
therewith. Fig 40 18 a side view in enlarged scale of a setting gage similar
to that of Fig. 35, having its gaging surface disposed in an inclined 'series of
steps, the longitudinal pitch of which is substantially equal to that of the steps
of the selector couerting racks 168, 169 and 170.
In 117
In order to show the operative parts of the machine as plainly as possible;
there 18 herein shown only that poition of the fiaming W which is most inti
mately connected therewith, it being understood that that framework is intended
to be supported on or incorporated with the frame of the type composing machine,
with which it is to be employed.
For greater convenience in describing the different parts of this machine,' it
will, as in the case of the patent above referred to, be herein considered as being
somewhat arbitrarily divided into three principal groups of mechanism, desig-
nated as, The Line Mechanism, The Word Mechanism, and the Governing
Mechanism By the term "Line Mechanism" it is intended to designate those
parts which are principally concerned in the manipulation of the lines, as such,
most of those paits performing their complete function once for each line justi-
hed. The term "Word Mechanism" is herein employed to designate the parts
principally concerned in the manipulation of the succeeding words in the lines
Most, if not all, of these parts perform their complete function or cycle of move-
ment once for each space between the words contained in the lines justified The
teim "Governing Mechanism is herein used to designate the devices located at
the lower right hand portion of the machine, as viewed in Figure 1, which, upon
being set to correspond with the number of spaces in the given lines, seives to
cause the devices of the word mechanism to repeat their operation once for each
one of these spaces, and serves also, when each line nears its completion, to start
the line mechanism into operation upon the succeeding line.
"
The two groups of mechanism heiein designated as the line and the word
mechanisms are herein considered as being sub-divided into sections or com-
bimations of mechanism, with reference to the particular function or functions
performed by each These sub-divisions are herein designated as far as possible
by names which aio indicative or suggestive of their respective functions, and
they will be described as nearly as possible in the natural and logical sequence.
The general drvision herein designated as the line mechanism 18 assumed to
be divided into the following sections or sub-divisions, —
WORD GRAB MECHANISM, SPACFR SELECTING MFCHANISM, SPACER ASSEMBLING AND
INJECTING MICHANISM, SFLECTOR CORRECTING MECHANISM
The pants comprised in the general division called the line mechanism are
nearly all connected with and receive their motion from the line shaft 40, which
extends horizontally though the machine, being mounted in suitable bearings
brackets attached to the frame W At the night hand end of the me shaft
and in line therewith, 18 located the driving shaft 41, which has fixed upon its
left hand end, adjacent to the line shaft, the clutch 42, the line shaft 40 being

page_text: provided with a co-engaging clutch 43, which 18 splined to the line shaft so as
to slide longitudinally thereon to an extent sufficient to enable it 'to be moved
into and out of engagement with the driving clutch 42. The line shaft
clutch 43 is normally held toward its right hand or engaging position, shown
in Fig. 20, by means of the spring 44, the clutch being withdrawn therefrom
against the pressure of the spring by means of the governing mechanism, as
will be hereinafter described.
Motion is communicated to the word mechanism of this machine by means of
the vertical word shaft 45, which is journalled in suitable bearings of the
fiame W, and has at its upper end the crank 46, which drives,the,,word
mechanism That shaft has also upon its lower end the worm or spiral gear 47,
by means of which motion is communicated to the governing mechanism. The
word shaft has also fixed upon it the bevel gear 48, which meshes with the
bevel gear 49 fixed on the driving shaft 41. The relative size of these gears 1s
herein shown to be substantially 1 to 3, so that the word shaft makes three
revolutions to one of the driving shaft, and consequently of the line shaft when
the latter is clutched thereto, but this ratio of the gearing may obviously be
changed to suit the conditions peculiar to, or desirable for, each particular
machine
In employing this machine as an auxiliary to a type composing machine, it
may be connected with the driving shafts of the latter by means of a belt upon
the grooved pulley 50 of the word shaft, or the diving shaft 41 may be extended
toward the light from the position shown in Figure 1, and be provided with any
suitable driving gear.
The type channel 51, formed by and between the plates 52 and 53, in a vertical
position, its lower end, shown in Fig. 1, leading from the type channel of the
composing machine from which a line of type of approximately the desned
length is separated by means which form no part of the present invention, but
which may be similar to that described in the previous patent above refered to
The separations between the words in the lines are preserved by means of
separators U having ends projecting beyond the type and beyond the edges of
the type channel 61, far enough to be engaged by the word grab devices, here-
mafter described
In the machine of the previous patent two different lengths of separators were
employed, one to preserve the separations between words, and the other to pie-
serve the separation between the lines, the ends of the latter separators pro-
Jecting beyond the ends of the word separators far enough to enable them to
be engaged by the line gab devices, and these differing lengths of separators
may also be used in connection with the present machine if the means adopted
for separating the independent lines from a continuous line render then employ-
ment necessary or desirable
Near the lower end of the type channel is located the pawl 54, which 18
pivotally mounted at, the side of the channel with its end projecting across that
channel, and each line of type delivered from the composing machine is pushed
up in the channel far enough so that its underlying separator rests upon the
pawl 54, from whence it is taken by the line elevating mechanism A similar
pawl 55 18 located just above the measuring zone of the type channel, upon the
top of which the line of type after being measured is raised by the elevating
pawl 62.
LINE ELEVATING MECHANISM
This, is best shown in Figs. 1, 4, 8, 10, 11 and 12, and consists of two principal

page_text: across the type channel. The lower slide 59 has pivotally mounted upon it the
pawl 64, which by means of the spring 65 18 also normally held in the plane of
the type channel, the channel plate o2 being suitably slotted to allow of the
necessary amount of travel of the respective elevating pawls. The two elevating
slides are connected by means of the rod 66, which as herein shown, is fixed in
the upper slide 58, and extends loosely through the hole in the lower slide 39,
resting normally upon a latch 67, which 18 pivotally mounted upon that slide,
and is normally held by means of the spring 68 beneath the rod 66, as best
shown in Fig. 12. The lower slide 59, while at rest, occupies the waiting
position shown in Fig. 11, with its pawl 64 supporting a line of type t in readi-
ness to be carried past the measuring pawl 150 into the measuring zone at the
commencement of the succeeding operation of the elevating mechanism. When
the lower slide is brought to this position, the pawl 62 of the upper slide
extends to and slightly past the upper surface of the type channel pawi 55, and
upon reaching this position the latch 67 18 withdiawn om beneath the rod 66
by ding over the cam 69, (best shown in Fig. 1) and the upper slide 58 is
allowed to fall from the position shown in full line in Fig. 10 to the position
shown in dot and dash lines in the same figure, in which latter position it 18
supported upon the projection 70, where it rests until again lifted by the
succeeding movement of the slide 59, which when at its lowest position shown
in Fig. 1, allows the latch 67 to pass again beneath the 1od 66.
The respective movements of the elevating slides 58 and 59 are imparted from
a crank 71 on the line shaft 40, which in this embodiment 18 a built-up crank
consisting of the arms 72 and 73, connected by the pin 74, which engages in a
adial slot in the elevating level 75 pivotally mounted upon the stud 76, fixed
in the framing W, the forward end of the lever being connected by means of the
link 77 with the lower slide 59 The extent of movement of these parts 18 best
represented in Fig 8, in which the lever 75 18 shown by dotted lines at its
extreme positions, being represented in its intermediate or resting positions by
full lines, coinciding with the position shown in Fig 10.
At the beginning of each intermittent 1otation of the line shaft upon being
engaged by the clutch 42, the lever 75 is carried from the full line position
shown in Fig. 8 to its upper dot and dash position of the same figure, thereby
carrying the line of type by means of the elevating pawl 64 from the position in
which it is shown in Fig 10, into the measuring zone, leaving it upon the
measuring pawl 130 Duing this upward movement of the slide 59, the slide 58
rests in its lower or dot and dash position of Fig. 10, having, as above described
been disengaged from the latch 67 at the conclusion of its previous movement.
The continued rotation of the crank 71 carries the lever 75 and its connected lower
slide 59 to its lowest position, shown in Fig. 1, at which it picks up the succeed-
ing line from the lower channel pawl 54 At the same time the latch 67 en-
gages again beneath the rod 66, so that both of the slides 58 and 59 are carried
to their full line position shown in Fig 10, at which point the latch 67 18 by means
of its cam withdrawn from beneath the rod 66, allowing the slide 58 to diop
to its dot and dash position, the slides resting in these positions until the succeed-
ing rotation of the line shaft.

page_text: to be measured, the position occupied by the fulcrum during the measurement
of a given line depending upon the number of spaces in that line. The present
machine is represented in the drawings as being capable of justifying lines having
from two to ten spaces, it being obvious, however, that the principle employed is
capable of extension to any desired degree. Therefore the fulcrum of this
machine may require to be moved to any one of nine positions, being moved
sometimes one, sometimes eight or nine spaces or intervals to the right or to the
left, as the case may be, from its previous position.
A lug 84, best shown in Figs. 33 and 34, extends from the fulcrum block 80
into the path of movement of the adjusting quilla 85, 86, splined upon the
universal setting shaft 87. The construction and mode of operation of the
fulcrum block engaging portion of these quills is substantially like that of the
Patent No. 12960, May 25th, 1897, above referred to, and is best shown in
Figs. 14, 15, 32 and 33 thereof, with the exception that the stopped openings
between the quills are herein shown to be rectangular to conform to the shape
of the rectangular lug 84. The quills of the present machine are, however,
moved lengthwise, by means of independent cams 88 and 89, through the medium
of the arms 90 and the links 91, instead of being connected by gearing and
operated by a single cam, as in the aforesaid patent.
The shatt 87 extends nearly the full length of the machine, being journalled
upon portions of the framing Wat suitable intervals in its length. At its
extreme left hand end it is provided, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, with a pinion 100,
meshing with a vertical rack 101, fitted to slide upon the 1od 104, being drawn
downwardly by means of the spring 102 At a point adjacent to the type channel
the shaft has fixed upon or integial with it the enlarged collar 92, provided with
index pins 93
These pins are arranged spirally upon the collar, coinciding in
circumferential position with the fulcrum engaging steps of the quills, and being
spaced longitudinally of the collar at a distance apart substantially equal to the
diameter of one of the pins These pins engage with a stop 94, which is fitted
to slide longitudinally in a bracket 95, a portion of the stop being provided
with rack teeth engaging with the pinion 96, on the shaft 97. That shaft is
Journalled in suitable bearings in the type channel plates, and extends trans-
versely to and at one side of the type channel As best shown in Fig 8, the
shaft 97 is provided with ratchet wheels 98 and 99, the teeth of which extend
across the ends of the type channel, so as to engage with the ends of the sepa-
tors, as best shown in Fig. 10, and these ratchet wheels are rotated a single
stop by each separator in the line of type, as the latter is carried up into the
measuring zone by the line elevating mechanism. This step by step rotation
of the shaft 97 moves the stop 94 from its normal resting position beneath the
right hand index pin toward the left, as viewed in Fig. 1, thereby bringing the
stop beneath that pin which corresponds to the number of separators that have
been carried past the ratchet wheels 98 and 99 As the stop is moved from be-
neath each successive pin, the shaft 87, with its adjusting quills, is rotated by
the force of the spring 102, thereby bringing the next index pin down upon the
stop, each pin serving also as it drops past the right hand end of the stop to
prevent the return movement of the stop toward the night, under the influence
of its weight 103. Therefore, when a line having a given number of spaces has
been carried by the elevating mechanism into the measuring zone, the shaft 87,
with its quills, will stand in a position so related to the number of those spaces as to
carry the fulcrum of the measuring beam to its proper relative position for that
number of spaces
During the time that the quills are being set to their suitable circumferential
position, as just described, the two quills are drawn fully apart longitudinally,
so as to permit of their rotation without interfering with the lug 84 of the fulcrum
block. At the conclusion of the rotative movement of the shaft 87 and its quille,
the latter are moved longitudinally together, by means of their cams 88 and 89,
thereby bringing them to the position shown in Fig. 1, and moving the fulcrum

page_text: This is best shown in detail in Figures 9 and 9° The measuring beam 120
18 provided with a longitudinal slide way in which is fitted the pivot block 121,
the latter being pivotally mounted upon the stud upon the fulcrum pin 83 The
measuring beam normally rests between its measuring operations in the hori
zontal position shown in Fig. 9, being thereby parallel with the ways 81, and 82,
so as to permit the fulcrum and the pivot block to be readily moved by the
fulcrum, setting mechanism to a suitable position for measuring the succeeding
line The right hand end of the measuring beam 18 connected by the pivot
pin 122 to the vertical slide 123. That slide is fitted at its ends in a portion
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page_text: This consists of three principal parts,--a stop operatively connected with the
measuring mechanism, a setting gage, which by means of a weight or a spring,
is brought into contact with the stop at the conclusion of the measuring opera-
tion, and a selector setting slide, which 18 carried by the movement of the
setting gage into suitable relation to the spacer selecting mechanism.
The setting gage stop 134 is fitted to slide vertically in a portion of the
framing W to the extent required by the maxunum movement of the left
hand end of the measuring beam, with which it is connected by means of the
pivot pin 133, on the slide block 132, the latter being fitted in the longitudinal
slide way at the left hand end of the measuring beam. The construction and
mode of operation of this stop is best represented in Figs 9, 9*, and 9*. The
upper end of the setting gage stop 134 is provided with a peculiarly shaped
triangular opening 138, the inclined sides of which operate in conjunction with
the correspondingly inclined sides of the spear shaped end of the setting
gage 135
This spear pointed end is tapering in plan view, shown in Fig. 7,
and its opposite sides 136 and 137 are inclined, as shown in Figs 9b and 9°
The corresponding sides of the triangular opening 138 in the setting gage stop
are similarly inclined, so as to fit against the sides 136 and 137, at whatever
position they may come in contact, within their respective ranges of movement
In this embodiment of the invention, the, resultant ratio of movement of the
setting gage with relation to its stop, arising from this composition of the angles
of then engaging 'surfaces 18 substantially 8 to 1: that is to say, the lowering
of the stop 134 to the extent of the eighth of an inch, allows the setting gage
to move toward the left one inch. This particular ratio 18, however, not
essential, as any other ratio may be chosen which best suits the desired con-
struction, or permissible range of movement of the respective parts
It will be seen that this to 8 ratio of the vertical movement of the stop
to the horizontal movement of its setting gage; 18 the same as though their
co-engaging surfaces were disposed in what may be termed a simple inclination

page_text: to the duection of movement, as shown in Figs 35 and 36, at an angle having
the tangent 0 125, but by disposing those gaging surfaces in planes, each or
which have the described compound inclination to the two duections of move-
ment, and which are oppositely and symmetrically disposed with relation to
a plane passing through its longitudinal centie, the utility of the device con-
sidered with reference to the accuracy of its operation, 18 doubled, inasmuch as
the variations of its successive stoppings or settings are diminished by one-half.
In other words, the compound inclination of either one of the gaging sides of
the setting gage secures the desued ratio of movement, while the doubling of
the angle by adding a mated counterpart on the other side of its centie line,
or plane of symmetry, corespondingly diminishes or blunts the acuteness of
the angle of contact between the setting gage and its stop, thereby lessening
to a corresponding degree the possible variation In the setting operation
thereof
The stop engaging end of the setting gage is herein shown to be guided in
its longitudinal movement by means of splines 135 sliding in coresponding
spline ways in the flaming W, the stop 134 being similarly grooved to clear
the splines
During the measuring operation the setting gage is held at the right hand
end of its movement, as shown in Fig 9, by means of the detent 139, pivotally
mounted upon the framing W, and is provided with a connecting iod 140,
which extends into engaging relation to the cam strip 141, on the side of the
cam 89, which, at the conclusion of the measuring operation, and while the
measuring beam and the stop 134 are in the position shown in Fig 9, lifts
the detent out of its notch in the setting gage, thus allowing the latter to be
drawn toward the left by means of the weight 142 to the extent permitted by
the position to which the triangular opening 138 of the stop has been set by the
measuring movement of the beam The weight is connected with the setting
gage by means of a cord passing over the pulley 143
This movement of the setting gage towaid the left at the conclusion of the
measuring operation is transmitted to the selector setting slide 145, by means
of the adjusting screw 144, fitted in an upwardly projecting portion of the
Betting gage
The slide 145 is fitted to slide horizontally in the faming W,
and is noimally held toward the right against the buffer 145 by means of
the spring 146 the other end of which is attached to a fixed portion of the
fiaming
The slide 145 is provided with repeated series of steps of different heights,
which constitute the setting racks for the space selecting and selector cor-
iecting mechanisms These lacks are attached to, or integral with, the slide 145,
and are herein shown to be arranged in three sections longitudinally thereof,
the rack sections for the spacer selecting mechanism being herein designated
by the numerals 165, 166 and 167, which are arranged side by side in pairs
with the corresponding sections 168, 169 and 170, respectively, for the selector
correcting mechanism
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The right hand end of the slide 145 is provided with the steps 172, 173
and 174, which extend beneath and in engaging relation to the basic table
mechanism, as best shown in Fig 14 The function and mode of operation of
these steps and of the selector setting racks will be hereinafter described in
connection with the spacer selecting mechanism
The under side of the slide 145 is provided with notches, coinciding in pitch
and honzontal position with the steps of the setting rack sections 168, 169, 170.
The detent 147 pivotally mounted upon the framing W, is pressed into engage-
ment with these notches by means of a spring 148 The slide 145 is thus
detained in the extreme position to which it is carried toward the left by each
movement of the setting gage, it being desirable to withdraw the latter to its
resting position in order to allow also of the immediate return movement of
the stop, measuring beam and the fulcrum setting mechanism, so that those

page_text: This comprises the devices by means of which the words of the line resting
upon the paw 53 are cared therefrom one at a time above the injecting
zone 56, leaving each underlying separator in that zone, at which point the
separators are removed from the line, and the final justifying spaceis substi-
tuted therefor.
The word slide 175 18 fitted to slide vertically in its ways in the framing W
to an extent sufficient to carry the last and lowest word testing on the pawl 55,
upon which the separator rests during ejectinent The slide is provided with
the word pawls 177, located at the opposite edges of the type channel 51, 80
as to engage only with the projecting ends of the word separators U of the
line These pawls are pivotally mounted upon the slide 175 and are vieldingly
pressed toward the channel by their respective spring 178 The stop fingers 179
are also pivotally mounted upon the word slide, their pivots being preferably
concentric with those of the word pawls These fingers are also arranged upon
opposite edges of the type channel, and are preferably connected together as
by means of the pin 180, so that they operate as one The separator engaging
points of these stop fingers face downwardly, and are located inmediately over
those of the word pawls 177, leaving between them a space slightly greater
than the thickness of the separators These fingers are provided near their
upper ends with a pin 181 which during the vertical movement of the fingers
slide in the slot 182, best shown in Fig 2 That slot is arranged parallel
with the type channel, excepting at its upper end, where it is inclined toward
the right, so as to carry the stop fingers clear of the separator before the

page_text: latter euches the injecting zone, in order that the stop fingers may clear the
separator at the beginning of then return movement, after which the stop
finger is again canied by its guiding slot into the plane of the type channel,
so as to engage with the uppermost word separator Upon the next upward
movement of the word slide the pawls 177 engage beneath the separatoi and
cany it to the top of the detent 176 Thus at each succeeding stroke of the
word grab the uppermost word is lifted from the line and cariied up to the
injecting plane, the upward movement of the slide being sufficient to carry the
type line above the separator upon the top of the pawls 183, the separator
being allowed to fall lightly to its resting place upon the pawl 176
supporting surfaces of the pawls 183 are located above that of the pawl 176
to an extent somewhat greater than that of the greatest requned width of
space combinations, so as to allow the widest combination to be readily inserted
beneath the word The pawl 176 18 yieldingly held to its position shown in
Fig 11 by means of the spring 176*
The
The vertical movements of the word shde ale communicated by means of
the cranked aim 185, pivotally mounted at 186 to the framing W. The longer
end of this aim is provided with a cross pin which engages in the elongated slot
of the link 187, while the shorter aim of the crank is connected by means of
the rod 188 with the carriage 230 Being thus driven, the cranked aim 185
has an unvarying range of movement but its connection with the word slide by
means of the slotted link 187 allows the downward movement of the slide to be
arrested by each succeeding separator of the line that is being carried up, the
slot of the link allowing the cranked arm to make its full stroke
Before describing the spacer selecting, assembling, injecting and correcting
mechanisms, it is deemed advisable to give a brief explanation of the system upon
which the spaces are arranged and combined, that system being substantially
like that shown in the previous Patent No 12960, May 25th 1897 It is best
represented in the table of Fig 18, of which the first vertical column is a graphic
representation of the progressive combinations of type. The second vertical
column is descriptive of the respective combinations in terms of the four lettered
sizes of spaceis, while the third column expresses the equivalents thereof in
thousandths of an inch, it being assumed that the present machine is adapted to
the justification of type of the size designated as 7-point or minion. It is, how-
ever, obvious that the system is equally applicable to any other size by a similar
sub-division of the em thereof.
The justifying spacers employed in this system are four in number, herein
designated by the letters A, B, C and D. As shown by the table, the setwise
thickness of the smallest spacer A is assumed to be equal to one-fourth of the
em of type which is being justified, which in the present case would be equal
to 024 of an inch The difference in size between these spacers is uniformly
one-sixteenth of an em, or substantially 006 of an inch in the case of 7-point
type It will be seen that the spacers B, C and D) are never combined with
each other, and that no more than one of them is ever employed in a given
combination but the spacer A is repeated to any extent required to fill out
the thickness called for By reason of the fact that the A spacer is the smallest
emploved, and also because it is thus repeated in the different combinations, we
designate it as the basic spacer, while the spacers B, C, D are given the general
designation of fractional spacers On account of this frequent repetition of the
basic spacet A in the various combinations, the devices employed for its selection
differ considerably from those which are employed in the selection and ejection
of the fractional spacers
The supply of basic on A spacers is contained in the channel 195, situated
immediately alongside the type channel: while the fractional spacers B, C
and Dae contained in the channels 196, 197 and 198 respectively, which are
arranged side by side adjacent to a raceway 199, upon which they are ejected as
required.

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The general construction, arrangement and operation of this mechanism is
substantially like that of the previous Patent No. 12960, the improvements em-
bodied in the present machine being specific rather than fundamental
present machine, like that of the said Patent, is provided with a series of selecting
fingers mounted on a reciprocating carriage, the upper and lower fingers being
adapted to select the basic or A spacers, while the three intermediate fingers
communicate respectively with the ejecting mechanisms of the channels con-
taining the B, C and D spacers. The selection of the desired spacer is deter-
mined by the position of a selector which 18 movable in the plane of the selecting
fingers, its position therein being determined by the horizontal position of tho
selector setting slide 145
That portion of the spacer selecting mechanism which attends to the A or
basic spacers will now be more particularly described.
This mechanism 18 hest shown in Figures 13, 14 and 14 The basic table 200
is fitted to slide vertically in a portion of the fiaming W, the spur-like poi-
tions 200 of the table extending beneath and supporting the column of basic
or A spaceis contained in the channel 195. Located beneath and supporting
the basic table 18 the stop 201, which 18 pivotally mounted upon the shoe 202,
the upper surface of the stop being provided with three steps for the support
of the table, which differ in height by an amount equalling the thickness of one
of the basic spacers
The shoe 202 18 also fitted to slide vertically in ways of the
fiaming W and its lower end rests upon one of the stepped elevating planes 172,
173 and 174 of the selector setting slide 145. Each of these steps, like those of
the stop 201, equals the thickness of a basic spacer A, the parts being 20 p10-
portioned and arranged that when the shoe 202 rests upon the highest plane 172,
with the highest step of the stop 201 beneath the basic table, the spurs 200* of
the latter are close against the lower end of the spacer channel 195, so that
none of the spacers therein are exposed to the action of the extractor.
Therefore, the number of A spacers that may be simultaneously withdrawn from
the channel 195 depends both upon the angular position of the stop 201, and
the longitudinal position of the selector setting slide 145.
From the foregoing description of the selector setting mechanism, it will be
understood that the slide 145 remains in the position in which it is left by the
measurement of the given line throughout the operation of inserting the justifying
spacers in all of the spaces contained in that line, so that the position of the
shoe 202 remains constant during that operation, and if the stop 201 were also
to remain in a constant angular position, the same number of basic spacers would
be inserted in each space of any given line, but for reasons which are apparent
by reference to the table in Fig. 18, and also for other reasons hereinafter ex-
plained in connection with the selector correcting mechanism, it is necessary to
provide for the occasional insertion of one or two additional basic or A spacers.
As a means for satisfying this occasional requirement, the basic stop 201 is
provided with its middle and lower steps, which by the angular adjustments of
the stop are brought beneath the basic table, thereby obtaining respectively one
and two additional basic spacers. The determination of the step to be brought
beneath the basic table, and consequently the number of additional A spacers to
be extracted, is controlled by the selector. The basic stop is connected by means
of the rod 203 with the frame 204, fitted to slide longitudinally in the framing W
being pressed toward the right by the spring 209, and that frame is provided
with two spurs 205, 206, located in the plane of the ends of the series of ejecting
leveis, as hest shown in Fig 29. These spurs are of different lengths, the shorter
spur 205 being in the horizontal plane of the selecting finger 225, so that the
latter when deflected by the selector, moves the frame far enough to bring the

page_text: middle step of the basie stop beneath the basic table, thereby allowing one
additional basic space to be extracted from its channel, while the longer spur 206,
located in the plane of movement of the selecting finger 229, 1s moved thereby,
when the latter is deflected by the selector, far enough to buing the lowest step
of the stop 201 beneath the basic table, thereby allowing of the extraction of two
additional basic spaceis
The
The means for extracting these basic spacers, which by this movement of the
basic table 200 are exposed to the extracting operation, will be hereinafter des-
cribed in connection with the spacer assembling and injecting mechanism
means for selecting the fractional spacers B, C and D will next be described
The spacers B, C and D are contained in the channels 196, 197, 198, respec-
tively, the lower ends of which open upon the raceway 199, which extends toward
the left from the channel 195, the surface of the raceway being in the plane of
the bottom of the latter channel These channels are provided with the ejecting
plungers 214, 215 and 216 respectively, the latter being connected by means of
the links 217, 218 and 219, with the ejecting levers 220, 221 and 222 respectively.
These levers are pivotally mounted upon the vertical stud 223, fixed in a lug of
the framing W. The range of movement of these levers and their connected
plungers is sufficient to eject the spacers endwise from their respective channels
on to the raceway 199, in front of the assembling plunger The front ends of
these three injecting levers, and the two spuis 205, and 206, are arranged in a
series in a vertical plane parallel with and adjacent to the plane of movement
of the selector 240.
The selecting fingers 225, 226, 227, 228 and 229 are located in a vertical series
adjacent to the spur 205, the ejecting levers 220, 221, 222, and the spur 206
respectively. These fingers are pivotally mounted upon a vertical stud 236,
fixed in the cari lage 230, which is fitted to slide horizontally in the ways 231,
232, being connected at its right hand end by means of the rod 233 with the
crank 46, fixed on the upper end of the continuously rotating word shaft 45.
The reciprocating movement of the carriage is sufficient to move the series of
selecting fingers from the position shown in Fig. 13 to that shown in Fig 14°,
and the selecting fingers are independently and yieldingly held in the position
occupied by the finger 229 in Fig. 13 by means of their respective springs 235,
BO as to hold them clear of their respective injecting levers and spurs, only a
single finger of the series being deflected by the selector 240 into engagement
with its lever or its spur, as the case may be, during any given reciprocation of
the carriage.
The selector 240 is a projection preferably integral with the selector slide 241,
which is supported at its ends in bearings in the crosshead 242. That cross-
head is fitted to slide upon fixed ways on opposite sides of the support 243,
which extends upwardly from the framing W. The crosshead is provided with
a foot 244, which extends downwardly in the plane of the steps of the selector
setting racks 165, 166 and 167, so as to rest upon that particular step thereof
which is brought beneath it as a result of the operation of the measuring and
selector setting mechanisms. The selector, best shown in Figs. 13, 14, 28 and 29,
is located in the general vertical plane of the selecting fingers 225 to 229 inclusive,
and has a range of vertical movement, due to that of the crosshead, corresponding
to the width of the four lower fingers of the series The selector has also a
vertical movement upon and relative to its crosshead of an extent equal to the
pitch or centre distance between the selecting fingers, which movement, added
to that of the crosshead. enables the selector to be brought opposite to any
one of the five fingers of the series, as may be determined by the position in
which the crosshead rests at the conclusion of the measuring and selector setting
operation, modified in some instances by the operation of the selector correcting
mechanism But unless thus modified, the selector slide rests at its lowest
position relative to the crosshead, as shown in Figs 28 and 29, being yieldingly

page_text: held in this position by its gravity aided by the spring 245, attached to the
crosshead 242. Therefore, in the description of this section the slide will be
considered as remaining in its lowest position relative to the crosshead.
The
When the foot 244 of the crosshead 242, rests upon the lowest step a of the
rack 165, the third or highest working plane 172 of the selector setting slide 145
is beneath and supports the shoe 202. At this time the highest step of the basic
stop 201 being also beneath the basic table the latter is held in its highest position
against and entirely closing the bottom of the basic spacer channel 195
selector, being in its lowest position relative to the crosshead, stands in the line
of movement of the leading rounded end of the selecting finger 225, so that the
latter, when moved toward the left by its cannage, is deflected by contact with
the bevelled side of the selector into engagement with the spur 205 of the basic
stop frame 204, thereby bringing the middle step of the basic stop beneath the
basic table 200, and lowering the column of basic spacers far enough to allow
one of them to be extracted therefrom. The pitch o vertical height between
the centres of the selecting fingers of the carriage, is equal to that of the respective
steps of the setting racks 165, 166 and 167, so that when the second step of the
rack 165 1 set beneath the foot 244 of the crosshead the selector 240 will be
held in the plane of the second selecting finger 226, which upon being deflected
by that selector engages with the ejecting lever 220, thereby ejecting the lowest
spacer B in the channel 196 upon the laceway 199 Similarly, the crosshead
foot 244, when resting upon either the third or fourth steps of either of the
setting racks 165, 166 or 167, presents the selector 240 in the plane of the
fingers 227 or 228 respectively, thereby ejecting a C or a D spacer by means of
their respective ejecting levers
The selector is only raised into engaging relation to the upper finger 229 for
the extraction of two A spacers, in addition to those called for by the planes of
the selector setting slide 145, by the operation of the selector collecting
mechanism, as will be hereinafter explained in connection therewith.
It will be noted that the length of each of the planes 172, 173 and 174 of the
selector setting slide 145 corresponds with that of each of the sections 165, 166
and 167 of the setting racks, so that the same plane underlies the shoe 202 of
the basic stop, whichever one of the steps in a given section is presented beneath
the foot 244 of the crosshead. For example, some portion of the plane 172
remains beneath the basic shoe 202, during the time that either step of the
section 165 is beneath the foot 244. But if the selector setting slide is moved
far enough to the left to bring either of the steps of the section 166 beneath that
foot, the corresponding plane 173 of the slide is simultaneously brought beneath
the ahoe 202, thereby lowering the basic table far enough to allow of the extraction
of two A spacers. Thus the operation of the planes 172, 173 and 174 and their
ahoe 202, relative to that of the sections 165, 166 and 167, and the foot 244, 18
analogous to that of the ordinary arithmetical operation of adding up columns
of figures, the passage of the foot 244 over the four steps of the section 165
indicating an increase in the measurement of an amount equalling one of the
basic spacers, which amount, like the "tena" of the units column in the arith-
metical operation, is "carried" to the sum total, by the dropping down of the
shoe of the basic table upon the next lower plane, thereby calling for an addi-
tional basic spacer, whereupon the foot of the selector crosshead in passing to
the next section descends again to the first or lowest step thereof
On account of the fact that the word mechanism of the machine runs con-
tinuously, it is necessary in this embodiment of the invention to prevent the
extraction of the spacers from their channels after the conclusion of each line.
and while the measuring and selector setting operations are being performed
upon each succeeding line This is done in the present instance by elevating the
selector entirely above the series of selecting fingers by means of the elevating
lever 247, which is attached to the crosshead by means of the link 248
That

page_text: lever is fixed upon the shaft 249 pivoted in the bracket 250, and has fixed upon
its opposite end the aim 251, which is connected by means of the rod 252 with
the link 253 pivotally mounted on the stud 254. As a means for simultaneously
stopping the further extraction of basic spacers, the shoe 202 is connected with
the crosshead elevating lever 247 by means of the arm 207 and its connecting
rod 208, so that the elevating movement of the crosshead is communicated by
means of the pin 255, fixed in the side of the controller 312, which being a part
of the governing mechanism will be described in connection therewith, it being
sufficient for the present purpose to note that by means of the elevating level 247
the crosshead and the basic table are moved to their highest positions, thereby
canying the selector above the series of selecting fingers, and also closing the
basic table against the bottom end of the basic spacer channel 195; these parts
being again lowered into operative relation to their respective spacer selecting
devices at the conclusion of the operation of the measuring and selector setting
mechanisms upon the succeeding line This elevation of the shoe and its attached
parts from the stepped planes of the selector setting slide 145, and of the feet 244
and 263 from their respective racks, leaves the slide 145 free to be set to the
position called for by the measurement of that succeeding line
The
In order to allow of moving the basic stop 201 to the position shown in Fig 14,
from either of its lower steps, the basic table 200 18 also lifted to its highest
position at each actuation of the word mechanism. This movement serves also
to elevate the spacers, or assembled combination of apacers, lying upon the basic
table, to the level of the injecting zone 56. This 18 accomplished by means of
the lever 256, pivotally mounted on the bracket 257, attached to or integral with
the framing W. The shorter aim of this lever 18 pivotally attached to the
basic table 200, and both are drawn downwardly by means of the spring 258,
attached between the shorter arm of the lever and the bracket The longer arm
of the lever 256 projects toward the right into engaging relation to the switch
cam 259. which is pivotally mounted upon the reciprocating carriage 230
left hand end of the switch cam is yieldingly held to its upper position against
the stop pin 260 by means of the spring 261. Upon the movement of the carriage
toward the left, the outer and lower side of the cam rib 259* engages with the
inwardly projecting end of the lever 256, thereby moving the basic table 200 to
its uppermost position, close against the bottom of the channel 195, thus pei-
mitting the angular position of the basic stop 201 to be changed during the
justification of a line, if required by the operation of the correcting mechanism.
During the reciprocations of the carriage, the end of the lever 256 moves around
the cam rib 259 as indicated by dot and dash circles in Fig. 14, in the direction
indicated by the adjacent arrows, the switch cam vielding on its pivot to allow
of the return movement of the carriage to the position shown in the latter figuie.
SELECTOR CORRECTING MECHANISM:
From the foregoing description it will be seen that the spacer selecting mech-
anism 18 insufficient to effect justification in lines of type within the necessary
limits of accuracy, inasmuch as it would seldom happen that the space to be
filled out in any given line would be exactly filled by the unvaried repetition of
any space or combination of spacers of a fixed size or fixed scale of sizes in all
of the spaces of that line The operation of the above described devices is such
that if the thickness of the required space called for by the measurement does
not exactly equal that of any one of the spacers or combinations of spacers, the
selecting devices above described will insert the next smaller size In this
machine the steps of the setting racks 165, 166 and 167 are so related in position
to each other and to the measuring devices that the regular sizes of spacer, or
combinations of spacers will only exactly fill out the line when the outer corners
of those steps happen to be set beneath the foot 244 of the crosshead, as shown

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in Fig. 14. Therefore, if the position to which the selector setting slide 18
carried by the movement of the setting gage brings some other portion of any
one of these steps beneath the foot 244, it indicates that the regular spacers or
combinations of spacers will not exactly fill out the deficiency thus indicated.
The function of the selector correcting mechanism 18 to compensate for these
deficiencies, keeping account of them until by accumulation they have amounted
to '006, or the difference between the size of the selected spacer and the Bizc of
the next larger spacer. Having inserted that larger spacer and thus supplied the
deficiency, the selector is returned to its former position and again selects the
smaller spacer, until the continued or resumed accumulation of deficiencies calls
for another insertion of the larger spacer
The selector correcting mechanism operates as an auxiliary to the spacer select-
ing mechanism above described, being shown in the same figures of the drawings,
and also in Fig. 14 and in Figs. 27 to 32 inclusive.
The correcting racks 168, 169 and 170 are attached to or integral with the
selector setting slide 145, and are located beside the selector setting racks 105,
166 and 167 respectively, the pitch of the teeth of the correcting racks being
one-third of the pitch of the teeth of the selector setting racks so that the teeth
of the latter coincide with each third tooth of the correcting rack. The devices
which co-operate with the series of steps of the correcting racks 168, 169 and 170
are carried upon the selector crosshead 242 The correcting slide 262 18 sup
ported for vertical movement in suitable wavs in that crosshead, as best shown
in Figs. 27 and 28, and 18 provided with a foot 263 which extends into the
vertical plane of the correcting racks and is adapted to rest upon the steps thereof,
being in this embodiment located directly opposite to the corresponding foot 244
of the crosshead. The correcting lever 264 is pivotally mounted at its inner or
left hand end upon the crosshead 242, as best shown in Fig 14*, its outer or
right hand end being provided with a pin which engages in a slot in the end of
the extension 262 of the correcting slide At a point midway of the length of
the lever 264 18 pivotally mounted the correcting pawl lever 200, which in turn
has pivotally mounted upon its inner end the correcting pawl 266, which
18 located in engaging relation to a series of teeth 267 on the right hand
edge of the selector slide 241 These teeth, as best shown in the full sized draw-
ings of Figs 28, 30, 31 and 32, are of a pitch equalling one third of that by
which the selecting fingers of the carriage are separated, and therefore corre-
sponding to the pitch of the teeth of the correcting rack The upper end of the
pawl 266 18 connected by means of the rod 268 with the horizontal rod 269
which slides freely in a hole bored in the lug 270 of the carriage 230 Upon
either side of the lug 270 are located the coiled springs 271 and 272, which
encircle the rod 269 and bear against collars fixed thereon, so as to move the
1od and its attached pawl 266 yieldingly into contact with the teeth 267 upon
the forward movement of the carriage, and to move it away from those teeth
upon the backward movement of the carriage
The opposite end of the pawl lever 265 is provided with a projecting lu or
pin 265 which is located in engaging relation to the series of cam pieces 273,
274, 275 and 276, fixed on the carriage 230 Each space between these cala
pieces is substantially equal to the thickness of the pin 205", so that when the
latter is supported in either of the planes of these openings, no vertical movement
19 imparted to the pawl 266, and consequently the selector slide 241 remains in its
lowest position with respect to the crosshead, as shown in Figs. 28 and 29. and the
parts occupy this position whenever the spaces existing in a given line may be
exactly filled by the set sizes of spacers or spacer combinations, so that the canı
pin 265 is held in this position whenever the bottom surfaces of the fert 2+1
and 263 rest upon any of the coinciding levels of the teeth of the two sets of
racks. One of these coinciding levels is brought beneath those feet whenever the
measurement of the line is such that it can be exactly filled out by an unvaried
B

page_text: series of the spacers or spacer_combinations without the aid of the correcting
mechanism. For example, in Fig 14, the selector setting slide 145 18 in such
a position as to bring the step 2 + c of the rack 167, and the coinciding step
of the correcting rack beneath the feet 244 and 263 respectively, thereby indica-
ting that the spaces of the line then being justified will be exactly filled by a
series of combinations, each comprising two A spacers, and one C spacer When,
however, the line cannot be thus exactly filled, the position in which the select-
ing setting slide is left by the measuring operation is such as to bring beneath
the feet 244 and 263 a pair of non-coincident steps of then respective lacks, there-
by raising the correcting slide 262 one or two steps, as the case may be, and bring-
ing the correcting mechanism into operation If, for example, the selector setting
slide 145, should be set to the left from the position shown in Fig. 14 far enough
to bring its notch into engagement with the detent 147, the foot 244 will rest
upon the middle portion of the step 2* + c, while the foot 263 of the correcting
slide would rest upon the second step of the conecting rack, thus indicating
that the last named combination would be insufficient to fill the line, the deficiency
in each space being equal to one-third of the difference between the C and
D spacers, which deficiency would in the scale herein assumed equal 002 of an
inch. Therefore, it would only be necessary to substitute a 1 spacer for the C
spacer of the above combination in every third space of the line, and this is what
is accomplished by the correcting mechanism When the foot 263 of the correct-
ing slide is raised one step of the correcting lack above the foot 244, the cam
pin 265 of the pawl lever 265 is raised far enough into engaging relation with the
inclined forward end of the cam strip 275 so that each succeeding forward move-
ment of the carriage will oscillate that lever to an extent sufficient to raise the cor-
recting slide a single tooth, the slide being prevented from dropping back upon the
return movement of the carriage and of the pawl by means of the detent 277,
pivotally mounted upon the crosshead and pressed into yielding engagement with
the teeth 278 by means of the sping 279. A pin 277* projects from the upper
end of the detent 277 into engaging relation to the lozenge shaped cam projec-
tions 281 and 282 of the escapement pawl 280, which is pivotally mounted upon
the correcting slide 262 In effecting the correction of a deficiency of 002 of
an inch, the correcting slide is elevated to the position of one of its notches at
each forward movement of the carriage, as above described Therefore, at each
third movement of the carnage the connecting slide is raised to its third notch,
thereby raising the selector out of the plane of movement of the selecting
finger 227 into that of the finger 228, thus causing the ejection of one of the
spacers D instead of a spacer C At this position of the correcting slide, the cam
projection 281 of the escapement pawl is carried above the pin 277% of the
detent, thereby upon its return movement camming the latter outwardly away
from the teeth 278 and allowing the selector slide to fall to its lowest position
shown in Fig 28, the third tooth of the series 278 being omitted in order to
facilitate the dropping of the correcting slide
The pitch or distance between the centres of the selecting fingers 225 to 229
inclusive 18 substantially equal to the height of each of the steps of the selector
setting racks 165, 166 and 167, and as will be seen in Fig. 29, the width of the
working face of the selector 40 is substantially equal to the space between the
said fingers Therefore, the selector can never engage with but one of those
selecting fingers during any given stroke thereof, The parts are also adjusted
so that with the selector slide in its lowest position, and the crosshead foot 244
resting upon one of the steps of its setting rack, the selector will be held so fai
below a position of exact coincidence with the corresponding selecting fingers that
only the upper edge of the selector engages safely with the lower edge of that
finger Hence the result that the selector remains in engaging relation to that
finger even when raised two notches of its slide 241, and that an elevation of

page_text: three of those notches is required to raise it into similar relation to the next
higher finger.
The operation of these devices during the correction of a deficiency of '004
of an inch is illustrated in Figs. 28 to 32 inclusive, the three latter figures repre-
senting the devices at three different phases of that operation In this case the
slide 145 is assumed to be set so as to bring the fourth step d of the selector set-
ting rack 165 beneath the foot 244, while the foot 263 of the correcting slide is
elevated therefrom two steps of the correcting rack, as shown in Figs 28 and 29.
thereby raising the cam pin 265* into the plane of movement of the cam piece 276
far enough so that the latter at its first forward movement elevates the correcting
slide two notches, to the position shown in Fig. 30 This movement, however,
is not sufficient to raise the selector out of the plane of the fourth
selecting finger 228. which therefore operates to select a D spacer for the first
space of the line. Upon the next forward stroke of the carriage, the correcting
slide is raised two more notches to the position shown in Fig 31, thereby
bringing the selector 240 into the plane of action of the selecting finger 229, and
inserting two A spacers in the second space of the line, thus adding 006 of an
inch to the line But the deficiency of 004 in each space becomes 008 at the
second space, and 012 at the third space, so that it is necessary to also insert
two A spacers in that third space which fully satisfies the deficiences thus far.
The position of the devices for the selection of this third combination of the
line 18 as shown in Fig 32, the correcting slide being raised high enough to
bring the lozenge shaped projection 282 above the pin 277 of the detent, thus
camming it away from the teeth 278, and allowing the correcting slide to fall
again to its first position, this operation being repeated throughout the justifica-
tion of this line and others of similar deficiencies
If the justification of any line should be completed before the deficiencies
thereof are quite made un thereby leaving the selector slide raised above its non-
mal position relative to the crosshead, it will be released therefrom by means of
the projection 283 which extends from the framing into the plane of movement
of the cranked arm 284 of the detent, so that the latter will be thrown away from
its teeth 278 when the crosshead is elevated to its highest position at the com-
pletion of the line, thereby allowing the slide to drop to its lowest position. This
18 necessary at the completion of each line, in order that the device may be at its
normal starting point at the commencement of each new line.
In the machine of the above mentioned Patent No 12960, May 25th 1897. the
corecting devices were adapted to correct deficiencies of one-sixth of the differ-
ence between the adjacent sizes of spacers thus providing for five possible cor-
rections In the present machine, however, it is not deemed necessary for practical
requirements to provide for the correction of deficiencies of less than 002,
although it will be obvious that the system is capable of attending to smaller
deficiencies
SPACER ASSEMBLING AND INJECTING MECHANISM:
This is best shown in Figs 13, 14 and 14 The A or basic spacers, which
by the lowering of the basic table 200, have been allowed to emerge from the
bottom of the containing channel 195, are withdrawn from beneath that chan-
nel by means of the reciprocating extractor 291, which is fitted to slide in the
framing W to an extent shown by a comparison of Figs. 13 and 14" The stem
of the extractor extends through a vertical slot in the basic table, far enough
below the surface thereof to allow the greatest required number of A spacers to be
withdrawn. The T-shaped right hand end of the extractor extends upwardly,
its upper surface fitting close against the bottom of the spacer channel, so as to
support the column of spacers remaining therein while extracting the others
The left hand or extracting side of the T-shaned head of the extractor
10 out
This is best shown in Figs 13, 14 and 14% The A or basic spacers, which
by the lowering of the basic table 200, have been allowed to emerge from the
bottom of the containing channel 195, are withdrawn from beneath that chan-
nel by means of the reciprocating extractor 291, which is fitted to slide in the
framing W to an extent shown by a comparison of Figs. 13 and 14* The stem
of the extractor extends through a vertical slot in the basic table, far enough
below the surface thereof to allow the greatest required number of A spacers to be
withdrawn. The T-shaped right hand end of the extractor extends upwardly,
its upper surface fitting close against the bottom of the spacer channel, so as to
support the column of spacers remaining therein while extracting the others
The left hand or extracting side of the T-shaped head of the extrentas
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away to clear the spurs 200 of the basic table when the latter is at the forward
or left hand end of its extracting movement, as shown in Fig 13
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The reciprocating movement of the extractor 18 imparted by ineans of the
carriage 230, being connected therewith by means of the link 292, the, lever 293
Pivotally mounted upon the fixed portion of the framing W and the connecting
rod 294. The amplitude of the movement of the extractor with relation to that
of the caulage is reduced, to the desired, extent by the position of the pivot of the
reducing, level 293. This connection, operates, to impart to the extractor 291 a
reduced inovemment contemporaneous with, but in the opposite direction to that of
the carnage 230 and of the assembling plunger 290 which is, attached to .or
integral with that carnage The plunger 290 is fitted to slide upon the sulface of
the raceway 199, and as it moves toward the night it pushes before it whichever
one of the fractional spacers has been selected and ejected upon that raceway, by
the immediately preceding operation of the spacer selecting mechanism Inas-
much as the lower end of the channel 195 lies in the plane of the surface of, the
raceway, the upper surface of the extracted A spacer or spacers, when brought
against the end of the raceway,, 18 coincident with the surface thereof, so that the
Fractional spacer which happens to have been ejected from its channel is pushed
by the plunger upon that A spacer, or spacers. When no A spacer has been
selected and extracted the fractional spacer will be pushed by its plunger upon the
surface of the basic table itself.
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The location in which the spacers are thus assembled is in the vertical plane
of the type channel 51, as best shown in Fig 14°, and the assembled combination
1s raised to the level of the injecting zone 56 thereof by means of the cam 259,
as already explained The assembling spacers are held firmly together so as to
pievent them from becoming tipped or otherwise disanianged, by means of the
piesser foot 296, which is mounted just above this assembled position of the
spacers, being fitted to slide in suitable ways in the side of the basic spacer
channel 195, as best shown in Fig 14. This presser foot is provided with a
spur 297 which extends toward the left and is bevelled on its under side
assembling plunger 290 18 provided with a recess 298 to receive this spur, as
shown in Figs 14 and 14, 'the bottom of the recess being correspondingly
bevelled so that the plunger in its forward or assembling movement elevates
the presser foot far enough to allow the spacer B, C o D to pass beneath it
weight of the presser foot may be made sufficient to hold the assembled com-
bination of spacers securely in position, or it may be pressed downwardly, by
any suitably arranged 'sping
The
The
The assembled spacers thus held beneath the presser foot are injected there-
fiom into the type channel 51 at the injecting zone 56 thereof, by means of the
injecting plungei 300 This is fitted to slide horizontally in suitable bearings in
the framing of the machine, as best shown in Fig 14, and 18 connected by means
of the link 301 with the cranked arm 302, which is pivotally 'mounted upon a
fixed portion of the faming W, the opposite end of the cranked arm being
connected by means of the link 303 with a lug on the reciprocating calliage 230,
so that the latter, upon its movement toward the left operates through the
parts just described, to inject into the type channel the spacer or spacer com-
bination which was assembled by the last previous 11ght hand 'movement of the
The corresponding separator at that time lying in the injecting zone
is simultaneously ejected thereftom by the entering spacers, and falls into any
conveniently placed receptacle (not herein shown) The leading end of the
injecting plunger, or the co-engaging portion of the presser foot, or both, shoul
be slightly bevelled, so that the plunger upon its forward movement, will
remove the downward pressure of the presser foot This, however, need not be
done unless a heavy presser spring is employed.
carriage
Having now. described the sections or the sub-divisions of the line and the
word mechanisms, we will next describe:-

page_text: THE GOVERNING MECHANISM.
The functions of this mechanism are to take account, as it were, of the number
of spaces in the next line to be justified, to arrest the operation of the spacer
selecting, assembling and injecting mechanisms when they have assembled and
injected a corresponding number of spacers or spacer combinations, and at a
suitable time in advance of the completion of each current line, to start the line
mechanism into operation upon the succeeding line, so as to reduce to a minimum
the intervals of lost or idle time between the lines. The governing mechanism,
as shown in the general front elevation of Fig. 1, 18 located at the lower right
hand portion of the machine. Its various parts are better shown' in detail drawn
al full size scale in Figs 15, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25 and 26.
The governor shaft 308 18 rotatably journalled at its rearward end in the
bracket 309, its forward end extending through and being supported by the
coriroller 312. This shaft has fixed upon it the worm gear 310, meshing with
the worm 47, upon the word shaft 45, by means of which a continuous iotary
movement is imparted to the governor shaft in the direction of the allow of
Fig 20 That shaft has also keyed upon it the ratchet wheel 311, having on
its periphery a series of teeth facing forwardly in the direction of 1otation
The controller 312 is rotatably jouinalled upon the shaft 308, being supported
by the bearing 313, attached to oi integral with the framing W, as best shown
in Figure 16 The rearward end of the controller is provided with the
flange 314, which is located close against the ratchet wheel 311, and 'has
pivotally mounted upon its rearward face the pawl 315, best shown in Figs. 24
and 25 One end of the pawl 18 adapted to engage with the adjacent teeth of
the ratchet wheel 311 during a certain period in the justification of each line,
being yieldingly pressed into engagement at that time by means of the
sping 316, which is also attached to the rearward face of the flange 314. The
opposite end of the pawl 315 carries a hub 317, in which is seated a longitudinally
movable cam pin 318, which is yieldingly held in the position shown in Fig. 24
by means of the spring 319 In order to allow of a suitable working length of
the pin, and of its spring, the hub 317 of the pawl extends through a clearance
slot in the flange 314, as best shown in Fig 24. When the pin 18 in its inner-
most position, shown in the latter figure, its rearward end extends into the
deepest portion of the annular groove 321 of the controller releasing cam 320,
so that the annular shoulder 322 thereof will hold the pawl out of engagement
with the ratchet wheel 311, as shown in Fig 25, this being necessary while the
controller 18 being reset, as hereinafter described, to a position which varies with,
and is controlled by, the number of spaces in each line to be justified The
groove 321 extends annulaily around the releasing cam, concentric with the
axis thereof, the cam function being performed by the cam piece 326, which,
as shown in Figs 24 and 25, extends across the groove 321, far enough to swing
the pawl 315 out of engagement with the continually rotating ratchet wheel 311,
thereby releasing the controller therefrom and allowing it to stop at the position
shown in Fig 1, in which position it is detained by its detent 342. This releas-
ing movement of the pawl brings the inner end of its pin 318 into alignment
with the deeper portion of the annular groove 321, into which the pin is then
forced by its spring, so that the pawl is held out of engagement with the ratchet
teeth by means of the annular shoulder 322 during the resetting operation.
The controller releasing cam 320 18 mounted upon the shaft 308 so that the
latter can turn fieely within it, the cam being held from rotating by means of
the lever 323, one end of which is pivotally attached to the cam by means of
screws 324, the other end of the lever being pivotally supported in a slot in the
framing W. The rearward end of the cam 320 18 provided with cam inclines 320ª,
having the appearance of ratchet teeth, which engage with corresponding
teeth 310 upon the forward side of the worm gear 310, the rotation of which
thereby imparts to the non-rotating cam 320 a longitudinal movement upon

page_text: the shaft 308 at each rotation of the word shaft 45, equalling in extent the
depth of the aforesaid ratchet teeth, the cam being yieldingly pressed toward
the rear end into engagement with the cam inclines by means of the spring 325.
The resetting operation of the controller takes place while the cam is held in
its forward position, shown in Fig 24, upon the points of the co-engaging
ratchet teeth, and at the conclusion of the measuring and resetting operations
the cam 18 enabled by the interlocking of the said teeth to move back to the
position shown in Figs. 15 and 26, thereby withdrawing the shoulder 322 from
behind the pin 318, and allowing the pawl to engage with an adjacent tooth of
the ratchet wheel 311, by means of which it is again carried forward to its
releasing position of Figs. 1, 24 and 25.
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The forward end of the controller 312 18 provided with the flange 327, which
18 provided with a spual series of steps equalling the maximum number of
spaces in the longest line for which the machine is adapted, the number of steps
shown in the drawings being eleven, which in Fig. 15 are numbered from 1
to 11 inclusive. The stop 328 is fitted to slide upon a square rack 329 at the side
of the stepped flange, the end of the stop being turned into the plane of that
Hange, as shown in Fig. 15 The plane of movement of the end of the stop 18
substantially radial to the axis of the controller, and its range of movement is
great enough to enable it to be set in engaging relation to any one of the steps
thereof The upper portion of the rack 329 is provided with gear teeth which
mesh with the pinion 330, the latter meshing also with the pinion 331, on the
right hand end of the shaft 87, and the stop 288 is raised in engaging relation
to the proper step of the controller flange 327, by means of the successive word
separators of the line, as they are carried past the ratchet wheels 98 and '99,
thereby setting the stop for the controller coincidently with the setting of the
fulcrum mecharism and the stepped jaw mechanism The stop 328 18 fitted
to slide freely upon the rack 329, bemg supported during the setting operation
by the pin 332.
In order that the 1ack 329 may at once be returned to its first or lowest
position in readiness to be set for the succeeding line, leaving the stop 328 in
the position in which it was set for the current line, the stop 328 is provided
with a row of teeth 341, corresponding in number and pitch to the steps of the
flange 327. The detent 333 is pivotally mounted upon the framing W in engag-
ing relation to those teeth, the lower end of the detent projecting downwardly
into engagement with the pin 334, placed in the side of the collar 335 which 18
pivotally mounted in the framing by means of the screw 336 The edge of the
collar is cut away to form an engaging shoulder for the pin 337, which is fitted
to slide transversely in the lower end of the rack 329, being held toward the
collar by means of the spring 338 At the conclusion of each operation of the
controller, and as the rack is raised with the step by step motion imparted
to the shaft 87 by the passing separators of the next line, the collar 335 is turned
by the pin 337 to the position shown in Fig 15, thereby withdrawing the
pawl from the teeth of the stop 328 and allowing the latter to slide downwardly
upon the rack until arrested and supported in its proper relation thereto by
the pin 332, by means of which the stop is then raised to its appropiate position
and supported thereat by the detent 333, which 18 allowed to return to the
teeth 341, after the pin 337 has passed by the collar 335, as shown in Fig. 1 The
pin 337 18 yieldingly mounted to enable it to spring over its shoulder of the
collar 335 upon its downward or return movement
It is conceivable that in some of the embodiments or modifications of this
invention the parts may be so timed as to allow the proper step of the controller
to be brought against the stop 328 before it becomes necessary to return the
rack 329 to its lowest or initial position. In that case, the stop would be sup-
ported in a suitable position by means of the flange of the controller itself, falling
step by step as the latter is moved toward its releasing position, and in that

page_text: case, the detent pawl 333, its teeth upon the stop, and then releasing devices
connected with the lower end of the rack, may be dispensed with, it being only
necessary to retain the stop in the position to which it is set for each line until the
appropriate step of the controller is brought against it.
The controller is provided with means for imparting to it a nearly complete
rotation in a direction opposite to that of the rotation of the ratchet wheel 311.
This is for the purpose of setting it with its appropriate step against the stop 328,
after the latter has been set, as above described, by the passage of the separators
of the line next to be justified, moving it thereto from the position shown in
Fig. 1, to which it is returned by the ratchet wheel 311, and at which its
pawl 315 is released from that ratchet wheel. The means for thus rotating the
controller is herein shown to be the weight 339, which serves, by means of its
cord 340, coiled upon the hub of the controller 312, to rotate the latter until
its appropriate step collides with the stop While the latter is being set to posi-
tion by the passing separators, the controller is held in the position shown in
Fig. 1 by means of the detent 342, fixed upon the shaft 343, and engaging with
the notch 314 in the edge of the flange, being yieldingly pressed against that
flange by means of the spring 349. That shaft is pivotally mounted in the
framing of the machine, and has upon its opposite end a lever 344, the latter
being connected by means of the rod 345, with the slide 346, which is fitted to
slide longitudinally in the framing W, and is provided with a cam pin 347,
extending into engaging_relation with the cam piece 348, on the side of the
cam 88, best shown in Fig. 7. That cam piece 18 so located with respect to
the time of rotation of the cam 88 as to move the slide 346 to the left, thereby
lifting the detent 342, and releasing the controller, after the contioller stop 328
has been set to its proper position
It will be seen from the foregoing description that the controller, having
been automatically set to a position determined by the number of separatora
in the line next to be justified, 18 80 timed and arranged that it will by means
of its pawl 315 be picked up by the rotating ratchet wheel 311 after the said
line has been measured and transferred to the pawl 55, and as the first word
thereof 18 being elevated to the injecting zone 56 by the word grab, the con-
troller being thereafter rotated to an extent equalling one angular separation
of the steps of the flange 327, for each word thus elevated, until the controller
reaches its releasing position shown in Fig. 1
As the controller approaches its releasing position its stud 255, engaging with
the link 253, operates in the manner and for the purpose already set forth, to
1aise the selector crosshead 242 and the basic table 200 to their highest posi-
tions, thereby preventing the further selection and extraction of the justifying
spacers. The parts are so timed as to elevate these parts just after the spacer
or combination of spacers for the last space in the current line has been selected
and assembled, so that the succeeding stroke of the carriage operates only,
through the grab, to lift the final word from the pawl 55, up to its place, thereby
completing the justified line
The means which co-operate with the controller for releasing the clutch 43
of the line shaft so as to allow it to be forced by its spring into engagement
with the continuously rotating diving clutch 42, will now be described.
As already stated in the preliminary description of the line mechanism, the
line shaft clutch 43 is normally held toward its right hand or engaging con-
nection with the driving clutch 42 by means of the spring 44, and the clutch 43
18 withdrawn from that engagement at the conclusion of each of the intermit-
tent rotations of the line shaft by means of the clutch pin 350, which is fitted
to slide longitudinally in a bushing 351 fixed in the framing W, as shown in
Fig 16, being yieldingly pressed toward its rearward position shown in that
figure by means of the spring 352 That pin is located in a substantially radial
position to the line shaft 40, so placed longitudinally thereof as to enter the

page_text: inclined groove 353 of the clutch 43 and engage with the inclined side or
shoulder thereof, as that shaft approaches the completion of each of its inter-
mittent iotations, the inclination of the shoulder being sufhcient to cause the
clutch to be forced toward the left to the position shown in Fig 20, out of
engagement with the clutch 42, to the position shown in Fig 20, in which it
is held against 'further rotation during the justification of the current line by
means of the clutch pin 350, until the latter 19 withdrawn by the controller, at
a time suitable for the commencement of the next rotation of the line
shaft
The means adopted in the present embodiment of this invention for enabling
the controller to withdraw the pin 350, and thereby to allow of the engage-
ment of the clutches 42 and 43, and the subsequent rotation of the line shaft,
are best shown in Figs 16, 17, 19 and 20 The clutch pin 350 18 provided with
a cross pin 354, the ends of which extend into the slots 355 of the guide 356,
which is supported from the framing W, as best shown in Fig 17. The clutch
pin 350 being thus held from 1otation upon its own axis, is moved lengthwise
at a suitable time by means of the clutch releasing cam 357, which is fitted to
turn freely upon a cylindrical extension of the bushing 351 The front face
of this cam is provided-with spal wings 358, which engage behind the cross
pin 354, on opposite sides of the clutch pin 350, so that the cam upon being
1otated half way around will move the clutch pin longitudinally from the posi-
tion shown in Fig. 16 to that of Fig 17, thereby withdrawing the clutch pin
from the groove 353 of the clutch 43. The enlarged flange of the cam 357 has
upon its rearward face the oppositely disposed pawls 259, which, as shown in
Fig 19, are vieldingly pressed by means of the springs 362 into engagement
with oppositely disposed shoulders or teeth 360 of the ratchet 361 That rat-
chet 18 1otatably mounted, upon the aforesaid cylindical extension of the bush-
ing 351, being attached to or integral with the pinion 363, which meshes with
the sector 364, pivotally mounted at 365 upon the framing W The arm 366
of the sector projects into the circle of revolution of the lug 367 attached to or
integral with the rearward side of the flange 314 of the controller the latter as it
approaches its releasing position, shown in Fig 1, colliding with the arm 366,
thereby turning the cam 357 from the position shown in Fig 16 to that of
Fig 17, and withdrawing the clutch pin 350 so as to release the clutch 43
each of these actuations of the cam it is turned substantially one-half of a com-
plete rotation upon its bearings, thereby presenting to the cross pin 354 the
space or interval between its wings 358, so as to allow the clutch pin 350 to
be again forced by its spring to the position shown in Fig. 16, when the rota-
tion of the clutch 43 again presents the commencement of its spiral groove 353
opposite end of that pin On account of the necessity for leaving the pin 350
in the position shown in Fig. 16, so as to hold the clutch 43 in the disengaged
position shown in Fig 20, during the intermissions in the operation of the line
shaft, it is desirable to impart to the cam 257 an intermittently forward rota-
tion, instead of allowing it to follow the retuin oscillatory movements of its
sector 36+ Hence the utility of the pawl and ratchet connection of that cam
with the pinion 303, the latter, being positively geared with the sector 364,
participates in the return oscillatory movement of the latter due to the similar
movement of the controller, the amplitude of these movements being suffi-
cient, as above stated, to turn the pinion substantially half way around, thereby
bunging the pawls 359, into engagement with the opposite shoulders 360 of
the ratchet, ready for imparting the next forward half rotation thereto
At
In the present machine the time established for the releasing of the clutch 43,
so as to enable the line mechanism to begin its work upon the succeeding line,
18 while two words of the current line still remain upon the paw! 55 Inasmuch
as the word mechanism operates three times for each rotation of the word shaft,
and as two of these operations are requied to carry the two remaining words

page_text: into the injecting zone, it follows that the word mechanism operates idly but
once when there is no interruption in the supply of type lines its succeeding
operation being in connection with the first word of the succeeding line.
The governing mechanism, as thus organised, keeps the machine constantly
in operation even when no lines of type are brought within the reach of the
line elevating mechanism. In the latter case, the shaft 87 remains in its initial
position, which is appropriate for a three-word line having two spaces, that
being the minimum line to which this particular embodiment of the invention
13 applicable. Therefore, the controller, after being released from its detent 342
18 arrested with its second step against the stop 328, from which position it 18
returned to its releasing point as before, by the ratchet wheel 311, again releas-
ing the olutch 43, and causing another operation of the line mechanism, this
operation being repeated until lines of type matter are again brought within
the reach of the line elevating mechanism, after which the setting of the govern-
ing mechanism is controlled as before, by the number of spaces therein.
A brief description will now be given of the complete operation of the entire
machine under normal conditions. It will be assumed that the line to be justi-
hed, resting in the waiting position on the pawi 64, as shown in Fig. 11, con-
tains seven words and six spaces, having an aggregate shortage or deficiency
ct 276 which, divided into six spaces or the ne, equals .046 for each
there is no spacer of this size, the selection for the first space falls upon the next
smaller or spacer, which being but .042 requires a correction of .004. This
1) spacer, however, if repeated in all of the spaces of the line, would still leave
a deficiency of .024, but by the present system the 024 18 distributed among
four of the spaces of the hne, adding 066 in each, by substituting a combination of
two of the A or basic spacers for the D spacer. Therefore, following the syster
herein set forth, the line now under consideration, would be justified by the
insertion of the following series of spacers and spacer combinations, D-2A-
2A-D-2A-2A-.
The operation of the machine upon such a line 18 as follows. As the line is
carried into the measuring zone by the line elevating mechanism, its separators
move the stop 94 toward the left, beneath the appropriate pin of the index 92,
and by means of the successive partial rotations of the setting shaft 87, which are
thus permitted, the fulcrum adjusting quills 85, and 86, the stepped Jaw 110,
and the controller stop 328, are set to positions appropriate for the manipulation
ot a six-space line. By the continued rotation of the line shaft, the fulcrum
blook 80 is moved by the cams 88 and 89 to its position determined by the quills,
and the measuring beam 120 18 allowed by its cam 127 to be drawn upward by
its spring 128, thereby raising the end of the measuring pawl 130, with the line
resting thereon, to the extent permitted by the appropriate step of the stepped
jaw 110, which 18 276, the herein assumed shortage of the line, and moving
downwardly the setting gage stop 134 to a suitably related extent. At the same
time the setting gage 135 is released from its detent 139 by means of the cam
piece 141 thus permitting that setting gage to be drawn toward the left by its
weight 142, to the extent permitted by the vertical position of the stop 134, as
shown by a comparison of Figa 9, 9, 96, 9° This movement toward the left,
of the setting gage, cairies with it the selector setting slide 145, thereby bringing
beneath the foot 244 of the crosshead 242 the step d of the rack 165, and beneath
the foot 263 of the correcting devices the highest step of the rack 168, while the
first plane 172 of the setting slide remains beneath the shoe 202 of the basic table,
as shown in Fig. 34. At this stage in the operation of the machine, the con-
troller 312 is released from its detent 342, and under the influence of the
weight 339, 18 moved far enough to bring its sixth step against the stop 328,
thereby carrying the stud 256 away from the link 253, and allowing the latter
with its connecting rod 252, to rise to a position which permits the crosshead 242
of the selecting mechanism to settle down until its foot 244 and the foot 263

page_text: of the correcting slide rest upon those steps of their respective setting lacks which
have been brought beneath them, while the shoe 202 iests upon the plane 172
of the selector setting slide 145 As thus set, the selector 18 held in engaging
relation to the selecting finger 228, for the D spacer, the correcting slide, being
held two steps of the connecting rack above the level of the step d, indicates the
required conection of 004 while the basic table is held in its highest position so
as to close the channel 195 of the basic spacers, the basic stop 201 having at
this time its highest step beneath the table This setting movement of the cross-
head, and of the basic table to then respective positions is timed to take place
while the carnage 230 is at or near the right hand end of its stroke, so that the
selecting fingers 225 to 229 inclusive, and the cam pieces 273 to 276 are withdrawn
at this time, as shown in Figures 13 and 28, from the vertical planes of move-
ment of the selector 240 and the pawl lever pin 265, with which those parts
of the carriage are respectively to engage, thus leaving the latter free to be set
vertically to position
Following its measuring operation, and during the setting operation just
described, the current line has been raised by the line grab 58 out of the measur-
ing zone, and upon the top of the pawl 56, thereby bringing it within reach of
the word giab, which at each subsequent rearward stroke of the carriage 230,
cared a succeeding word of the current line past the injecting zone 56 and upon
the top of the pawls 183 Upon the first forward stroke of the carriage, the
selecting finger 228 18 deflected by the selector 240, into contact with the end
of the ejecting lever 222, thereby ejecting one of the spacers D from the
channel 198 upon the raceway 199, along which, during the succeeding return
movement of the carnage it is moved by the assembling plunger 290, beneath
the presser foot 296, and in front of the ejecting plunger 300, which at that
time is in its rearward or withdrawn position, and which at its next stroke carries
the space into the type channel at the injecting zone 5 thereof, beneath the
fist word of the current line. During the first forward stroke of the carriage,
the cam 276 operates through the lever 265 and the pawl 266, to raise the
selector to the position shown in Fig 30, which however, does not carry it above
the plane of the selecting finger 228 for the 1) spacer. But a repetition of
this action of the pawl 266 upon the second forward stroke of the carriage, and
of its cam 276, operates to carry the selector to the position shown in Fig. 31,
out of the path of movement of the selecting finger 228 into that of the selecting
finger 229, thereby deflecting the latter finger into contact with the spur 206 of
the frame 204, thus bunging the lowest step of the stop 201 beneath the basic
table and permitting the extraction of two basic spaces therefrom, into
the path of movement of the injecting plunger 300, by means of
which they are pushed into the second space of the line The
third forward stroke of the camage operates through the cam 276,
to raise the selector 240 to the position shown in Fig 32, in which, however, it
as still in engaging relation to the selecting finger 229, which therefore operates,
as before, to cause the extraction of two basic or A spacers for the third space of
the line. Upon the return of the carriage from its third forward stroke, the
selector slide 241 18 released from its detent 277, and returns to its first position
shown in Figs 28 and 29, in the manner already described in connection with the
selector correcting mechanism, so that the fourth forward stroke of the carriage
operates to select and eject a J) spacer for the fourth space in the line. Upon
the fifth forward stroke of the carnage, the selector is again carried into the
path of movement of the selector finger 229, where it remains during the sixth
stroke also, so that the fifth and sixth spaces of the line each receive a com-
bination of two basic or A spacers
Contemporaneously with the selection of the spacer for the first space of the
current line, the controller is started into operation by the release of the pawl 315
from the groove 321 of the cam 320, thereby permitting it to engage with the

page_text: ratchet wheel 311, the controller being thereby advanced to an extent equalling
the angular separation of the steps upon its flange 327, for each of the words
as they are carried up by the word grab. This operation continues until in
the case of the 7-word line now under consideration, the fifth word has been
carried up above the injecting plane 56, at which time, by the operation of the
lug 367 of the controller, the sector 364 and their associated devices, the clutch
pin 350 18 withdrawn from the line clutch 43, which engages with the constantly
rotating clutch 42, and thereby inaugurates another operation of the line mechan-
18m upon the succeeding line The succeeding upward movement of the word
grab carries up the sixth word of the line, and the spacer assembling and in-
jecting mechanism insert its final combination of 2 A spacers beneath that word
at which time, having completed the selection of spacers for that line, the cross-
head 242 18 by means of its connection with the link 253, raised by the stud 255
of the controller, so as to stop the further selection and extraction of spacers
until the devices have been reset for the succeeding line The subsequent or
Beventh upward movement of the word grab, carries up the seventh or final word
so as to complete the line then resting above the injecting zone, but the associ-
ated movement of the spacer assembling and injecting mechanism makes an
idle stroke, no spacers having been brought within their range of action. The
eighth stroke of the word grab in an idle moment, the conclusion of which 18
contemporaneous with the completion of the 1otation of the line shaft, which,
by the operation of its associated mechanism, has brought the next line into the
measuring zone, performed the measuring operation thereon, and reset the several
devices in accordance with the requiement thereof, so that the succeeding
movement of the carriage and word grab becomes the first in the series operating
upon the succeeding line
In this
A modification of the sething gage in what may be considered its simplest
form, 18 shown in side and end view in Figs 35 and 36 respectively
modification, the gaging surface 371 of the setting gage 370 18 represented as
having, with relation to its duection of movement, what may be termed a simple
instead of a compound inclination. While this arrangement would secure the
desired ratio of movement between the setting gage and its stop 372, it does not
allow of doubling the angle of contact therewith, or repeating it symmetrically
with relation to the direction of movement It is in this respect inferior to the
other and preferied form herein shown, and is shown in this simple form mainly
for the purpose of affording a comparison, by means of which the characteristics
of the compound type of setting gage may be more fully and readily comprehended.
The modified setting gage and stop shown in side and end views in Figs 37
and 38 respectively, will by analysis be seen to be practically but an inversion as
to form, of the preferied form shown in the principal figures of the drawings,
the inner inclined surfaces 373, 374 of the setting gage 375, engaging with co-
respondingly inclined surfaces on the opposite outer sides of the stop 376
will be seen that these surfaces, like those of the gage shown in the principal
figures of the drawings, are doubled, or repeated symmetrically with relation to
the direction of movement of the gage, and thereby secure the advantage of
accuracy of setting alluded to in the preceding description
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The arrangement of setting gage and stop shown in end view in Fig 39, 18
a further modification of that shown in Figs. 37 and 38, lacking, however, the
feature of the repeated or symmetrically doubled angle of contact. The com-
pound inclined inner surface 378 of the setting gage 377 engages with a corre-
spondingly inclined side of the stop 380, while the opposite inner surface 379
thereof and its co-engaging surface of the stop, are parallel with the direction
of movement of the setting gage. It will be understood that either one of the gug-
ing surfaces 136, 137 of the setting gage 135, or the surfaces 373, 374, of the
setting gage 376, would in connection with their respective guiding splines 135
and 875, secure the desired ratio of their movement with relation to that of

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their respective steps But for the purpose of increasing the accuracy with
which the gage is stopped at its desired positions, the double form is preferred,
and of the double forms herein shown, that of the gage 135 18 again prefei red,
having in cross section the outline of a truncated V, the compound inclinations
of which are disposed symmetrically on both sides of the plane of its longitudinal
centie.
The setting gage and stop shown in side view in Fig 40 is still another
mod fication having the general form of the gage of Fig 30. The gaging sui face
of this modified 101 h, however, disposed in an melimed selles of steus
instead of an inclined plane The longitudinal pitch of these steps comesdes
with that of the steps of the correcting racks 168, 169 and 170, so that after
the stop 283 18 set by the measuring mechanism the end of the appropriate
step 381 18 stopped against the right hand face of the stop 383, thereby holding
the corresponding step of the collecting lacks beneath the foot 263 of the
correcting slide
The accuracy of measurement would not be materially affected
by the use of such a stepped gaging surface, which may obviously be applied
to each of the other forms of setting gage herein shown and described
Various mechanical equivalents may obviously be substituted for many of the
devices herein shown and described, and different forms oi applications of
actuating springs and weights may be substituted for those here shown without
materially altering the function or practical operation of the parts in then
relation to the machine as a whole. For example, the several devices may be
re-arranged in differing relative positions, their connections being modified by
the addition or omission of connecting rods and links, or modified as to amplitude
by levers of suitable lengths, or as to direction by means of bell cranked
levels
The tema "horizontal," "vertical," right," "left," "front," "rear," and
others of similar unport, are heren used in their relative instead of their
absolute sense, inasmuch as many of the parts may, as above remarked, be trans-
posed as to position, or direction or sequence of operation, as may best suit
the conditions of each particular case
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The term curient line" is herein employed to designate the line of type
matter which at the given period has passed into or through the measuring
zone, and is being justified The terms " Ꮍpace, separator," and "spacer," are
been used advisedly to avoid confusion of terms and of ideas which otherwise
might occur in referring to these three particular things In the ordinary
printers' parlance, the term space 18 commonly applied to all three, without
any distinction excepting such as may be ascertainable by context As 'herein
used, the word " расс refers to the actual division o1 interval between
adjacent words The term separator" designates the pieces U, which are
heien shown to be cylindrical and which are temporarily placed between the
words by the compositor, or are "played" in by the composing machine operator,
so as to temporarily maintain the separation between them, and by the term
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space we herein designate the final type body, which singly or in combination
is substituted for the "separators" in the respective spaces'
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The tem shortage" or "deficiency of the line is herein applied to the
net amount by which a given line is short of the required measure, that shortage
or deficiency being therefore equal to the aggregate measure of the justifying
spaceis required to accurately fill that line out to its measure, while the
teim Correction 18 used to designate the extent, if any, by which the selected
space falls short of its due proportion to the entire shortage of the line.
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The general term "basic' 18 herein applied to that spacer which is spect
fically designated by the letter A, while the general term "fractional" 18 applied
to the spacers B, C and D, since they form, with the basic, a series increasing
in size by a repeated increment which is a fractional part of the size of the
basic. As herein employed the increment is one-fourth the size of the banc

page_text: the fractional or B, C, D spacers being respectively one and one-fourth, one
and one-half, and one and three-fourths times the size of the basic spacer. It
is obvious, however, that this fraction, and the consequent number of the
factional spaces may be increased or diminished to any desired extent. As,
for example, four fractional spacers may be employed, representing respectively
the size of the basic spacer plus one-, two-, three- and four-fifths thereof.
Such modifications of the number and size of the justifying spacers would, of
course, involve a corresponding modification of the mechanism
The line elevating mechanism, herein shown and described, is by vntue of
its arrangement in two detachably connected sections adapted to perform_func-
tions ordinarily requing three independently driven grabs, operating at different
times, but which by this arrangement are performed by a single cam or driver
on the line shaft. Those three functions are, first, to bring the line from the
waiting position into the measuring zono, second, to carry it therefrom after
measuring third, to bring the succeeding line to the waiting position. It'may
be noted in passing, that the 1od 66, connecting the two grabs of the line
elevating mechanism, may be permanently attached to the lower grab, and
detachably connected with the upper grab by means of a latch 67, like that
herein shown upon the lower giab
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It will be noted that the spirally stepped index formed by the index pins 93
in the colla 92 of the setting shaft, is in the present machine arranged for
lines having a minimum of three words or two spaces, that being well within
the requirements of actual practice Therefore, the stops associated with the
setting shaft 87 are set for such a minimum line when the stop 94 rests
beneath the right hand lower index pin shown in Fig 1, the setting shaft
being turned back so as to allow that stop to return beneath that first pin at
the conclusion of each setting operation The upper surface of the stop upon
which the pins rest is extended far enough so that it is not withdrawn from
beneath the first pin until the fourth separator in the line is carried past the
ratchet wheels 98 and 99 Inasmuch as there is in each of the lines one more
separator than the number of spaces to be justified, namely, the-separator which
follows the last word in each line, it is evident that the actuation by this
extra separator must be compensated for, which is done by extending the top
of the stop, as above stated, so that four actuations are required-to-bing it
beneath the third index pin, and so on.
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By the employment of a shaft which extends transversely behind the type
channel, and has fixed thereon two ratchets operáble by the ends of the separa-
tors, the type are kept from tipping and positive action of the setting, devices
is assured, both of which are highly desirable features:
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The arrangement whereby the setting of all the stops for the various devices
in the line, and governing mechanism are controlled by the universal setting
shaft 87, is a feature of great 'atility, since all these parts are thus brought
under a definite, invariable, and unitary control
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In order to permit of the immediate resetting of some of the devices.com-
prising the line mechanism, they are herein shown and described as being
separable. Many of these, however, may be united, or be made-integral, in case
the releasing and immediately resetting feature is dispensed with, or accom-
plished in some other way "For example, the setting page-135; and the selector
setting slide 145, may be thus united in a permanently connected or integral
piece, if the resetting feature may be dispensed with or otherwise provided
for. The same comment applies equally to the connection of the controller
stop 328, with its rack 329, and to the rack 101- and its rod 104 for the universal
setting shaft 87.
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An, analogous instance of the advantages of organizing all of the, devices
comprising a group or section of the mechanism so as to enable them to be
operated in proper and unvarying time, relation and sequence, is afforded by

page_text: the arrangement herein shown, of the word mechanism, all parts of which are
connected with and driven by the reciprocating carriage 230.
Although the measuring beam turns on its fulcrum, and its ends therefore
appeal to describe cucular acs struck from the various positions of that
fulcium, yet all of the measurements, however valled by the position of the
beam fulcium, are transmitted in the proper and desued ratio to the setting
gage stop 134
This 18 due to the cucumstance that the night hand end of the
beam is pivotally attached to the measuring slide 123, and must move toward
the night with clation to its fulcrum block 80 during the measuring movement
to an extent equalling that by which the secant exceeds the radius of the are
of its movement Therefore, the measured deficiener of the line, and the
resultant movement of the setting gage stop are always to each other as the
similar sides of similar triangles
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The setting racks, basic stop, selector setting slide, and similar parts, herein
shown as having stepped inclines, may instead be each provided with corre-
sponding plane inclines, the co-engaging surfaces of their respective feet, stops,
etc, being in such cases preferably inclined to correspond therewith
The selecting devices of this machine may, as previously noted, be operated
either with or without the correcting mechanism, according to the accuracy of
the work required. and hereby 18 suggested other examples of the almost
infinite permutations possible in the arrangement of such an intricate piece of
mechanism In associating the correcting mechanism with the selecting
mechanism, it is by no means essential that their respective feet 244 and 263
shall be oppositely disposed, as herein shown, inasmuch as they may be placed
in any desired relative position In that case, however, their respective racks
must be correspondingly located Their coincident position herein shown is not
only constructively convenient, but it also enables their relative operation to
be readily understood
In dispensing with the use of the correcting mechanism, the crosshead 242
may also be dispensed with, and in that case, the selector 240 may be provided
with a foot corresponding to the foot 244 of the crosshead, which may rest
directly upon the steps of the selector setting racks
No galley mechanism is herein shown or described for receiving the justified
lines, as they are successively completed. Any suitable mechanism may be
employed for this purpose, and may be applied to this machine by any workman
exercising a fair degree of skill in this art
The governing mechanism, either wholly or in part, is capable of application
to other machines of this general class, whether wholly or partially automatic
In the latter case, the releasing detent 342 may be connected to the key-board
of the composing machine, so as to be released by the operator at the conclu-
Bion of the measurement of each line. The clutch pin 350 may be similarly
connected so as to enable the line shaft to be put in operation at the will of
the operator
The pinion 363, and its driving sector 364, are herein employed merely as
convenient devices for enabling the controller to act upon the clutch releasing
cam 357, it being desirable to multiply the concluding movement of the con-
troller sufficiently to cause a half rotation of that cam The latter may, how-
ever, be provided with four or six of the wings 358, instead of two, as herein
shown, thereby correspondingly diminishing the extent of its required angular
movement, which could be then imparted by extending the arm or lug 367 of
the controller into engagement with the pinion 303, which, in that case would
be provided with an arm like that of 366, instead of with the gear teeth for the
sector, as herein shown
The herein described operation of the measuring and selector setting devices
may be varied and in some instances improved, by altering the timing of the
cam 141, so that the latter will withdraw the detent 139 from the setting gage
simultaneously with the commencement of the upward or measuring movement

page_text: of the measuring beam, thereby permitting the setting gage to rest against and
follow the downward movement of its stop. This timing of the respective parts
may in some instances be considered preferable to that of releasing the setting
gage after the stop has reached its set position, inasmuch as the force or impact
of the setting gage against its stop may conceivably vitiate the accuracy of that
operation, by compressing the line to varying extents in accordance with the
varying leverages at the different positions of the fulorum.
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In these and many other obvious ways the features of this invention are 'sus-
ceptible of a considerable degree of modification, and of a far more' extended
application than is or can be herein shown, since a description and illustration
of the diverse applications that might be made of them would unduly extend
this specification. They may, for example, be applied to type writing, type
casting, matrix making, and linotype machines, and the claims should be read
in the light of this applicability of these devices to other branches of the art
Datad thro
der of
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Type Justifying Machine.
I, WALTER JAY ENNISSON, of 944, Windsor Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut,
USA., Mechanical 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.
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This invention relates to a machine for automatically justifying type on-t
matrices into lines of uniform length, or measure," so as to enable them to be
locked up in columns of the desired width for use in the ordinary and well known
processes of stereotyping or printing.
In a general way the present machine may be regarded as an improvement on
the machine shown and described in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 12960,
May 25th 1897. Many of the fundamental principles of that machine are retained
in the present machine, embodied in mechanism some of which is improved in
form, and arangement so as to better adapt it to its work Some of the present
devices, analogous to those of the previous macnine, are improved by re-arrange-
ment so as to combine them to better advantage, or to secure greater simplicity
or directness of action Still other portions of the machine herein shown are
entirely new devices, some of which are substituted for devices which in the old
machine performed the same or similar functions, while others of those' new
devices are adapted to perform functions not contemplated at all in the machine
of the original patent above referred to
The objects of this invention are in general to provide a more perfectly
organized machine, in which the devices and their respective functions shall be
80 combined and correlated as to reduce the number of operating parts, simplify
their construction and mode of operation, reduce to a minimum the loss of time
between the operations of successive lines, and to so organize and combine
devices having similar or closely related functions, as to enable them to be
operated and controlled on a direct and comprehensive plan
Among the more specific objects of the invention, may be mentioned the
following. First, to hold each succeeding line in a waiting position close to the
measuring zone, so as to follow its predecessor with the least possible loss of
time; second, to so arrange the devices, and particularly those of them which
perform the initiatory functions of measuring, gaging and setting, as to permit
them, after operating upon a given line, to be released therefrom for operation
upon the succeeding line, instead of requiring them to remain idle throughout
the completion of each current line; third, to provide a simplified and improved
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page_text: setting gage, stop and selector setting device, comprising in the present instance
only three elements, two of which may be integially united under certain
designated conditions, fourth, to employ a constantly running word mechanism,
with means for stopping the operation of the space selecting devices at the
necessary intervals between the lines. Numerous other and minor objects are
hereinafter more fully disclosed in connection with the description of the devices
whereby they are attained.
This machine, like that of the above mentioned patent, is primarily intended
for use as an auxiliary to a type setting or composing machine, receiving the
type therefiom, either divided into lines approximating the desired length, or
in a continuous line. In the latter case this machine may, and should, be pro-
vided with separating devices, similar to those shown and described in the above
named patent, for detaching from the advancing lune a length of type approxi-
mating the width of the desired column, operating in conjunction with special
line separators which have been previously inserted at predetermined spaces
between the lines by the composing machine operator
The line of type is by means of a line giab called upward through the type
channel against the appropriate stop of a stepped measuring jaw, which seives
to eliminate from the subsequent measurement the aggregate thickness of the
several separators in the line The net measurement of the line is taken by
means of a measuring beam having a movable pivot or fulcrum which has been
previously set to a position suitably related to the number of spaces in the line
to be measured The measuring end of the beam moves an extent equal to the
"shortage" of the line, which is the amount required to extend the line to its
desired length or measure The corresponding movement of the opposite end of
the measuring beam, thus diminished in a ratio directly proportionate to the
number of spaces in the line to be justified, operates through the medium of a
peculiarly constructed and arranged stop and setting gage to set the devices
which select from conveniently adjacent channels the proper space or com-
bination of spacers, which, when inserted in each of the spaces between the words
of the line, will space it out to the required length The words which compose the
line just measured are then lifted one at a time, by means of the word elevating
mechanism, engaging successively with each of then underlying and projecting
separators, up to the injecting zone in which the justifying spacers are inserted,
the corresponding temporary separator being pushed out of the line at the same
time. Provision is also made, as in the patent above referred to, for "correct-
ing" or varying the selection of spaceis o combinations of spacers, because of
the fact that few lines can be exactly spaced out to the measure by the unvaried
repetition of any possible combination of fixed sizes of spacers
Refening to the diawings filed with the Provisional Specification in this
matter, and which are to be taken as part of this specification and read there-
with:-
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, taken together, form a front elevation of
the preferred embodiment of the present invention, Fig 1 comprising the lower
1ight hand portion, Fig 2 the portion lying immédiately above what is shown
in Fig. 1, and Fig 3 the poi lion of the machine immediately adjoining the left
hand side of what is shown in Fig 1 Fig 4 is an end elevation looking at
the night hand end of what is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig 5 is an end
elevation looking from the opposite or left hand ends of Figs 2 and 3 Figs
and 7, taken together, form a plan view of the machine, Fig 6 being a plan of
what is shown in Figs 1 and 2, while Fig 7 18 a plan of what is shown in Fig 3
Fig 8 is an elevation in sertion taken on the line 8-8 of Figs 1 and 6, showing
the type channel and the parts appurtenant thereto Fig 9 is a front view
showing in detail the construction and arrangement of the measuring apparatus
and the devices co-operating therewith for setting the space selecting devices.
In this figure the measuring beam is shown in its normal horizontal resting
position Fig. 9* is a front view of some of the devices of Fig. 9, showing the
measuring beam at the inclination to which it would be moved in measuring the

page_text: line shown in Fig. 9 Fig. 9b and 9° are end views of the selector setting gage
and its stop in two different positions, Fig. 9b being a projection from Fig. 9
showing the parts in the position occupied in that figure, while Fig 9° represents
an end view of the same parts in the position occupied by them in Figure 9
The succeeding figuies of the drawings, excepting Fig. 40, are made to a scale
substantially twice that of the preceding figures Figs. 10 and 11, taken together,
form a front view of the type channel, showing in connection therewith the
pawls of the elevating, measuring and word grab mechanisms, Fig. 10 being an
elevation of the lower portion, and Fig. 11 an elevation of the upper portion of
the channel Fig. 11 18 a left hand end elevation projected from Fig 11.
Fig. 12 is an underneath view, in section taken on the line 12-12 of Fig. 10,
showing the devices for releusing the line cater from its grab when the former
reaches the position shown in the latter figuie, after having carried the previously
measured line out of the measuring zone Fig 13 18 a partial plan view of the
spacer ejecting and assembling mechanism showing the parts in the position
occupied by them when the carriage and its attached parts are approximately at
the right hand end of the respective reciprocating movement Fig 14 is a
front elevation, projected from Fig 13, showing the parts in a corresponding
position. Fig 14 18 a complete plan view of the spacer ejecting and assembling
mechanism, showing the parts in the position occupied by them when the
carriage is at the left hand end of its stroke Fig 15 is a plan view in section
taken on the line 15-15 of Fig. 1, showing the governing devices. Fig. 15° 18
a front elevation projected from Fig 15 Fig 16 is a left hand elevation in
section taken substantially on the line 16--16 of Fig. 15, showing in detail the
construction of the devices for releasing the line shaft clutch Fig 17 18 a view
showing in detail the clutch releasing cam Fig 18 sa table representing the
system of spacer combinations, the first vertical column thereof being a graphic
representation of the progressive combinations of type, the second vertical column
being descriptive of those combinations in terms of the four sizes of spacers
employed, which sizes are designated by the letters A, B, C, and D respectively,
while the third column expresses the comparative value of each spacer combin-
ation in units of the type measurement Fig 19 18 a rear view in section taken
on the line 19 19 of Fig 15, showing the devices for imparting intermittent
partial rotation to the line clutch releasing cam. Fig 20 18 a front view partly
in section, showing a portion of the line shaft with its shiftable clutch, and the
co-engaging clutch of the driving shaft
Figures 21 to 26 inclusive, are views showing the details of various portions
of the mechanism Fig. 21 18 a side view, and Fig 22 an edge view, of a portion
of the mutilated sector gear employed for returning the setting gage to its first
position Fig 23 18 a plan view of a portion of the setting gage, showing a
Fielding end tooth of the rack thereof Fig 24 is an edge view partly in section
taken on the line 24-24 of Fig. 25, showing the construction of the driving paw!
for the controller. Fig. 25 is a side view in section taken on the line 25-25
of Fig 15, of the contioller ratchet wheel, diving pawl, and the releasing cam
therefor Fig 26 is an end view in section taken on the line 26-26 of Fig 15
Figure 27 is a plan view and Fig. 28 18 a rear elevation, of the improved co-
recting devices
Fig 29 is a left hand end view projected from Fig 28.
Figs 30, 31 and 32, are rear elevations of the improved correcting devices, repre-
senting three different phases of their operation Fig 33 18 an end view in
section taken transversely through the adjusting quills at the projection 84 of the
fulcrum block 80. Fig. 34 18 a fiont elevation drawn to full size scale, of the
Eelector setting slide
Figure 35 is a side view in section taken on the line 35-35 of Fig. 36, show-
ing the simplest though not preferred form, of the setting gage and stop.
Fig 36 is an end view partly in section taken on the line 36-36 of Fig 35.
Fig 37 18 a side view in section taken on the line 37-37 of Fig 38, showing a
modified aangement of the improved setting gage and stop, in which the latter
is fitted letween inclined wings of the gage. Fig. 38 18 an end view, in section

page_text: taken on the line 38-38 of Fig. 37. Fig. 39 is an end view, showing another
modification of my improved setting gage and stop, the former being provided
with wings for engaging on opposite sides of the stop, only one of the wings
being inclined to the duection of movement of the gage, the other being parallel
therewith Fig. 40 is a side view on an enlarged scale of a setting gage similar
to that of Fig 35, having its gaging surface disposed in an inclined series of
steps, the longitudinal pitch of which 18 substantially equal to that, of the steps
of the selector connecting racks 168, 169 and 170.
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In order to show the operative parts of the machine as plainly as possible,
theo 18 herein shown only that poition of the framing W which is most inti-
mately connected therewith, it being understood that that framework is intended
to be supported on or incorporated with the frame of the type composing machine,
with which it is to be employed.
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For greater convenience in describing the different parts of this machine, it
will, as in the case of the patent above referred to, be herein considered as being
somewhat arbitrarily divided into three pincipal groups of mechanism, desig-
nated as, The Line Mechanism, The Word Mechanism, and the Governing
Mechanism. By the term "Line Mechanism it is intended to designate those
parts which are principally concerned in the manipulation of the lines, as such,
most of those parts performing their complete function once for each line justi-
fied The term "Word Mechanism" is herein employed to designate the parts
principally concerned in the manipulation of the succeeding words in the lines.
Most, if not all, of these parts perform their complete function or cycle of move-
ment once for each space between the words contained in the lines justified The
term "Governing Mechanism" is herein used to designate the devices located at
the lower right hand portion of the machine, as viewed in Figure 1, which, upon
being set to corespond with the number of spaces in the given lines, serves to
cause the devices of the word mechanism to repeat their operation once for each
one of these spaces, and serves also, when each line nears its completion, to stait
the line mechanism into operation upon the succeeding line
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The two groups of mechanism herein designated as the line and the word
mechanisms are herein considered as being sub-divided into sections or com-
binations of mechanism, with reference to the particular function or functions
formed by each. These sub-divisions are herein designated as far as possible
by names which are indicative or suggestive of their respective functions, and
they will be described as nearly as possible in their natural and logical sequence
The general division herein designated as the line mechanism is assumed to
be divided into the following sections or sub-divisions: —
WORD GRAB MECIIANISM, SPACER SELECTING MECHANISM, SPACFR ASSEMBLING AND
INJH PING MECHANISM, SFLECTOR CORRFCTING MFCHANISM
The parts comprised in the general division called the line mechanism are
nearly all connected with and receive then motion from the line shaft 40, which
extends houzontally through the machine, being mounted in suitable bearings
in brackets attached to the frame W At the right hand end of the line shaft
and in line therewith, 18 located the diving shaft 41, which has fixed upon its
left hand end, adjacent to the line shaft, the clutch 42, the line shaft 40 Leing

page_text: provided with a co-engaging clutch 43, which is splined to the line shaft so as
to slide longitudinally thereon to an extent sufficient to enable it to be moved
into and out of engagement with the driving clutch 42. The line shaft
clutch 43 18 normally held toward its right hand or engaging position, shown
in Fig. 20, by means of the spring 44, the clutch being withdrawn therefrom
against the pressure of the spring by means of the governing mechanism, as
will be hereinafter described.
Motion is communicated to the word mechanism of this machine by means of
the vertical word shaft 45, which is journalled in suitable bearings of the
frame W, and has at its upper end the crank 46, which drives the word
mechanism. That shaft has also upon its lower end the worm or spiral gear 47,
by means of which motion is communicated to the governing mechanism. The
word shaft has also fixed upon it the bevel gear 48, which meshes with the
bevel gear 49 fixed on the driving shaft 41. The relative size of these gears 18
herein shown to be substantially 1 to 3, so that the word shaft makes three
revolutions to one of the driving shaft, and consequently of the line shaft when
the latter is clutched thereto, but this ratio of the gearing may obviously be
changed to suit the conditions peculiar to, or desirable for, each particular
machine.
In employing this machine as an auxiliary to a type composing machine, it
may be connected with the driving shafts of the latter by means of a belt upon
the grooved pulley 50 of the word shaft, or the diving shaft 41 may be extended
toward the right from the position shown in Figure 1, and be provided with any
suitable diving gear.
The type channel 51, formed by and between the plates 52 and 53, is in a vertical
position, its lower end, shown in Fig. 1, leading from the type channel of the
composing machine from which a line of type of approximately the desned
length is separated by means which form no part of the present invention, but
which may be similar to that described in the previous patent above referred to.
The separations between the words in the lines are preserved by means of
separators having ends projecting beyond the type and beyond the edges of
the type channel 51, far enough to be engaged by the word grab devices, here-
mafter described.
In the machine of the previous patent two different lengths of separators were
employed, one to preserve the separations between words, and the other to pre-
serve the separation between the lines, the ends of the latter separators pro-
jecting beyond the ends of the word separators far enough to enable then to
be engaged by the line grab devices; and these differing lengths of separato18
may also be used in connection with the present machine if the means adopted
for separating the independent lines from a continuous line lender then employ-
ment necessary or desirable.
Near the lower end of the type channel is located the pawl 54, which is
pivotally mounted at the side of the channel with its end projecting across that
channel, and each line of type delivered from the composing machine is pushed
up in the channel far enough so that its underlying separator rests upon the
pawl 54, from whence it is taken by the line elevating mechanism. A similar
pawl 55 18 located just above the measuring zone of the type channel, upon the
top of which the line of type after being measured 18 raised by the elevating
pawl 62.
LINE ELEVATING MECHANISM.

page_text: across the type channel. The lower slide 59 has pivotally mounted upon it the
pawl 64, which by means of the spring 65 is also normally held in the plane of
the type channel, the channel plate 32 being suitably slotted to allow of the
necessary amount of travel of the respective elevating pawla. The two elevating
slides are connected by means of the rod 66, which as herein shown, is fixed in
the upper slide 58, and extends loosely through the hole in the lower slide 59,
resting normally upon a latch 67, which is pivotally mounted upon that slide,
and 18 normally held by means of the spring 68 beneath the iod 66, as bust
shown in Fig. 12. The lower slide 59, while at lest, occupies the waiting
position shown in Fig. 11, with its pawl 64 supporting a line of type t in leadi-
ness to be carried past the measuring pawl 130 into the measuring zone at the
commencement of the succeeding operation of the elevating mechanism. When
the lower slide is brought to this position, the pawl 62 of the upper slide
extends to and slightly past the upper surface of the type channel pawl 55, and
upon reaching this position the latch 67 is withdrawn from beneath the rod 66
by ding over the cam 69, (best shown in Fig. 1) and the upper slide 58 18
allowed to fall from the position shown in full line in Fig. 10 to the position
shown in dot and dash lines in the same figure, in which latter position it 18
supported upon the projection 70, where it rests until again lifted by the
succeeding movement of the slide 59, which when at its lowest position shown
in Fig. 1, allows the latch 67 to pass again beneath the 10d 66.
The respective movements of the elevating slides 58 and 59 are imparted from
a crank 71 on the line shaft 40, which in this embodiment is a built-up crank
consisting of the arms 72 and 73, connected by the pin 74, which engages in a
radial slot in the elevating lever 75 pivotally mounted upon the stud 76, fixed
in the framing W, the forward end of the lever being connected by means of the
link 77 with the lower slide 59 The extent of movement of these parts is best
represented in Fig. 8, in which the lever 75 is shown by dotted lines at its
extreme positions, being represented in its intermediate oi resting positions by
full lines, coinciding with the position shown in Fig. 10.
At the beginning of each intermittent rotation of the line shaft upon being
engaged by the clutch 42, the lever 75 18 carried from the full line position
shown in Fig 8 to its upper dot and dash position of the same figure, thereby
carrying the line of type by means of the elevating pawl 64 from the position in
which it 18 shown in Fig 10, into the measuring zone, leaving it upon the
measuring pawl 130 During this upward movement of the slide 59, the slide 58
rests in its lower or dot and dash position of Fig. 10, having, as above described
been disengaged from the latch 67 at the conclusion of its previous movement.
The continued rotation of the crank 71 carries the lever 75 and its connected lower
slide 59 to its lowest position, shown in Fig. 1, at which it picks up the succeed-
ing line from the lower channel pawl 54 At the same time the latch 67 en-
gages again beneath the rod 66, so that both of the slides 58 and 59 are carried
to their full line position shown in Fig. 10, at which point the latch 67 18 by means
of its cam withdrawn from beneath the rod 66, allowing the slide 58 to drop
to its dot and dash position, the slides resting in these positions until the succeed-
ing 1otation of the line shaft
THE FULCRUM SETTING MECHANISM
The movable tuloium 80 for the measuring mechanium
10 e blank fitted
to
The movable tuloium 80 for the measuring mechanium 19 blank fitted to
slide upon the ways 81, 82 attached to or integial with the framework W This
block is provided with a pin upon which the measuring beam is pivotally mounted,
and the range of longitudinal movement of the block 80 upon its ways is sufficient
to enable it to be pushed to any position required for the proper reduction of the
movement of the measuring pawl, according to the number of spaces in the line

page_text: to be measured, the position occupied by the fulcrum during the measurement
of a given line depending upon the number of spaces in that line
The present
machine 18 represented in the drawings as being capable of justifying lines having
from two to fen spaces, it being obvious, however, that the principle employed is
capable of extension to any desired degree. Therefore the fulcrum of this
machine may require to be moved to any one of nine positions, being moved
sometimes one, sometimes eight or nine spaces or intervals to the right or to the
left, as the case may be, from its previous position.
A lug 84, best shown in Figs. 33 and 34, extends from the fulcrum block 80
into the path of movement of the adjusting quills 85, 86, splined upon the
universal setting shaft 87 The construction and mode of operation of the
fulcrum block engaging portion of these quills 18 substantially like that of the
Patent No 12960, May 25th, 1897, above referred to, and 18 best shown in
Figs. 14, 15, 32 and 33 thereof, with the exception that the stepped openings
between the quills are herein shown to be rectangular to conform to the shape
of the rectangular lug 84 The quills of the present machine are, however,
moved lengthwise, by means of independent cams 88 and 89, through the medium
of the aims 90 and the links 91, instead of being connected by gearing and
operated by a single cam, as in the aforesaid patent
The shaft 87 extends nearly the full length of the machine, being journalled
upon portions of the framing Wat suitable intervals in its length At its
extreme left hand end it is provided, as shown in Figs 3 and 5, with a pinion 100,
meshing with a vertical rack 101. fitted to slide upon the rod 104, being drawn
downwardly by means of the spring 102 At a point adjacent to the type channel
the shaft has fixed upon or integral with it the enlarged collar 92, provided with
index pins 93. These pins are arranged spirally upon the collar, coinciding in
circumferential position with the fulcrum engaging steps of the quills, and being
spaced longitudinally of the collar at a distance apart substantially equal to the
diameter of one of the pins These pins engage with a stop 94, which is fitted
to slide longitudinally in a bracket 95, a portion of the stop being provided
with ack teeth engaging with the pinion 96, on the shaft 97
That shaft 18
jounalled in suitable bearings in the type channel plates, and extends trans-
versely to and at one side of the type channel As best shown in Fig 8, the
shaft 97 is provided with ratchet wheels 98 and 99, the teeth of which extend
across the ends of the type channel, so as to engage with the ends of the sepa-
rators, as best shown in Fig. 10, and these ratchet wheels are rotated a single
step by each separator in the line of type, as the latter is carried up into the
measuring zone by the line elevating mechanism This step by step rotation
of the shaft 97 moves the stop 94 from its normal resting position beneath the
right hand index pin toward the left, as viewed in Fig. 1, thereby bringing the
stop beneath that pin which corresponds to the number of separators that have
been carried past the ratchet wheels 98 and 99 As the stop is moved from be-
neath each successive pin, the shaft 87, with its adjusting quills, 18 rotated by
the force of the spring 102, thereby bringing the next index pin down upon the
stop, each pin serving also as it drops past the right hand end of the stop to
prevent the return movement of the stop toward the night, under the influence
of its weight 103. Therefore, when a line having a given number of spaces has
been carried by the elevating mechanism into the measuring zone, the shaft 87,
with its quills, will stand in a position so related to the number of those spaces as to
carry the fulcrum of the measuring beam to its proper relative position for that
number of spaces
During the time that the quills are being set to their suitable circumferential
position, as just described, the two quills are drawn fully apart longitudinally,
ad 'as to permit of their rotation without interfering with the lug 84 of the fulcrum
block At the conclusion of the rotative movement of the shaft 87 and its quills,
the latter are moved longitudinally together, by means of the cams 88 and 89,
thereby bringing them to the position shown in Fig 1, and moving the fulcrum

page_text: This is best shown in detail in Figures 9 and 9" The measuring beam 120
is provided with a longitudinal slide way in which is fitted the pivot block 121,
the latter being pivotally mounted upon the stud upon the fulcium pin 83 The
measuring beam normally rests between its measuring operations in the hori
zontal position shown in Fig. 9, being thereby parallel with the ways 81, and 82,
so as to permit the fulcrum and the pivot block to be readily moved by the
fulcium setting mechanism to a suitable position for measuring the succeeding
line The right hand end of the measuring beam is connected by the pivot
pin 122 to the vertical slide 123. That slide is fitted at its ends in a portion

page_text: to the direction of movement, as shown in Figs. 35 and 36, at an angle having
the tangent 0125; but by disposing those gaging surfaces in planes, each of
which have the described compound inclination to the two directions of move-
ment, and which are oppositely and symmetrically disposed with relation to
a plane passing through its longitudinal centie, the utility of the device con-
sidered with reference to the accuracy of its operation, 18 doubled, inasmuch as
the vanations of its successive stoppings or settings are diminished by one-half
In other words, the compound inclination of either one of the gaging sides of
the setting gage secules the desired ratio of movement, while the doubling of
the angle by adding a mated counterpart on the other side of its centie line,
or plane of symmetry, corespondingly diminishes on blunts the acuteness of
the angle of contact between the setting gage and its stop, thereby lessening
to a corresponding degiee the possible vauation in the setting operations
thereof
The stop engaging end of the setting gage is herein shown to be guided in
its longitudinal movement by means of splines 135 sliding in corresponding
spline ways in the framing W, the stop 134 being similaily grooved to cleai
the splines
During the measuring operation the setting gage 18 held at the night hand
end of its movement, as shown in Fig. 9, by means of the detent 139, pivotally
mounted upon the framing W, and 18 provided with a connecting iod 140,
which extends into engaging iolation to the cam strip 141, on the side of the
cam 89, which, at the conclusion of the measuring operation, and while the
measuring beam and the stop 134 are in the position shown in Fig. 9, lifts
the detent out of its notch in the setting gage, thus allowing the latter to be
drawn toward the left by means of the weight 142 to the extent permitted by
the position to which the tiangular opening 138 of the stop has been set by the
measuring movement of the beam The weight is connected with the setting
gage by means of a cord passing over the pulley 143
This movement of the setting gage toward the left at the conclusion of the
measuring operation is transmitted to the selector setting slide 145, by means
of the adjusting screw 144, fitted in an upwardly projecting portion of the
Betting gage The slide 145 is fitted to slide horizontally in the framing W.
and 18 normally held toward the right against the buffer 145" by means of
the sping 146, the other end of which is attached to a fixed portion of the
framing
The slide 145 18 provided with repeated series of steps of different heights,
which constitute the setting racks for the spacer selecting and selector cor-
recting mechanisms These lacks are attached to, or integial with, the slide 145,
and are herein shown to be arranged in three sections longitudinally thereof.
the rack sections for the spacer selecting mechanism being herein designated
by the numerals 165, 166 and 167, which are arranged side by side in pairs
with the corresponding sections 168, 169 and 170, respectively, for the selector
correcting mechanism
The right hand end of the slide 145 is provided with the steps 172, 173
and 174, which extend beneath and in engaging relation to the basic table
mechanism, as hest shown in Fig 14 The function and mode of operation of
these steps and of the selector setting racks will be hereinafter described in
connection with the spacer selecting mechanism
The under side of the slide 145 is provided with notches, coinciding in pitch
and horizontal position with the steps of the setting rack sections 168 169, 170
The detent 147 pivotally mounted upon the framing W, is pressed into engage-
ment with these notches by means of a spring 148 The slide 145 18 thus
detained in the extreme position to which it is carried toward the left by each
movement of the setting gage. it being desirable to withdraw the latter to its
resting position in order to allow also of the immediate return movement of
the stop, measuring beam and the fulcrum setting mechanism, so that those

page_text: This comprises the devices by means of which the words of the line reating
upon the pawl 53 are caued therefrom one at a time above the injecting
zone 56, leaving each underlying separator in that zone, at which point the
separators are removed from the line, and the final justifying spacers substi-
tuted therefor.
The word slide 175 18 fitted to slide vertically in its ways in the framing W
to an extent sufficient to carry the last and lowest word resting on the pawl 55,
upon which the separator rests during ejectment The slide is provided with
the word pawls 177, located at the opposite edges of the type channel 51, so
as to engage only with the projecting ends of the word separators of the
line These pawls are pivotally mounted upon the slide 175 and are yieldingly
pressed toward the channel by their respective springs 178 The ston fingers 179
are also pivotally mounted upon the word slide, their pivots being preferably
concentric with those of the word pawls These fingers are also arranged upon
opposite edges of the type channel, and are preferably connected together as
by means of the pin 180, so that they operate as one The separator engaging
points of these stop fingers face downwardly, and are located immediately over
those of the word pawle 177, leaving between them a space slightly greater
than the thickness of the separators These fingers are provided near then
upper ends with a pin 181 which during the vertical movement of the fingers
slide in the slot 182. best shown in Fig 2 That slot 18 arranged parallel
with the type channel, excepting at its upper end, where it is inclined toward
the right, so as to carry the stop fingers clear of the separator before the

page_text: latter reaches the injecting zone, in order that the stop fingers may clear the
separator at the beginning of then etuin movement, after which the stop
hnge is again carried by its guiding slot into the plane of the type channel,
so as to engage with the uppermost word separator Upon the next upward
movement of the word slide the pawls 177 engage beneath the separatoi and
cany it to the top of the detent 176 Thus at each succeeding stroke of the
word grab the uppermost word 18 lifted from the line and carried up to the
injecting plane, the upward movement of the slide being sufficient to carry the
type line above the separator upon the top of the pan la 183, the separator
being allowed to fall slightly to its resting place upon the pawl 176
The
supporting sui faces of the pawls 183 are located above that of the pawl 176
to an extent somewhat greater than that of the greatest required width of
space combinations, so as to allow the widest combination to be readily inserted
beneath the word The pawl 176 is yieldingly held to its position shown in
Fig. 11 by means of the sping 176*
The vertical movements of the word slide are communicated by means of
the cranked arm 185, pivotally mounted at 186 to the framing W. The longer
end of this aim is provided with a cross pin which engages in the elongated slot
of the link 187, while the shorter aim of the crank is connected by means of
the rod 188 with the cannage 230. Being thus driven, the cranked aim 185
has an unvarying range of movement but its connection with the word slide by
means of the slotted link 187 allows the downward movement of the slide to be
arrested by each succeeding separator of the line that is being carried up, the
slot of the link allowing the cranked aim to make its full stroke.
Before describing the spacer selecting, assembling, injecting and correcting
mechanisms, it is deemed advisable to give a brief explanation of the system upon
which the spacers are arranged and combined, that system being substantially
like that shown in the previous Patent No 12960, May 25th 1897 It is best
represented in the table of Fig 18, of which the first vertical column is a graphic
representation of the progressive combinations of type The second vertical
column is descriptive of the respective combinations in terms of the four lettered
Bizes of spacers, while the third column expresses the equivalents thereof in
thousandths of an inch, it being assumed that the present machine is adapted to
the justification of type of the size designated as 7-point or minion. It 18, how-
ever, obvious that the system is equally applicable to any other size by a similar
sub-division of the em thereof
The justifying spacers employed in this system are four in number, herein
designated by the letters A, B, C and D. As shown by the table, the setwise
thickness of the smallest spacer A is assumed to be equal to one-fourth of the
em of type which is being justified, which in the present case would be equal
to 024 of an inch The difference in size between these spacers 18 uniformly
one-sixteenth of an em, or substantially 006 of an inch in the case of 7-point
type. It will be seen that the spacers B, C and D are never combined with
each other, and that no more than one of them 18 ever employed in a given
combination, but the spacer A 18 repeated to any extent required to fill out
the thickness called for. By reason of the fact that the A spacer is the smallest
employed, and also because it is thus repeated in the different combinations, I
designate it as the basic space, while the spacers B, C, D are given the general
designation of fractional spacel< On account of this frequent repetition of the,
basic spacer A in the various combinations, the devices employed for its selection
diffe considerably from those which are employed in the selection and ejection
of the fractional spaceia
The supply of basic or A spacers is contained in the channel 195, situated
immediately alongside the type channel; while the fractional spacers B, C
and Dale contained in the channels 196, 197 and 198 respectively, which are
arranged side by side adjacent to a raceway 199, upon which they are ejected as
Iequired.

page_text: The general construction, arrangement and operation of this mechanism is
substantially like that of the previous Patent No. 12960, the improvements em-
bodied in the present machine being specific rather than fundamental. The
present machine, like that of the said Patent, is provided with a series of selecting
hingers mounted on a reciprocating carriage, the upper and lower fingers being
adapted to select the basic or A spacers, while the three intermediate fingers
communicate respectively with the ejecting mechanisms of the channels con-
taining the B, C and D spacers The selection of the desired spacer is deter-
mined by the position of a selector which is movable in the plane of the selecting
fingers, its position therein being determined by the horizontal position of the
selector setting slide 145.
That portion of the spacer selecting mechanism which attends to the A or
basic spacers will now be more particularly described.
This mechanism 18 best shown in Figures 13, 14 and 14" The basic table 200
is fitted to slide vertically in a portion of the framing W, the spur-like por-
tions 200 of the table extending beneath and supporting the column of basic
or A spacers contained in the channel 195. Located beneath and supporting
the basic table is the stop 201, which is pivotally mounted upon the shoe 202,
the upper surface of the stop being provided with three steps for the support
of the table, which differ in height by an amount equalling the thickness of one
of the basic sрасев
The shoe 202 18 also fitted to slide vertically in ways of the
fiaming W and its lower end rests upon one of the stepped elevating planes 172,
173 and 174 of the selector setting slide 145. Each of these steps, like those of
the stop 201, equals the thickness of a basic spacer A, the parts being so pro-
portioned and airanged that when the shoe 202 rests upon the highest plane 172,
with the highest step of the stop 201 beneath the basic table, the spurs 200° of
the latter are close against the lower end of the spacer channel 195, so that
none of the spacers therein are exposed to the action of the extractor
Therefore, the number of A spacers that may be simultaneously withdrawn from
the channel 195 depends both upon the angular position of the stop 201, and
the longitudinal position of the selector setting slide 145.
From the foregoing description of the selector setting mechanism, it will be
understood that the slide 145 remains in the position in which it 18 left by the
measurement of the given line throughout the operation of inserting the justifying
spacers in all of the spaces contained in that line, so that the position of the
shoe 202 remains constant during that operation, and if the stop 201 were also
to remain in a constant angular position, the same number of basic spacers would
be inserted in each space of any given line, but for reasons which are apparent
by reference to the table in Fig 18, and also for other reasons hereinafter ex-
plained in connection with the selector correcting mechanism, it is necessary to
provide for the occasional insertion of one or two additional basic or A spacers.
As a means for satisfying this occasional requirement, the basic stop 201 18
provided with its middle and lower steps, which by the angular adjustments of
the stop are brought beneath the basic table, thereby obtaining respectively one
and two additional basic spacers The determination of the step to be brought
beneath the basic table, and consequently the number of additional A spacers to
be extracted, 18 controlled by the selector. The basic stop is connected by means
of the rod 203 with the frame 204, fitted to slide longitudinally in the framing W,
being pressed toward the right by the spring 209, and that frame is provided
with two spurs 205, 206, located in the plane of the ends of the series of ejecting
levers, as best shown in Fig. 29. These spurs are of different lengths, the shorter
spur 205 being in the horizontal plane of the selecting finger 226, so that the
latter when deflected by the selector, moves the frame far enough to bring the

page_text: middle step of the basic stop beneath the basic table, thereby allowing one
additional basic spacer to be extracted from its channel, while the longer spui 206,
located in the plane of movement of the selecting fuger 229, 18 moved thereby,
when the latter is deflected by the selector, far enough to bring the lowest step
of the stop 201 beneath the basic table, thereby allowing of the extraction of two
additional basic spacers.
The
The means for extracting these basic spaceis, which by this movement of the
basic table 200 are exposed to the extracting operation, will be hereinafter des-
cribed in connection with the spacer assembling and injecting mechanism
means for selecting the fractional spacers B, C and D) will next be described
The spacers B, C and D) are contained in the channels 196, 197, 198, respec-
tively, the lower ends of which open upon the raceway 199, which extends toward
the left from the channel 195, the surface of the raceway being in the plane of
the bottom of the latter channel. These channels are provided with the ejecting
plungers 214, 215 and 216 respectively, the latter being connected by means of
the links 217, 218 and 219, with the ejecting levers 220, 221 and 222 respectively.
These levers are pivotally mounted upon the vertical stud 223, fixed in a lug of
the framing W The range of movement of these levels and their connected
plungers 18 sufficient to eject the spaccis endwise from their respective channels
on to the raceway 199, in front of the assembling plunger The front ends of
these three injecting levers, and the two spurs 205, and 206, are arranged in a
series in a vertical plane parallel with and adjacent to the plane of movement
of the selector 240.
The selecting fingers 225, 226, 227, 228 and 229 are located in a vertical series
adjacent to the spur 205, the ejecting levers 220, 221, 222, and the spur 200
respectively These fingers are pivotally mounted upon a vertical stud 236,
fixed in the carriage 230, which is fitted to slide horizontally in the ways 231,
232, being connected at its night hand end by means of the rod 233 with the
crank 46, fixed on the upper end of the continuously rotating word shaft 45
The reciprocating movement of the carriage is sufficient to move the series of
selecting fingers from the position shown in Fig 13 to that shown in Fig 14",
and the selecting fingers aie independently and yieldingly held in the position
occupied by the finger 229 in Fig 13 by means of the respective springs 235,
so as to hold them clear of their respective injecting levers and spurs, only a
single finger of the series being deflected by the selector 240 into engagement
with its lever or its spur, as the case may be, during any given reciprocation of
the carriage.
The selector 240 18 a projection preferably integral with the selector slide 241,
which is supported at its ends in bearings in the crosshead 242
That cross-
head is fitted to slide upon fixed ways on opposite sides of the support 243,
which extends upwardly from the framing W The crosshead is provided with
a foot 244, which extends downwardly in the plane of the steps of the selector
setting racks 165, 166 and 167, so as to rest upon that particular step thereof
which is brought beneath it as a result of the operation of the measuring and
selector setting mechanisms The selector, best shown in Figs 13, 14, 28 and 29,
18 located in the general vertical plane of the selecting fingers 225 to 229 inclusive,
and has a range of vertical movement, due to that of the crosshead, corresponding
to the width of the four lower fingers of the series The selector has also a
vertical movement upon and relative to its crosshead of an extent equal to the
pitch or centre distance between the selecting fingers, which movement, added
to that of the crosshead, enables the selector to be brought opposite to any
one of the five fingers of the series, as may be determined by the position in
which the crosshead rests at the conclusion of the measuring and selector setting
operation, modified in some instances by the operation of the selector correcting
mechanism. But unless thus modified, the selector slide rests at its lowest
position relative to the crosshead, as shown in Figs 28 and 29, being yieldingly

page_text: held in this position by its gravity aided by the spring 245, attached to the
crosshead 242 Therefore, in the description of this section the slide will be
considered as remaining in its lowest position relative to the crosshead.
When the foot 244 of the crosshead 242, rests upon the lowest step a of the
rack 165, the third or highest working plane 172 of the selector setting slide 145
18 beneath and supports the shoe 202. At this time the highest step of the basic
stop 201 being also beneath the basic table the latter is held in its highest position
against and entirely closing the bottom of the basic spacer channel 190. The
selector, being in its lowest position relative to the crosshead, stands in the line
of movement of the leading rounded end of the selecting finger 225, so that the
latter, when moved toward the left by its carnage, 18 deflected by contact with
the bevelled side of the selector into engagement with the spur 205 of the basio
stop frame 204, thereby bringing the middle step of the basic stop beneath the
basic table 200, and lowering the column of basic spacers far enough to allow
one of them to be extracted therefrom. The pitch or vertical height between
the centres of the selecting fingers of the carriage, is equal to that of the respective
steps of the setting racks 165, 166 and 167, so that when the second step & of the
rack 165 18 set beneath the foot 244 of the crosshead the selector 240 will be
held in the plane of the second selecting finger 226, which upon being deflected
by that selector engages with the ejecting lever 220, thereby ejecting the lowest
spacer B in the channel 196 upon the raceway 199. Similarly, the crosshead
foot 244, when resting upon either the third or fourth steps of either of the
setting racks 165, 166 of 167, presents the selector 240 in the plane of the
fingers 227 or 228 respectively, thereby ejecting a C or a D space by means of
their respective ejecting levers
18
The selector is only raised into engaging relation to the upper finger 229 for
the extraction of two A spacers, in addition to those called for by the planes of
the selector setting slide 145, by the operation of the selector correcting
mechanism, as will be hereinafter explained in connection therewith
It will be noted that the length of each of the planes 172, 173 and 174 of the
selector setting slide 145 corresponds with that of each of the sections 165, 166
and 167 of the setting racks, so that the same plane underlies the shoe 202 of
the basic stop, whichever one of the steps in a given section is presented beneath
the foot 244 of the crosshead For example, some portion of the plane 172
remains beneath the basic shoe 202, during the time that either step of the
section 165 is beneath the foot 244 But if the selector setting slide is moved
far enough to the left to bring either of the steps of the section 160 beneath that
foot, the coresponding plane 173 of the slide is simultaneously brought beneath
the shoe 202, thereby lowering the basic table far enough to allow of the extraction
of two A spacers
Thus the operation of the planes 172, 173 and 174 and their
shoe 202, relative to that of the sections 165, 166 and 167, and the foot 244, 18
analogous to that of the ordinary arithmetical operation of adding up columns
of figures, the passage of the foot 244 over the four steps of the section 165
indicating an increase in the measurement of an amount equalling one of the
basic spacers, which amount, like the " tens of the units column in the arith-
metical operation, 18 carried" to the sum total, by the dropping down of the
shoe of the basic table upon the next lower plane, thereby calling for an addı-
tional basic spacer, whereupon the foot of the selector crosshead in passing to
the next section descends again to the first or lowest step thereof
"
"
On account of the fact that the word mechanism of the machine runs con-
tinuously, it is necessary in this embodiment of the invention to prevent the
extraction of the spacers from the channels after the conclusion of each line,
and while the measuring and selector setting operations are being performed
upon each succeeding line This is done in the present instance by elevating the
selector entirely above the series of selecting fingers by means of the elevating
lever 247, which is attached to the crosshead by means of the link 248. That

page_text: lever is fixed upon the shaft 249 pivoted in the bracket 250, and has fixed' upon
its opposite end the arm 251, which is connected by means of the rod 252 with
the link 253 pivotally mounted on the stud 254: As a means for simultaneously
stopping the further extraction of basic spacers, the shoe 202 18 connected with
the crosshead elevating lever 247 by means of the 'arm 207 and its connecting
rod 208, so that the elevating movement of the crosshead 18 communicated by
means of the pin 255, fixed in the side of the controller 312, which being a part
of the governing mechanism will be described in connection therewith, it being
Bufficient for the present purpose to note that by means of the elevating lever 247
the crosshead and the basic table are moved to then highest positions, thereby
carrying the selector above the series of selecting fingers, and also closing the
basic table against the bottom end of the basic spacer channel 195; these parts
being again lowered into operative relation to their respective spacer selecting
devices at the conclusion of the operation of the measuring and selector setting
mechanisms upon the succeeding line This elevation of the shoe and its attached
parts from the stepped planes of the selector setting slide 145, and of the feet 244
and 263 from their respective racks, leaves the slide 145 free to be set to the
position called for by the measurement of that succeeding line
In order to allow of moving the basic stop 201 to the position shown in Fig 14,
from either of its lower steps, the basic table 200 18 also lifted to its highest
position at each actuation of the word mechanism This movement serves also
to elevate the spacers, or assembled combination of spacers, lying upon the basic
table, to the level of the injecting zone 56. This is accomplished by means of
the lever 256, pivotally mounted on the bracket 257, attached to or integral with
the framing W. The shorter arm of this lever 18 pivotally attached to the
basic table 200, and both are drawn downwardly by means of the spring 258,
attached between the shorter arm of the lever and the bracket. The longer arm
of the lever 256 projects toward the right into engaging relation to the switch
cam 259, which is pivotally mounted upon the reciprocating carriage 230 The
left hand end of the switch cam 18 yieldingly held to its upper position against
the stop pin 260 by means of the spring 261. Upon the movement of the carriage
toward the left, the outer and lower side of the cam rib 259 engages with the
inwardly projecting end of the lever 266, thereby moving the basic table 200 to
its uppermost position, close against the bottom of the channel 195, thus per-
mitting the angular position of the basic stop 201 to be changed during the
justification of a line, if required by the operation of the correcting mechanism.
During the reciprocations of the carriage, the end of the lever 256 moves around
the cam rib 259* as indicated by dot and dash circles in Fig. 14, in the direction
indicated by the adjacent arrows, the switch cam yielding on its pivot to allow
of the return movement of the carriage to the position shown in the latter figure.
SELECTOR CORRECTING MECHANISM.
From the foregoing description it will be seen that the spacer selecting mech-
anism is insufficient to effect justification in lines of type within the necessary
limits of accuracy, inasmuch as it would seldom happen that the space to be
filled out in any given line would be exactly filled by the unvaried repetition of
any spacer or combination of spacers of a fixed size or fixed scale of sizes in all
of the spaces of that line. The operation of the above described devices is much
that if the thickness of the required spacer called for by the measurement does
not exactly equal that of any one of the spacers or combinations of spacers, the
selecting devices above described will insert the next smaller size In this
machine the steps of the setting racks 165, 166 and 167 are so related in position
to each other and to the measuring devices that the regular sizes of spacers or
combinations of spacers will only exactly fill out the line when the outer corners
of those steps happen to be set beneath the foot 244 of the crosshead, as shown

page_text: in Fig. 14. Therefore, if the position to which the selector setting slide 18
carmed by the movement of the setting gage brings some other portion of any
one of these steps beneath the foot 244, it indicates that the regular spacers or
combinations of spacers will not exactly fill out the deficiency thus indicated.
The function of the selector correcting mechanism is to compensate for these
deficiencies, keeping account of them until by accumulation they have amounted
to 006, or the difference between the size of the selected spacer and the size of
the next larger spacer. Having inserted that larger spacer and thus supplied the
deficiency, the selector is returned to its former position and again selects the
smaller spacer, until the continued or resumed accumulation of deficiencies calls
for another insertion of the larger spacer.
The selector corecting mechanism operates as an auxiliary to the spacer select-
ing mechanism above described, being shown in the same figures of the diawings,
and also in Figs. 14" and in Figs 27 to 32 inclusive
The correcting racks 168, 169 and 170 are attached to or integral with the
selector setting slide 145, and are located beside the selector setting 1acks 105,
166 and 167 respectively, the pitch of the teeth of the conecting racks being
one-third of the pitch of the teeth of the selector setting racks so that the teeth
of the latter coincide with each third tooth of the correcting rack. The devices
which co-operate with the series of steps of the correcting racks 168, 169 and 170
are carried upon the selector crosshead 242 The collecting slide 262 18 up-
poited for veitical movement in suitable ways in that crosshead, as best shown
in Figs. 27 and 28, and is provided with a foot 263 which extends into the
vortical plane of the connecting racks and 18 adapted to rest upon the steps thereof,
being in this embodiment located directly opposite to the corresponding foot 244
of the crosshead. The correcting lever 264 18 pivotally mounted at its inner oi
left hand end upon the crosshead 242, as best shown in Fig. 14, its outer or
right hand end being provided with a pin which engages in a slot in the end of
the extension 26% of the correcting slide At a point midway of the length of
the lever 264 is pivotally mounted the connecting pawl level 265, which in turn
has pivotally mounted upon its inner end the correcting pawl 266, which
is located in engaging relation to a series of teeth 267 on the night hand
edge of the selector slide 241. These teeth, as best shown in the full sized draw-
ings of Figs. 28, 30, 31 and 32, are of a pitch equalling one third of that by
which the selecting fingers of the carriage are separated, and therefore core-
sponding to the pitch of the teeth of the correcting rack
The upper end of the
pawl 266 is connected by means of the 1od 268 with the horizontal 10d 209
which slides feely in a hole bored in the lug 270 of the carnage 230 Upon
either side of the lug 270 are located the coiled springs 271 and 272, which
encircle the 1od 269 and bear against collars fixed thereon, so as to move the
rod and its attached pawl 266 yieldingly into contact with the teeth 267 upon
the forward movement of the carriage, and to move it away from those teeth
apon the backward movement of the carriage.
The opposite end of the pawl lever 265 is provided with a projecting lug or
pin 265 which is located in engaging relation to the series of cam pieces 273,
274, 275 and 276, fixed on the carriage 230 Each space between these cam
pieces is substantially equal to the thickness of the pin 265, so that when the
latter is supported in either of the planes of these openings no vertical movement
is imparted to the pawl 266, and consequently the selector slide 241 iemains in its
lowest position with respect to the crosshead, as shown in Figs 28 and 29 and the
parts occupy this position whenever the spaces existing in a given line may be
exactly filled by the set sizes of spacers or spacer combinations, so that the cant
pin 205 is held in this position whenever the bottom surfaces of the feet 24
and 263 rest upon any of the coinciding levels of the teeth of the two sets of
racks. One of these coinciding levels is brought beneath those feet whenever the
measurement of the line is such that it can be exactly filled out by an unvaried

page_text: series of the spacers or spacer combinations without the aid of the conecting
mechanism. For example, in Fig 14, the selector setting slide 145 18 in such
a position as to bing the step 2 + c of the rack 167, and the coinciding step
of the connecting rack beneath the feet 244 and 263 respectively, thereby indica
ting that the spaces of the line then being justified will be exactly filled by a
series of combinations, each comprising two A spaceis, and one C space When,
however, the line cannot be thus exactly filled, the position in which the select-
ing setting slide is left by the measuring operation is such as to bring beneath
the feet 244 and 203 a pan of non-coincident steps of their respective lacks, there-
by raising the correcting slide 262 one or two steps, as the case may be, and bring-
ing the correcting mechanism into operation If, for example, the selector setting
slide 146, should be set to-the left from the position shown in Fig 14 far enough
to bring its notch into engagement with the detent 147, the foot 244 will iest
upon the middle portion of the step 2" c, while the foot 263 of the correcting
slide would rest upon the second step of the correcting rack, thus indicating
that the last named combination would be insufficient to fill the line, the deficiency
in each space being equal to one-third of the difference between the C and
D spacers, which deficiency would in the scale herein assumed equal 002 of an
inch. Therefore, it would only be necessary to substitute a D spacer for the C
spacer of the above combination in every third space of the line, and this is what
18 accomplished by the correcting mechanism When the foot 263 of the conect-
ing slide is raised one step of the correcting rack above the foot 244, the cam
pin 265 of the pawl lever 265 18 1aised far enough into engaging relation with the
inclined forward end of the cam strip 275 so that cach succeeding forward move-
ment of the carriage will oscillate that lever to an extent sufficient to raise the co-
recting slide a single tooth, the slide being prevented from dropping back upon the
return movement of the carriage and of the pawl by means of the detent 277,
pivotally mounted upon the crosshead and pressed into yielding engagement with
the teeth 278 by means of the sping 279 A pin 277 projects from the upper
end of the detent 277 into engaging relation to the lozenge shaped cam projec-
tions 281 and 282 of the escapement pawl 280, which is pivotally mounted upon
the correcting slide 262. In effecting the correction of a deficiency of 002 of
an inch, the correcting slide is elevated to the position of one of its notches at
each forward movement of the carriage, as above described Therefore, at each
third movement of the carnage the conecting slide is raised to its third notch,
thereby raising the selector out of the plane of movement of the selecting
finger 227 into that of the finger 228, thus causing the ejection of one of the
spacers D instead of a spacer C. At this position of the correcting slide, the cam
projection 281 of the escapement pawl is carried above the pin 277 of the
detent, thereby upon its return movement camming the latter outwardly away
from the teeth 278 and allowing the selector slide to fall to its lowest position
shown in Fig 28, the third tooth of the series 278 being omitted in order to
facilitate the dropping of the collecting slide.
The pitch or distance between the centres of the selecting fingers 225 to 229
inclusive is substantially equal to the height of each of the steps of the selectoi
setting lacks 165, 166 and 167, and as will be seen in Fig. 29, the width of the
working face of the selector 40 is substantially equal to the space between the
sand fingers. Therefore, the selector can never engage with but one of those
selecting fingers during any given stroke thereof. The parts are also adjusted
so that with the selector slide in its lowest position, and the crosshead foot 244
resting upon one of the steps of its setting rack, the selector will be held so fai
below a position of exact coincidence with the corresponding selecting fingers that
only the upper edge of the selector engages safely with the lower edge of that
finger. Hence the result that the selector remains in engaging relation to that
finger even when raised two notches of its slide 241, and that an elevation of

page_text: three of those notches is required to raise it into similar relation to the next
higher finger.
The operation of these devices during the correction of a deficiency of '004
of an inch is illustrated in Figs 28 to 32 inclusive, the three latter figures repie-
senting the devices at three different phases of that operation. In this case the
slide 115 18 assumed to be set so as to bring the fourth step d of the selector set-
ting rack 165 beneath the foot 244, while the foot 263 of the correcting slide is
elevated therefrom two steps of the correcting rack, as shown in Figs 28 and 29,
thereby raising the cam pin 266 into the plane of movement of the cam piece 276
far enough so that the latter at its first forward movement elevates the conecting
slide two notches, to the position shown in Fig. 30 This movement, however,
is not sufficient to raise the selector out of the plane of the fourth
selecting finger 228, which therefore operates to select a D spacer for the fist
space of the line
Upon the next forward stroke of the carnage, the correcting
slide 18 raised two more notches to the position shown in Fig 31. thereby
bringing the selector 240 into the plane of action of the selecting finger 229, and
inserting two A spaces in the second space of the line, thus adding 006 of an
anch to the line But the deficiency of 004 in each space becomes 008 at the
second space, and 012 at the thud space, so that it is necessary to also insert
two A spacers in that thud space, which fully satisfies the deficiences thus far
The position of the devices for the selection of this third combination of the
line is as shown in Fig. 32, the correcting slide being raised high enough to
bring the lozenge shaped projection 282 above the pin 277 of the detent, thus
camming it away from the teeth 278, and allowing the correcting slide to fall
again to its fist position, this operation being repeated throughout the justifica-
tion of this line and others of similar deficiencies.
If the justification of any line should be completed before the deficiencies
thereof are quite made up, thereby leaving the selector slide raised above its noi
mal position relative to the crosshead, it will be released therefrom by means of
the projection 283, which extends from the framing into the plane of movement
of the cranked arm 284 of the detent, so that the latter will be thrown away from
is teeth 278 when the crosshead is elevated to its highest position at the com-
pletion of the line, thereby allowing the slide to drop to its lowest position This
is necessary at the completion of each line, in order that the device may be at its
normal starting point at the commencement of each new line
In the machine of the above mentioned Patent No 12960, May 25th 1897, the
conecting devices were adapted to correct deficiencies of one-sixth of the differ-
ence between the adjacent sizes of spacers, thus providing for five possible col-
rections In the present machine, however, it is not deemed necessary for practical
requiements to provide for the correction of deficiencies of less than *002,
although it will be obvious that the system is capable of attending to smaller
deficiencies.
SPACER ASSEMBLING AND INJECTING MECHANISM:
This is best shown in Figs 13, 14 and 14" The A o basic spacers which,
by the lowering of the basic table 200, have been allowed to emerge from the
bottom of their containing channel 195, are withdrawn from beneath that chan-
nel by means of the reciprocating extractor 291, which is fitted to slide in the
framing W to an extent shown by a comparison of Figs 13 and 14*. The stem
of the extractor extends through a vertical slot in the basic table, far enough
This is best shown in Figs 13, 14 and 14" The A on basic spacers which,
by the lowering of the basic table 200, have been allowed to emerge from the
bottom of their containing channel 195, are withdiawn from beneath that chan-
nel by means of the reciprocating extractor 291, which is fitted to slide in the
framing W to an extent shown by a comparison of Figs 13 and 14*. The stem
of the extractor extends through a vertical slot in the basic table, far enough
below the surface thereof to allow the greatest required number of A spacers to be
withdrawn The T-shaped right hand end of the extractor extends upwardly,
its upper surface fitting close against the bottom of the spacer channel, so as to
support the column of spacers remaining therein while extracting the others
The left hand or extracting side of the T-shaped head of the extractor is cut

page_text: away to clear the spurs 200* of the basic table when the latter is at the forward
or left hand end of its extracting movement, as shown in Fig. 13.
The reciprocating movement of the extractor 18 imparted by means of the
carriage 230, being connected therewith by means of the link 292, the lever 293
pivotally mounted upon the fixed portion of the framing W and the connecting
1od 294. The amplitude of the movement of the extractor with relation to that
of the carriage is reduced to the desired extent by the position of the pivot of the
1educing level 293 This connection operates to impart to the extractor 291 a
reduced movement contemporaneous with, but in the opposite direction to that of
the carriage 230, and of the assembling plunge 290, which is attached to or
integial with that carriage The plunge 290 18 fitted to slide upon the surface of
the laceway 199, and as it moves toward the night it pushes before it whichever
one of the fractional spacers has been selected and ejected upon that raceway by
the immediately preceding operation of the spacer selecting mechanism Inas-
much as the lower end of the channel 195 lies in the plane of the surface of the
raceway, the upper surface of the extracted A spacer or spacers, when brought
against the end of the raceway, is coincident with the surface thereof, so that the
fractional spacer which happens to have been ejected from its channel is pushed
by the plunge upon that A spacer, or spacers When no A spacer has been
selected and extracted the fractional spacer will be pushed by its plunger upon the
surface of the basic table itself.
The location in which the spaces are thus assembled is in the vertical plane
of the type channel 51, as best shown in Fig 14", and the assembled combination
19 1aised to the level of the injecting zone 56 thereof by means of the cam 259,
as already explained The assembling spaces are held family together so as to
pievent them from becoming tipped or otherwise disarranged, by means of the
prosser foot 296, which is mounted just above this assembled position of the
spaceis, being fitted to slide in suitable ways in the side of the basic spacer
channel 195, as best shown in Fig 14 This presser foot is provided with a
spui 297 which extends toward the left and is bevelled on its under side. The
assembling plunger 290 is provided with a recess 298 to receive this spui, as
shown in Figs. 14 and 14, the bottom of the 1ccess being correspondingly
bevelled so that the plunger in its forward or assembling movement elevates
the presser foot far enough to allow the spacci B, C or D to pass beneath it
weight of the presser foot may be made sufficient to hold the assembled com-
bination of spacers securely in position, or it may be pressed downwardly by
any suitably arranged spring
The
The assembled spaceis thus held beneath the presser foot are mjected there-
from into the type channel 51 at the injecting zone 56 thereof, by means of the
injecting plungei 300. This is fitted to slide horizontally in suitable bearings in
the fiaming of the machine, as best shown in Fig 14, and 18 connected by means
of the link 301 with the cranked aim 302, which is pivotally mounted upon a
fixed portion of the framing W, the opposite end of the cianked arm being
connected by means of the link 303 with a lug on the reciprocating carriage 230,
so that the latter upon its movement toward the left operates through the
parts just described, to inject into the type channel the spacer or space com-
bination which was assembled by the last previous right hand movement of the
carriage The corresponding separator at that time lying in the injecting zone
is simultaneously ejected therefiom by the entering spaces, and falls into any
conveniently placed receptacle (not herein shown) The leading end of the
injecting plunger, or the co-engaging portion of the presser foot, or both, should
be slightly bevelled, so that the plunger upon its forward movement, will
1emove the downward pressure of the presser foot This, however, need not be
done unless a heavy pressel spring 18 employed.
Having now described the sections or the sub-divisions of the line and the
word mechanism, we will next describe;-

page_text: THE GOVERNING MECHANISM.
The functions of this mechanism are to take account, as it were, of the number
of spaces in the next line to be justified, to arrest the operation of the spacer
selecting, assembling and injecting mechanisms when they have assembled and
injected a corresponding number of spacers or spacer combinations, and at a
suitable time in advance of the completion of each current line, to start the line
mechanism into operation upon the succeeding line, so as to reduce to a minimum
the intervals of lost or idle time between the lines. The governing mechanism,
as shown in the general front elevation of Fig. 1, is located at the lower right
hand portion of the machine. Its various parts-are better shown in detail drawn-
ul full size scale in Figs. 15, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25 and 26
of the
The governor shaft 308 is rotatably journalled at its rearward end in the
bracket 309, its forward end extending through and being supported by the
coroller 312. This shaft has fixed upon it the worm gear 310, meshing with
the worm 47, upon the word shaft 45, by means of which a continuous rotary
movement is imparted to the governor shaft in the direction of the arrow of
Fig. 25 That shaft has also keyed upon it the ratchet wheel 311, having on
its periphery a series of teeth facing forwardly in the direction of rotation.
The controller 312 18 rotatably journalled upon the shaft 308, being supported
by the beaning 313, attached to or integral with the framing W, as best shown
in Figure 16 The rearward end of the controller is provided with the
flange 314, which is located close against the ratchet wheel 311, and has
pivotally mounted upon its rearward face the pawl 315, best shown in Figs. 24
and 25 One end of the pawl is adapted to engage with the adjacent teeth of
the ratchet wheel 311 during a certain period in the justification of each line,
being yieldingly pressed into engagement at that time by means
sping 316, which is also attached to the rearward face of the flange 314. The
opposite end of the pawl 315 carries a hub 317, in which is seated a longitudinally
movable cam pin 318, which is yieldingly held in the position shown in Fig. 24
by means of the spring 319 In order to allow of a suitable working length of
the pin, and of its spring, the hub 317 of the pawl extends through a clearance
slot in the flange 314, as best shown in Fig 24 When the pin is in its inner-
most position, shown in the latter figure, its rearward end extends into the
deepest portion of the annular groove 321 of the controller releasing cam 320,
so that the annular shoulder 322 thereof will hold the pawl out of engagement
with the ratchet wheel 311, as shown in Fig. 25, this being necessary while the
controller is being reset, as hereinafter described, to a position which varies with,
and is controlled by, the number of spaces in each line to be justified
groove 321 extends annularly around the releasing cam, concentric with the
axis thereof, the cam function being performed by the cam piece 326, which,
as shown in Figs 24 and 25, extends across the groove 321, far enough to swing
the pawl 315 out of engagement with the continually rotating ratchet wheel 311,
thereby releasing the controller therefrom and allowing it to stop at the position
This releas-
shown in Fig 1, in which position it is detained by its detent 342
ing movement of the pawl brings the inner end of its pin 318 into alignment
with the deeper portion of the annular groove 321, into which the pin is then
forced by its spring, so that the pawl is held out of engagement with the ratchet
teeth by means of the annular shoulder 322 during the resetting operation.
The
The controller releasing cam 320 is mounted upon the shaft 308 so that the
latter can turn freely within it, the cam being held from 1otating by means of
the lever 323, one end of which is pivotally attached to the cam by means of
screws 324, the other end of the lever being pivotally supported in a slot in the
framing W. The rearward end of the cam 320 18 provided with cam inclines 320*,
having the appearance of ratchet teeth, which engage with corresponding
teeth 310 upon the forward side of the worm gear 310, the rotation of which
thereby imparts to the non-rotating cam 320 a longitudinal movement upon

page_text: the shaft 308 at each rotation of the word shaft 45, equalling in extent the
depth of the aforesaid 1atchet teeth, the cam being yieldingly pressed toward
the rear end into engagement with the cam inclines by means of the spring 325.
The resetting operation of the coatroller takes place while the cam is held in
its forward position, shown in Fig. 24, upon the points of the co-engageing
ratchet teeth, and at the conclusion of the measuring and resetting operations
the cam is enabled by the interlocking of the said teeth to move back to the
position shown in Figs 15 and 26, thereby withdrawing the shoulder 322 from
behind the pin 318, and allowing the pawl to engage with an adjacent tooth of
the atohet wheel 311, by means of which it is again carried forward to its
releasing position of Figs. 1, 24 and 25
The forward end of the controller 312 is provided with the flange 327, which
is provided with a spiral series of steps equalling the maximum number of
spaces in the longest line for which the machine is adapted, the number of steps
shown in the drawings being eleven, which in Fig. 15" are numbered from 1
to 11 inclusive The stop 328 is fitted to slide upon a square rack 329 at the side
of the stepped flange, the end of the stop being turned into the plane of that
flange, as shown in Fig. 15. The plane of movement of the end of the stop 18
substantially radial to the axis of the controller, and its range of movement 18
great enough to enable it to be set in engaging relation to any one of the steps
thereof The upper portion of the rack 329 18 provided with gear teeth which
mesh with the pinion 330, the latter meshing also with the pinion 331, on the
right hand end of the shaft 87, and the stop 328 is raised in engaging relation
to the proper step of the controller flange 327, by means of the successive word
separators of the line, as they are carried past the ratchet wheels 98 and 99,
thereby setting the stop for the controller coincidently with the setting of the
fulcrum mecharism and the stepped jaw mechanism
to slide freely upon the rack 329, being supported during the setting operation
The stop 328 18 fitted
by the pin 332
In order that the rack 329 may at once be returned to its first or lowest
position in readiness to be set for the succeeding line, leaving the stop 328 in
the position in which it was set for the current line, the stop 328 18 provided
with a row of teeth 341, corresponding in number and pitch to the steps of the
flange 327. The detent 333 is pivotally mounted upon the framing W in engag-
ing relation to those teeth, the lower end of the detent projecting downwardly
into engagement with the pin 334, placed in the side of the collar 335 which 18
pivotally mounted in the fiaming by means of the screw 136
collar is cut away to form an engaging shoulder for the pin 337, which is fitted
The edge of the
to slide transveiselv in the lower end of the rack 329, being held toward the
collar by means of the spring 3.38 At the conclusion of each operation of the
controller, and as the rack 18 1aised with the step by step motion imparted
to the shaft 87 by the passing separators of the next line, the collar 335 is turned
by the pin 337 to the position shown in Fig 15", thereby withdrawing the
pan from the teeth of the stop 328 and allowing the latter to slide downwardly
upon the rack until ariested and supported in its proper relation thereto by
the pin 332, by means of which the stop is then raised to its appropriate position
and supported thereat by the detent 333, which is allowed to return to the
teeth 341, after the pin 337 has passed by the collar 335, as shown in Fig. 1
pin 337 is yieldingly mounted to enable it to spring over its shoulder of the
The
colla 335 upon its downward or return movement
It is conceivable that in some of the embodiments or modifications of this
invention the parts may be so timed as to allow the proper step of the controller
to he brought against the stop 328 before it becomes necessary to return the
rack 329 to its lowest or initial position In that case, the stop would be sup-
ported in a suitable position by means of the flange of the controller itself, falling
step by step as the latter is moved toward its releasing position, and in that

page_text: case, the detent pawl 333, its teeth upon the stop, and their releasing devices
connected with the lower end of the 1ack, may be dispensed with, it being only
necessary to retain the stop in the position to which it is set for each line until the
appropriate step of the controller 18 brought against it.
The controller is provided with means for imparting to it a nearly complete
rotation in a duection opposite to that of the notation of the ratchet wheel 311.
This is for the purpose of setting it with its appropriate step against the stop 328,
after the latter has been set, as above described, by the passage of the separators
of the line next to be justified, moving it thereto from the position shown in
Fig 1, to which it is returned by the ratchet wheel 311, and at which its
pawl 315 is released from that ratchet wheel. The means for thus rotating the
controller is herein shown to be the weight 339, which serves, by means of its
cord 340, coiled upon the hub of the controller 312, to rotate the latter until
its appropriate step collides with the stop While the latter 18 being set to posi-
tion by the passing separators, the controller is held in the position shown in
Fig 1 by means of the detent 342, fixed upon the shaft 343, and engaging with
the notch 314 in the edge of the flange, being yieldingly pressed against that
flange by means of the spring 349. That shaft 18 pivotally mounted in the
framing of the machine, and has upon its opposite end a lever 344, the latter
being connected by means of the 1od 345, with the slide 346, which is fitted to
Blide longitudinally in the framing W, and 18 provided with a cam pin 347,
extending into engaging relation with the cam piece 348, on the side of the
cam 88, best shown in Fig. 7 That cam piece is so located with respect to
the time of rotation of the cam 88 as to move the slide 346 to the left, thereby
lifting the detent 342, and releasing the controller, after the controller stop 328
has been set to its proper position.
It will be seen from the foregoing description that the controller, having
been automatically set to a position determined by the number of separators
in the line next to be justified, is so timed and arranged that it will by means
of its pawl 315 be picked up by the rotating ratchet wheel 311 after the said
line has been measured and transferied to the pawl 50, and as the first word
thereof 18 being elevated to the injecting zone 56 by the word grab, the con-
tioller being thereafter 1otated to an extent equalling one angular separation
of the steps of the flange 327, for each word thus elevated, until the controller
reaches its releasing position shown in Fig 1.
As the controller approaches its releasing position its stud 255, engaging with
the link 253, operates in the manner and for the purpose alieady set forth, to
aise the selector crosshead 242 and the basic table 200 to their highest posi-
tions, thereby preventing the further selection and extraction of the justifying
spacers The parts are so timed as to elevate these parts just after the spacer
or combination of spacers for the last space in the current line has been selected
and assembled, so that the succeeding stroke of the carnage operates only,
through the grab, to lift the final word from the pawl 55, up to its place, thereby
completing the justified line
The means which co-operate with the controller for releasing the clutch 43
of the line shaft so as to allow it to be forced by its sping into engagement
with the continuously rotating diving clutch 42, will now be described.
As already stated in the preliminary description of the line mechanism, the
line shaft clutch 43 18 normally held toward its right hand or engaging con-
nection with the diving clutch 42 by means of the spring 44, and the clutch 43
18 withdrawn from that engagement at the conclusion of each of the intermit-
tent rotations of the line shaft by means of the clutch pin 350, which is fitted
to slide longitudinally in a bushing 351 fixed in the faming W, as shown in
Fig 16, being yieldingly pressed toward its rearward position shown in that
figure by means of the aping 352 That pin is located in a substantially radial
position to the line shaft 40, so placed longitudinally thereof as to enter the

page_text: inclined groove 353 of the clutch 43 and engage with the inclined side or
shoulder thereof, as that shaft approaches the completion of each of its inter-
mittent rotations, the inclination of the shoulder being sufficient to cause the
clutch to be forced toward the left to the position shown in Fig 20, out of
engagement with the clutch 42, to the position shown in Fig 20, in which it
18 held against further rotation during the justification of the current line by
means of the clutch pin 350, until the latter 18 withdiawn by the controller, at
a time suitable for the commencement of the next rotation of the line
shaft
Pin
The means adopted in the present embodiment of this invention for enabling
the controller to withdraw the pin 350, and thereby to allow of the engage-
ment of the clutches 42 and 43, and the subsequent rotation of the line shaft,
are best shown in Figs 16, 17, 19 and 20 The clutch pin 350 18 provided with
a cross pin 354, the ends of which extend into the slots 355 of the guide 356,
which is supported from the fiamung W, as best shown in Fig 17 The clutch
pin 350 being thus held from rotation upon its own axis, is moved lengthwise
at a suitable time by means of the clutch releasing cam 357, which is fitted to
tun freely upon a cylindrical extension of the bushing 351 The font face
of this cam is provided with spiral wings 358, which engage behind the cross
pin 354, on opposite sides of the clutch pin 350, so that the cam upon being
rotated half way around will move the clutch pin longitudinally from the posi-
tion shown in Fig 16 to that of Fig 17, thereby withdiawing the clutch
from the groove 353 of the clutch 43 The enlarged flange of the cam 357 has
upon its rearward face the oppositely disposed pawls 259, which, as shown in
Fig 19, are yieldingly pressed by means of the spings 362 into engagement
with oppositely disposed shoulders on teeth 360 of the ratchet 361 That at-
chet is iotatably mounted upon the aforesaid cylinducal extension of the bush-
ing 351, being attached to or integial with the pinion 363, which meshes with
the sector 361, pivotally mounted at 365 upon the framing W The arm 366
of the sector projects into the cucle of revolution of the lug 367 attached to or
integral with the rearward side of the flange 314 of the contioller the latter as it
approaches its releasing position, shown in Fig 1, colliding with the aim 360,
thereby turning the cam 357 from the position shown in Fig 16 to that of
Fig 17, and withdiawing the clutch pin 350 so as to release the clutch 43
each of these actuations of the cam it is turned substantially one-half of a com-
plete 1otation upon its bearings, thereby presenting to the c1088 pin 354 the
space o interval between its wings 358, so as to allow the clutch pin 350 to
be again forced by its sping to the position shown in Fig 16, when the 1ota-
tion of the clutch 43 again presents the commencement of its spal groove 353
opposite the end of that pin On account of the necessity for leaving the pin 350
in the position shown in Fig 16, so as to hold the clutch 43 in the disengaged
position shown in Fig 20, during the intermissions in the operation of the line
shaft, it is desuable to impart to the cam 257 an intermittently forward rota-
tion, mstead of allowing it to follow the return oscillator movements of its
sector 364 Hence the utility of the pawl and ratchet connection of that cam
with the pinion 363; the latter, being positively geared with the sector 364,
participates in the return oscillatory movement of the latter due to the similar
movement of the controller, the amplitude of these movements being sufff-
cient, as above stated, to turn the pinion substantially half way around, thereby
bringing the pawls 359, into engagement with the opposite shoulders 360 of
the ratchet, ready for imparting the next forward half rotation theirto.
In the present machine the time established for the releasing of the clutch 43,
so as to enable the line mechanism to begin its work upon the succeeding line,
is while two words of the current line still remain upon the pawl 55 Inasmuch
as the word mechanism operates three times for each 1otation of the word shaft,
and as two of these operations are required to carry the two remaining words
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page_text: into the injecting zone, it follows that the word mechanism operates idly but
once when there is no interruption in the supply of type lines its succeeding
operation being in connection with the first word of the succeeding line.
The governing mechanism, as thus organised, keeps the machine constantly
in operation even when no lines of type are brought within the reach of the
line elevating mechanism In the latter case, the shaft 87 remains in its initial
position, which is appropriate for a three-word line having two spaces, that
being the minimum line to which this particular embodiment of the invention
is applicable Therefore, the controller, after being released from its detent 342
is arrested with its second step against the stop 328, from which position it is
returned to its releasing point as before, by the ratchet wheel 311, again releas-
ing the clutch 43, and causing another operation of the line mechanism, this
operation being repeated until lines of type matter are again brought within
the reach of the line elevating mechanism, after which the setting of the govern-
ing mechanism is controlled as before, by the number of spaces therein.
This
A brief description will now be given of the complete operation of the entire
machine under normal conditions It will be assumed that the line to be justi-
fied, resting in the waiting position on the pawl 64, as shown in Fig. 11, con-
tains seven words and six spaces, having an aggregate shortage or deficiency
of 276. which divided into the six spaces of the line, equals 046 for each. As
there is no spacer of this size, the selection for the first space falls upon the next
smaller or spacer, which being but .042 requires a correction of .004
1 spacer, however, if repeated in all of the spaces of the line, would still leave
a deficiency of .024, but by the present system the 024 is distributed among
four of the spaces of the line, adding 006 in each, by substituting a combination of
two of the A or basic spacers for the D spacer. Therefore, following the systeri
herein set forth, the line now under consideration, would be just find by the
insertion of the following series of spacers and spacer combinations,-D-2A-
2A-D-2A-2A—.
The operation of the machine upon such a line is as follows As the line is
carried into the measuring zone by the line elevating mechanism, its separators
move the stop 94 toward the left, beneath the appropiate pin of the index 92,
and by means of the successive partial rotations of the setting shaft 87, which are
thus permitted, the fulcrum adjusting quills 85, and 86, the stepped jaw 110,
and the controller stop 328, are set to positions, appropriate for the manipulation
of a six-space line. By the continued rotation of the line shaft, the fulcrum
block 80 is moved by the cams 88 and 89 to its position determined by the quilla,
and the measuring beam 120 18 allowed by its cam 127 to be drawn upward by
its sping 128, thereby raising the end of the measuring pawl 130, with the line
resting thereon, to the extent permitted by the appropriate step of the stepped
jaw 110, which 18 276, the heicin assumed shortage of the line, and moving
downwardly the setting gage stop 134 to a suitably related extent
At the same
time the setting gage 135 is released from its detent 139 by means of the cam
piece 141 thus permitting that setting gage to be drawn toward the left by its
weight 142, to the extent permitted by the vertical position of the stop 134, as
shown by a comparison of Figs 9, 9ª, 9, 9° This movement toward the left,
of the setting gage, carries with it the selector setting slide 145, thereby binging
beneath the foot 244 of the crosshead 242 the step d of the rack 165, and beneath
the foot 263 of the correcting devices the highest step of the rack 168, while the
first plane 172 of the setting slide remains beneath the shoe 202 of the basic table,
as shown in Fig 34. At this stage in the operation of the machine, the con-
troller 312 is released from its detent 342, and under the influence of the
weight 339, is moved far enough to bring its sixth step against the stop 328,
thereby carrying the stud 255 away from the link 253, and allowing the latter
with its connecting rod 252, to rise to a position which permits the crosshead 242
of the selecting mechanism to settle down until its foot 244 and the foot 263

page_text: of the correcting slide rest upon those steps of their respective setting racks which
have been brought beneath them, while the shoe 202 rests upon the plane 172
of the selector setting slide 145 As thus set, the selector is held in engaging
relation to the selecting finger 228, for the D spacer, the conecting slide, being
held two steps of the correcting rack above the level of the step d, indicates the
required correction of 004 while the basic table is held in its highest position 80
as to close the channel 195 of the basic spacers, the basic stop 201 having at
this time its highest step beneath the table. This setting movement of the cross-
head, and of the basic table to their respective positions is timed to take place
while the cannage 230 is at or near the right hand end of its stroke, so that the
selecting fingers 225 to 229 inclusive, and the cam pieces 273 to 276 are withdrawn
at this time, as shown in Figures 13 and 28, from the vertical planes of move-
ment of the selector 240 and the pawl lever pin 265", with which those parts
of the carriage are respectively to engage, thus leaving the latter free to be set
vertically to position
Following its measuring operation, and during the setting operation just
described, the current line has been raised by the line grab 58 out of the measur-
ing zone, and upon the top of the pawl 55, thereby bringing it within reach of
the word grab, which at each subsequent real ward stroke of the carriage 230,
carried a succeeding word of the current line past the injecting zone 56 and upon
the top of the pawls 183 Upon the first forward stroke of the carnage, the
selecting finger 228 is deflected by the selector 240, into contact with the end
of the ejecting lever 222, thereby ejecting one of the spaceis D from the
channel 198 upon the raceway 199, along which, during the succeeding return
movement of the carriage it is moved by the assembling plunger 290, beneath
the presser foot 296, and in front of the ejecting plungei 300, which at that
time is in its rearward or withdiawn position, and which at its next stioke carries
the spacer D into the type channel at the injecting zone 56 thereof, beneath the
first word of the current line. During the first forward stroke of the carriage,
the cam 276 operates through the lever 265 and the pawl 266, to raise the
selector to the position shown in Fig. 30, which however, does not carry it above
the plane of the selecting finger 228 for the D spacer But a repetition of
this action of the pawl 266 upon the second forward stroke of the carriage, and
of its cam 276, operates to carry the selector to the position shown in Fig. 31,
out of the path of movement of the selecting finger 228 into that of the selecting
finger 229, thereby deflecting the latter finger into contact with the spur 206 of
the frame 204, thus bringing the lowest step of the stop 201 beneath the basic
table and permitting the extraction of two basic spaces therefrom, into
the path of movement of the injecting plunger 300, by means of
which they are pushed into the second space
of the line The
third forward stroke of the calage operates through the cam 276,
to raise the selector 240 to the position shown in Fig 32, in which, however, it
18 still in engaging relation to the selecting finger 229, which therefore operates,
as before, to cause the extraction of two basic or A spacers for the thud space of
the line Upon the return of the carriage from its third forward stroke, the
selector slide 241 18 released from its detent 277, and returns to its first position
shown in Figs. 28 and 29, in the manner already described in connection with the
selector collecting mechanism, so that the fourth forward stroke of the carriage
operates to select and eject a D spacer for the fourth space in the line Upon
the fifth forward stroke of the carriage, the selector is again carried into the 5
path of movement of the selector finger 229, where it remains during the sixth
stroke also, so that the fifth and sixth spaces of the line each receive a com-
bination of two basic or A spacers
Contemporaneously with the selection of the spacer for the first space of the
current line, the controller is started into operation by the release of the pawl 315 5
from the groove 321 of the cam 320, thereby permitting it to engage with the

page_text: ratchet wheel 311, the controller being thereby advanced to an extent equalling
tho angular separation of the steps upon its flange 327, for each of the words
as they are carried up by the word grab. This operation continues until in
the case of the 7-word line now under consideration, the fifth word has been
carried up above the injecting plane 56, at which time, by the operation of the
lug 367 of the controller, the sector 364 and their associated devices, the clutch
pin 350 is withdrawn from the line clutch 43, which engages with the constantly
rotating clutch 42, and thereby inaugurates another operation of the line mechan-
ism upon the succeeding line. The succeeding upward movement of the word
grab carries up the sixth word of the line, and the spacer assembling and in-
jecting mechanism insert its final combination of 2 A spacers beneath that word
at which time, having completed the selection of spacers for that line, the cross-
head 242 18 by means of its connection with the link 253, raised by the stud 255
of the controller, so as to stop the further selection and extraction of spacers
until the devices have been reset for the succeeding line. The subsequent or
seventh upward movement of the word grab, carries up the seventh or final word
so as to complete the line then rosting above the injecting zone, but the assoc1-
ated movement of the spacer assembling and injecting mechanism makes_an
idle stroke, no spacers having been brought within the range of action The
eighth stroke of the word grab in an idle movement, the conclusion of which 18
contemporaneous with the completion of the rotation of the line shaft, which,
by the operation of its associated mechanism, has brought the next line into the
measuring zone, performed the measuring operation thereon, and reset the several
devices in accordance with the requirements thereof, so that the succeeding
movement of the carriage and woid grab becomes the fist in the series operating
upon the succeeding line
A modification of the setting gage in what may be considered its simplest
form, 18 shown in side and end view in Figs 35 and 36 respectively. In this
modification, the gaging surface 371 of the setting gage 370 is represented as
having, with relation to its direction of movement, what may be termed a simple
instead of a compound inclination. While this arrangement would secure the
desired ratio of movement between the setting gage and its stop 372, it does not
allow of doubling the angle of contact therewith, or repeating it symmetrically
with relation to the direction of movement It is in this respect inferior to the
other and preferied form herein shown, and is shown in this simple form mainly
for the purpose of aftording a comparison, by means of which the characteristics
of the compound type of setting gage may be more fully and readily comprehended.
The modified setting gage and stop shown in side and end views in Figs 37
and 38 respectively, will by analysis be seen to be practically but an inversion as
to form, of the preferred form shown in the principal figures of the drawings,
the inner inclined surfaces 373, 374 of the setting gage 375, engaging with coi-
1espondingly inclined surfaces on the opposite outer sides of the stop 376
will be seen that these surfaces, like those of the gage shown in the principal
figures of the diawings, are doubled, or repeated symmetrically with relation to
the duection of movement of the gage, and thereby secure the advantage of
accuracy of setting alluded to in the preceding description
It
The arrangement of setting gage and stop shown in end view in Fig 39, iB
a further modification of that shown in Figs 37 and 38, lacking, however, the
feature of the repeated or symmetrically doubled angle of contact
The com-
pound inclined inner surface 378 of the setting gage 377 engages with a corre-
spondingly inclined side of the stop 380, while the opposite inner surface 379
thereof and its co-engaging surface of the stop, are parallel with the direction
of movement of the setting gage It will be observed that either one of the gag-
ing surfaces 136, 137 of the setting gage 135, or the surfaces 373, 374, of the
setting gage 376, would in connection with their respective guiding splines 135
and 375, secure the desired ratio of their movement with elation to that of

page_text: their respective steps. But for the purpose of increasing the accuracy with
which the gage is stopped at its desired positions, the double form is preferred,
and of the double forms herein shown, that of the gage 135 is again preferred,
having in cross section the ontline of a truncated V, the compound inclinations
of which are disposed symmetrically on both sides of the plane of its longitudinal
centie.
The setting gage and stop shown in side view in Fig 40 is still another
modification having the general form of the gage of Fig 35. The gaging surface
of this modified form is, however, disposed in an inclined series of steps 381
instead of an inclined plane. The longitudinal pitch of these steps coincides
with that of the steps of the correcting racks 168, 169 and 170, so that after
the stop 383 19 set by the measuring mechanism, the end of the appropriate
step 384 18 stopped against the right hand face of the stop 383, thereby holding
the corresponding step of the correcting racks beneath the foot 203 of the
correcting slide. The accuracy of measurement would not be materially affected
by the use of such a stepped gaging surface, which may obviously be applied
to each of the other forms of setting gage herein shown and described.
Various mechanical equivalents may obviously be substituted for many of the
devices herein shown and described, and different forms or applications of
actuating springs and weights may be substituted for those herein shown without
materially altering the function or practical operation of the parts in their
relation to the machine as a whole For example, the several devices may be
re-arranged in differing relative positions, their connections being modified by
the addition or omission of connecting rods and links, or modified as to amplitude
by levels of suitable lengths, or as to duection by means of bell cranked
levers
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The terms "horizontal," vertical," right," "left," "front," "ear." and
others of similar import, are herein used in the relative instead of their
absolute sense, inasmuch as many of the parts may, as above iemarked, be tians-
posed as to position, or direction or sequence of operation, as may best suit
the conditions of each particular case.
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The term current line " 18 herein employed to designate the line of type
matter which at the given period has passed into or through the measuring
zone, and is being justified The terms " красе, 'separator," and "spacer," are
herein used advisedly to avoid confusion of terms and of ideas which otherwise
might occu in refering to these three particular things In the ordinary
punters' pailance, the term “ space 18 commonly applied to all three, without
any distinction excepting such as may be ascertainable by context As herein
used, the word " space refers to the actual division or interval between
adjacent words The term separator" designates the pieces U, which are
heien shown to be cylindrical and which are temporarily placed between the
words by the compositor, or are "played" in by the composing machine operator,
so as to temporarily maintain the separation between them; and by the term
spacer" we herein designate the final type body, which singly or in combination
19 substituted for the "separators" in the respective
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spaces
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T'he teim shortage or "deficiency of the Ines herein applied to the
net amount by which a given line is short of the required measure, that shortage
or deficiency being therefore equal to the aggregate measure of the justifying
spacers required to accurately fill that line out to its measure, while the
teim conection is used to designate the extent, if any, by which the selected
spacer falls short of its due proportion to the entire shortage of the line
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The general term "basic " is herein applied to that spacer which is speci-
fically designated by the letter A, while the general term "fiactional" is applied
to the spacers B, C and D, since they form, with the basic, a series increasing
in size by a repeated increment which is a fractional part of the size of the
basie As herein employed the increment is one-fourth the size of the basic

page_text: the fractional or B, C, D spaceis being respectively one and one-fourth, one
and one-half, and one and three-fourths tunes the size of the basic space. It
is obvious, however, that this action, and the consequent number of the
fiactional spaces may be increased or diminished to any desired extent As,
for example, four fiactional spacers may be employed, representing respectively
the size of the basic spacer plus one-, two-, three- and four-fifths thereof
Such modifications of the number and size of the justifying spaceis would, of
course, involve a corresponding modification of the mechanism
The line elevating mechanism, herein shown and described, is by vutue of
its aliangement in two detachably connected sections adapted to perform func-
tions ordinarily requning three independently duven grabs, operating at different
times, but which by this arrangement are performed by a single cam o diver
on the line shaft Those three functions uie, first, to bing the line from the
waiting position into the measuring zone, second, to carry it therefiom after
measuring, thud, to bing the succeeding line to the waiting position
It may
be noted in passing, that the rod 66, connecting the two grabs of the le
elevating mechanism, may be permanently attached to the lower gab, and
detachably connected with the upper grab by means of a latch 67, like that
here shown upon the lower grab
It will be noted that the spally stepped index formed by the index pius 93
in the colla 92 of the setting shaft, is in the present, machine anlanged for
lines having a minimum of three words on two spaces, that being well within
the requiements of actual practice Therefore, the stops associated with the
setting shaft 87 aic set for such a minimum line when the stop 94 rests
beneath the light hand lower index pin shown in Fig. 1, the setting shaft
being turned back so as to allow that stop to return beneath that first pin at
the conclusion of each setting operation The upper surface of the stop upon
which the pins 1est 18 extended far enough so that it is not withdrawn fiom
beneath the first pin until the fourth separator in the line is carried past the
ratchet wheels 98 and 99 Inasmuch as there 18 in each of the lines one more
separator than the number of spaces to be justified, namely, the separator which
follows the last word in each line, it is evident that the actuation by this
extia separator must be compensated for, which is done by extending the top
of the stop, as above stated, so that fou actuations are iequned to bring it
beneath the third index pin, and so on
By the employment of a shaft which extends transversely behind the type
channel, and has fixed thereon two latchets operable by the ends of the separa-
tors, the type are kept from tipping and positive action of the setting devices
18 assured, both of which are highly deanable features
The arrangement whereby the setting of all the stops for the various devices
in the line and governing mechanism are controlled by the universal setting
shaft 87, 8 a feature of great utility, since all these parts are thus brought
unde a definite, invariable, and unitary contiol
In order to permit of the immediate resetting of some of the devices com-
prising the line mechanism, they are here shown and described as being
separable Many of these, however, may be united, or be made integral, in case
the releasing and immediately resetting feature 18 dispensed with, or accom-
plished in some other way For example, the setting gage 135, and the selector
setting slide 145, may be thus united in a permanently connected or integial
piece, if the esetting feature may be dispensed with or otherwise provided
for The same comment applies equally to the connection of the controller
stop 328 with its rack 329, and to the rack 101 and its 10d 104 for the universal
setting shaft 87
An analogous instance of the advantages of organizing all of the devices
comprising a group or section of the mechanism so as to enable them to be
operated in proper and unvarying time, relation and sequence, is afforded by

page_text: the arrangement herein shown, of the word mechanism, all parts of which are
connected with and duven by the reciprocating carriage 230.
Although the measuring beam tuins on its fulcium, and its ends therefore
appear to describe cucular acs stiuck from the various positions of that
fulcrum, yet all of the measurements, however vaned by the position of the
beam fulcium, are transmitted in the proper and desned ratio to the setting
gage stop 134
This is due to the circumstance that the night hand end of the
beam is pivotally attached to the measuring slide 123, and must move toward
the night with relation to its fulorum block 80 dung the measuring movement
to an extent equalling that by which the secant exceeds the radius of the aic
of its movement Therefore, the measured deficiency of the line, and the
resultant movement of the setting gage stop are always to each other as the
Bimilar sides of similar triangles.
The setting racks, basie stop, selector setting slide, and similar parts, bei ein
shown as having stepped melines, may instead be each provided with cone-
sponding plane inclines, the co-engaging surfaces of their respective feet, stops,
ele, being in such cases preferably inclined to correspond therewith
The selecting devices of this machine may, as pieviously noted, be operated
either with or without the correcting mechanism, according to the accuracy of
the work required; and hereby is suggested other examples of the almost
infinite permutations possible in the arrangement of such an intricate piece of
mechanisin In associating the correcting mechanism with the selecting
mechanism, it 18 by no means essential that their respective feet 244 and 263
shall be oppositely disposed, as herein shown, inasmuch as they may be placed
in any desired relative position In that case, however, their respective racks
must be correspondingly located Their coincident position herein shown is not
only constructively convenient, but it also enables their relative operation to
be readily understood
In dispensing, with the use of the correcting mechanism, the crosshead -242
may also be dispensed with, and in that case, the selector 240 may be provided
with a foot corresponding to the foot 244 of the crosshead, which may rest
directly upon the steps of the selector setting racks
No galley mechanism is herein shown or described for receiving the justified
lines, as they are successively completed Any suitable mechanism may be
employed for this purpose, and may be applied to this machine by any workman
exercising a fair degree of skill in this art
The governing mechanism, either wholly or in part, is capable of application
to other machines of this general class, whether wholly or partially automatic
In the latter case, the releasing detent 342 may be connected to the key-board
of the composing machine, so as to be released by the operator at the conclu-
sion of the measurement of each line. The clutch pin 350 may be similaily
connected so as to enable the line shaft to be put in operation at the will of
the operator
The pinion 363, and its driving sector 364, are herein employed merely as
convenient devices for enabling the controller to act upon the clutch releasing
cam 357, it being desirable to multiply the concluding movement of the con-
troller sufficiently to cause a half rotation of that cam The latter may, how-
ever, be provided with four or six of the wings 358, instead of two, as herein
shown, thereby correspondingly diminishing the extent of its required angular
movement, which could be then imparted by extending the arm or lug 367 of
the controller into engagement with the pinion 363, which, in that case would
be provided with an arm like that of 366, instead of with the gear teeth for the
sector, as herein shown.
The herein desorbed operation of the measuring and selector setting devices
may be varied and in some instances improved, by altering the timing of the
cam 141, so that the latter will withdraw the detent 139 from the setting gage
simultaneously with the commencement of the upward or measuring movement

page_text: of the measuring beam, thereby permitting the setting gage to rest against and
follow the downward movement of its stop. This timing of the respective parts
may in some instances be considered preferable to that of releasing the setting
gage after the stop has reached its set position, inasmuch as the toice or impact
of the setting gage against its top may conceivably vitiate the accuracy of that
operation, by compressing the line to varying extents in accordance with the
varying leverages at the different positions of the fulcrum
In these and many other obvious ways the features of this invention, are sus-
ceptible of a considerable degree of modification, and of a far more extended
application than 18 or can be herein shown, since a description and illustration
of the diverse applications that might be made of them would unduly extend
this specification They may, for example, be applied to type writing, type
casting, matrix making, and linotype machines, and the claims should be rad
in the light of this applicability of these devices to other branches of the ait.
To enable the reader to quickly ascertain the name and (approximately) the
function of any particular part of the invention from the figures, I have prepared the
following key.

page_text: 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.—
1 A line carving device, consisting of two detachably connected sections,
with means for detaching the connection at a suitable or desired point in their
line carrying movement, whereby one section may continue without the other.
2 A line advancing device made in two sections with a detachable connec-
tion, means for moving one of the sections through its desired stroke, and
means for detaching the connection at a desued point in its movement, whereby
the detached section 18 released from further movement
3 A line elevating device made in two sections detachably connected, each
section being provided with means for engaging a separate line of type, means
for moving one of the sections through the longest stroke required for its line
of type, and means for detaching the other section when its line arrives at its
desired position
4 In combination with a type containing channel, a line elevating device
located adjacent thereto and fitted to travel substantially parallel therewith,
consisting of two detachably connected sections, cach provided with devices for

page_text: engaging with the type in the channel, means for moving one of the sections
through the longest stroke required for the line of type caned by it, and
means for detaching the other section theretion when its line of type arrives
at its desued position
5. In combination with a type containing channel, an advancing device for
the type lines thereof, consisting of two detachably connected line grabs fitted to
slide adjacent to and substantially parallel with the type channel, each giab
being provided with type engaging surfaces, a crank operatively connected with
one of the grabs, for moving it through a reciprocating stroke of an extent re-
quired by its line, and means for disengaging the other grab therefrom when
its line airives at its desued position
6. In combination with a type containing channel provided with the desired
measuring one, a line elevating device for advancing the succeeding lines of
type into and out of that measuring zone, consisting of two detachably connected
Jine grabs, provided with pawls for engaging with their respective succeeding
lines of type, a crank connected with the lower or realmost giab and imparting
to it a reciprocating stroke extending from the measuring zone rearwardly along
the channel to the point at which it receives its lines of type, with means for
detaching the upper or foremost giab when its line of type is carried out of the
measuring zone, whereby the foremost grab is enabled to return to its rearward
position while the other grab is completing its more extended stroke
7 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the type containing
channel thereof, having the described measuring zone, a line elevating device,
consisting of two detachably connected line grabs, each provided with pawla for
engaging with then respective succeeding lines of type, a crank attached to an
intermittently rotating line shaft and operatively connected with the lowermost
or rearward gab, and imparting thereto a reciprocating movement extending
from the measuring zone rear waidly along the type channel to the position at
which it receives its succeeding type lines, the foremost grab being moved by
the following grab far enough to carry its line of type out of the measuring zone,
with means for releasing it from the following giab when its desired stioke 18
completed, the crank being so located upon the line shaft as to hold a line of type
immediately below the measuring zone during each intermission in the rotation
of the line shaft in readiness to be immediately carned into the measuring zone
at the commencement of the next rotation
8 In combination with the line mechanism of a machine of the class specified,
comprising all the devices which must be set to positions vai ving in accordance
with the number of spaces in the line to be justified, a universal setting shaft
operable by the separators, and operatively connected with each of the stops for
the aforesaid devices, whereby the latter are all set simultaneously to their
respective positions for that line
9 In combination with line mechanism compusing the described devices which
must be varied in position in accordance with the number of words in each line
to be justified, a setting stop for each of said devices, and a universal setting
shaft operatively connected with each setting stop and operable by the passing
separators of the current line with means foi returning the setting shaft to its
mitial position before the completion of the cment line, to allow it to be set
by the succeeding line
10 In combination with line mechanism comprising the described devices
which must be varied in position in accordance with the number of words in
each line to be justified, a setting stop for each of said devices, and a universal
setting shaft operatively connected with each setting stop and operable by the
passing separators of the current lines, with means, operable with the line shaft,
for positively returning the setting shaft to its first position before the completion
of the current line
11 In combination with a type channel adapted to guide a line of type and its
endwise projecting separators, a shaft jounalled transversely to the channel,

page_text: with its axis substantially parallel with the longitudinal position of the type
thereof, a pair of ratchets attached to o integral with the shaft, located upon
opposite edges of the channel with then teeth projecting into the path of move-
ment of the projecting separators, whereby the latchet shaft is positively and
equally rotated by the opposite ends of the separators.
12 The combination of a type containing channel, adapted to guide character
type in alignment, and having openings in its end walls for the passage of pro-
jecting type separators, a shaft 97 jouinalled adjacent to the channel, and sub-
stantially parallel with the type and separators therein, the ratchets 98 and 99
fixed to or integial with the shaft, and located upon opposite ends of the channel
with their teeth projecting into the path of movement of the ends of the type
separators, for the purpose specified
13 An index foi the rotative position of the setting shaft, consisting of a
collar attached to or integial with the shaft, and provided with the series of
indexing pins or projections arranged spirally upon the collar and substantially
radial thereto, and a stop fitted to move parallel with the axis of the shaft, in
engaging relation to the index p
14 In combination with the setting shaft, provided with spirally arranged
index pins, a stop fitted to move substantially parallel with the shaft so as to
engage with the successive pins of the spiral seiies, and means as a spring, for
rotating the shaft so as to bring the successive pins of the spiral seues into
engagement with the stop as the latter 18 moved
15 A setting shaft, piovided with a spiral series of indexing pins or pro-
jections, a stop located in engaging relation to the pins and movable longi-
tudinally of the shaft so as to bring the stop successively beneath the pins of the
spiral series, a type channel for guiding a line of type and its separators, and
means operable by each passing separator to move the stop longitudinally of
the shaft to an extent equalling the longitudinal separation of the index pins.
16. A setting shaft, provided with a spiral series of indexing pins on projections,
a stop located in engaging relation to the pins and movable longitudinally of
the shaft so as to bring the stop successively beneath the pins of the spiral series,
a type channel for guiding a line of type and its separators, means operable by
each passing separator to move the stop longitudinally of the shaft to an extent
equalling the longitudinal separation of the index pins, and means, as a spring,
for 1otating the shaft so as to bring each succeeding pin against the stop as the
latter 19 moved from beneath the preceding pin
17 In combination with a setting shaft, provided with spirally arranged index
pins or projections, a stop located in engaging relation to the pin, and movable
longitudinally of the shaft, a type channel for guiding a line of type and its
separators, a shaft mounted adjacent to the channel and having thereon a ratchet
with teeth which project into the path of movement of the separators, the shaft
having also, fixed thereon a pinion engaging with the lack teeth upon the stop,
whereby each passing separator operates to move the stop longitudinally of the
shaft to an extent equalling the longitudinal pitch of the index pins
18 A setting shaft provided with a spally aanged seues of indexing pins
or projections, a stop located in engaging relation to the pins and movable longi-
tudinally of the shaft, the pins engaging surface of the stop being of a length
exceeding the longitudinal pitch of the index pins, whereby the stop remains in
engagement with the first index pin during a plurality of its actuations.
19 In a line measuring device, a movable jaw provided with steps adapted to
compensate for and eliminate from the resultant measurement the extianeous
matter contained in the line, a spual cam operatively connected with the movable
jaw, and operable by the extraneous matter, for moving into engaging relation
to the line the proper step of the jaw
20 In the line measuring mechanism of a type justifying machine, a movable
jaw provided with steps, each corresponding in height to the thickness of the
separators contained in the line, a setting shaft operable by each of the special

page_text: separators, and a spiral cam operable with the setting shaft, engaging with the
movable jaw, and moving into engaging relation to the line the step theicof
which is suitably related to the number of separators contained in each line
21. In a type justifying machine, the combination of a measuring beam, a
setting gauge, a single fulcrum for pivotally supporting the beam and movable
longitudinally thereof to different positions relative thereto, and a stop for the
setting gauge operatively connected with one end of the beam and mounted to
move in tangential relation thereto
22 In combination with measuring devices, a stop operable therewith, and
a setting gauge co-engaging with the stop by means of surfaces which are disposed
upon the stop and the gauge in diverging V-shaped relation to then respective
directions of movement
23 In combination with a movable stop, a setting gauge movable transversely
thereto, and having a gauging surface disposed in a plane which is inclined both
longitudinally and transversely to a plane common to the respective directions
of movement of the gauge and its stop
24. A setting gauge having gauging surfaces which are inclined to each other
both longitudinally and transversely with relation to its plane of movement.
25 In combination with the measuring devices, a longitudinally movable setting
gauge, having oppositely disposed gauging surfaces which are inclined to each
other in substantially a V-shaped form in transverse section, and which also
diverge longitudinally of the setting gauge.
26 In combination with the measuring devices, a longitudinally movable set-
ting gauge, having oppositely disposed gauging surfaces which are mclined to
each other in substantially a V-shaped form in tiansverse section, and which
diverge symmetrically with relation to the direction of movement of the gauge
27 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the measuring devices
thereof, a selector setting gange therefor, means for moving the setting gauge
to the extent determined by the measuring operation, and means for returning
the setting gauge to its first position immediately thereafter to permit of an
immediately succeeding operation of the measuring devices.
28 In combination with line measuring devices, a stop operable therewith,
provided with a stopping on gauging surface, inclined to the direction of its
movement, and a selector setting gauge movable transversely to the direction of
movement of the stop and engaging with the said inclined surface thereof
29 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the selector setting
mechanism, and the line measuring devices, a setting gauge for the selector
setting mechanism, and a stop opeiable with the measuring devices, the co-
engaging surfaces of the setting gauge and the stop being inclined to their
respective duections of movement, whereby the gauge 18 set to positions having
a constant relation to the measured shortage of the lines.
30 In combination with line measuring devices, a stop and means operable
therewith, for moving the stop to a position having a constant relation to the
aggregate shortage of the line divided by the number of spaces therein, and a
setting gauge having an inclined surface for engaging with a correspondingly
inclined surface of the stop, whereby the varied settings of the latter serve to stop
the gauge at correspondingly varied positions
31 In combination with line measuring devices, a stop operable therewith,
and selector setting means movable transversely to the direction of movement
of the stop, and engaging therewith by means of surfaces which are inclined to
the direction of movement of each part and to their common plane of movement
32 In combination with line measuring devices, a stop operable therewith,
and a setting gauge for the selecting mechanism, movable tiansversely to the
direction of movement of the stop, and engaging therewith by means of oppositely
disposed gauging surfaces which are inclined to each other in substantially a
V-shaped form, in transveise section, and which diverge with relation to the
direction of movement of the setting gauge,

page_text: 33 In combination with line measuring devices, a stop and means operable
with the measuring devices for imparting to the stop movements bearing a
constant relation to the measured deficiency of each space in the line, and a
selector setting gauge movable transversely to the duection of movement of the
stop and engaging therewith by means of oppositely disposed gauging surfaces,
which are symmetrically inclined to each other in substantially a V-shaped form
both transversely and longitudinally of the direction of movement of the setting
gauge
34. In combination with the line measuring devices, the stop 134 and the set-
ting gauge 135, provided with the gauging surfaces 136 and 137, symmetrically
disposed in opposite compound inclination to the common plane of movement
of the stop and the gauge.
35. In combination with line measuring devices, a stop opeiable therewith,
a selector setting gauge, and means for moving the gauge into contact with the
stop at the conclusion of each line measuring operation.
36. In combination with the line measuring devices, a stop operable therewith,
a selector setting gauge, means for holding the gauge away from the stop during
the line measuring operation, and for bringing it against the stop at the con-
clusion of that operation.
37 In combination with the line measuring devices, a stop operable there-
with, a selector setting gauge for co-operating with the stop, means for bringing
the gauge against the stop at the conclusion of the line measuring operation,
and for removing it therefiom to permit of the succeeding line measuring oper-
ation before completing the current line
38 In combination with line measuring devices, a stop and a setting gauge
operable therewith, and a selector setting slide operable with the setting gauge.
39 In combination with line measuring devices, a stop and a setting gauge
operable therewith, a selector setting shide and adjustable means between the
sotting gauge and the slide for moving the latter to its requned position
40. In combination with line measuring devices, a stop, a setting gauge and
selector setting slide operable therewith, with means, as a pawl, for retaining
the selector setting slide in substantially the extreme position to which it 18
moved by the setting gauge.
41 In combination with the measuring and selector setting devices, a selector
Botting slide provided with a stepped selector supporting rack, and provided with
detent teeth spaced in coincident relation to the steps of the rack, with a detent
pawl engaging with the teeth and retaining it in substantially the farthest posi-
tion to which it is moved as a result of the measuring operation
42 In combination with a series of selecting fingers, a selector and a setting
rack therefor provided with a series of steps conresponding in pitch with the
selecting fingers, for supporting the selector in operative relation to the desired
selecting finger
43 In combination with a series of selecting fingers, a selector, means as a
crosshead on which the selector is mounted, and a setting rack provided with a
series of steps corresponding in pitch with the selecting fingers for supporting
the crosshead and its selector in operative relation to the desued selecting
finger
44. In a constantly running spacer selecting device, a selector, and means for
moving the selector out of operative position at the desued intermissions in the
selecting operation.
45 In combination with the selecting fingers, a selector therefor, and means
for moving the selector out of operative relation to the selecting fingers, at pre-
determined intervals to ariest the selecting operation.
46 In combination with continuously operating spacer selecting and ejecting
mechanism, a selector therefor, and means for moving the selector out of oper-
ative relation to the mechanism at the desued intermissions in the selecting
and ejecting operations,

page_text: 47 In combination with continuously operating spacer selecting and ejecting
mechanism, a selector, and a movable ciosshead on which the selector is mounted,
with governing mechanism for moving the selector out of operative relation to
the space selecting and ejecting devices at the desired intermissions in their
operation.
48 In a combination of continuously operating spacer selecting and ejecting
mechanism, a series of selecting hingeis, a selector for moving the selecting
fingers singly into engagement with their respective ejecting devices, and means
for moving
the selector out of operative relation to the fingers at the desued inter-
missions in the selecting and ejecting operations
49 in combination with a series of selecting fingers, a selector therefor,
-movable along the series of fingers, a selector setting rack movable in a duection
transverse to that of the selector, and provided with a series of steps correspond-
ing in pitch to that of the selecting fingers, and means intermediate the lack
and the selector for supporting the latter upon one of the steps of the rack.
50 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the spacer selecting
devices, comprising a series of selecting fingers, and a selector therefor, a setting
member, as the slide 145, having a direction of movement transverse to that of
the selector of an extent determined by the measuring devices of the machine,
provided with a repeated series of setting racks, each consisting of an inclined
senes of steps corresponding in height with the series of selecting fingers, the
conresponding steps of the repeated series lying in coincident planes parallel to
the direction of movement of the setting member
51 A selector setting device, as the slide 145, comprising in a unitary element
a series of stepped selector setting racks, and a corresponding series of stepped
basic table supporting planes.
52 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the selector and the
basic table thereof, a series of stepped supporting lacks for the selector, and a
conesponding selles of stepped planes for setting the basic table, aanged and
operating to lower the basic table to an extent equalling the thickness of one of the
basic spacers thereof, as each succeeding setting lack of the series is brought
beneath the selector.
53. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the selector and the
basic table thereof, a selector setter, as the slide 145, movable transversely to the
line of movement of the selector and the basic table, comprising a series of set-
ting racks for the selector and a corresponding series of supporting planes for
the basic table, arranged and operating to bring the successively lower planes
beneath the basic table as the conesponding setting racks are successively
brought beneath the selector
54 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the measuring devices,
and with the spacer selecting mechanism thereof, the latter comprising a selector
and a basic table, a selector setting rack operable with the measuring devices,
and provided with a series of stepped setting racks for the selector, and with a
correspondingly spaced series of stepped supporting planes for the basic table,
the succeeding lower planes of which are beneath the basic table when the core-
sponding succeeding setting racks are beneath the selector
55 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the spacer selecting
mechanism thereof, comprising selecting fingers, a selector therefor, and a basic
table, a series of selector setting jacks each provided with a series of steps, corre-
sponding in number and height with the selecting fingers, for supporting the
selector in operative relation to the desued finger, and a series of basic table sup-
porting planes of differing heights
56. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the spacer selecting
devices thereof, comprising selecting fingers, a selector therefor, and a basic table,
a selector setting device, as the slide 145, movable in a direction transverse to
that of the selector and of the basic table, provided with a repeated series of
selector setting racks, each rack comprising a series of steps corresponding in

page_text: number and height to the selecting fingers, and with a corresponding series of
stepped supporting planes for the basic table, the length of each supporting
plane being substantially equal to that of its setting rack, whereby the succeeding
Tower supporting planes eie brought beneath the basic table, as the correspondingly
succeeding series of setting lacks are brought beneath the selector
67 The combination in spacer selecting mechanism, of a basic table, and of a
stop therefor operatively connected with the selecting devices, a cam for raising
the basic table at each operation of the selecting devices to allow of the resetting
of the stop, and for lowering the table to its stop immediately thereafter.
58 The combination, in spacer selecting mechanism, of a basic table, and a
stop therefor operatively connected with the selecting devices, and a recipiocating
cam for engaging with the basic table, operating to close it against its channel
upon the forward stroke of the eam, and to lower it again to its stop at the con-
clusion of said forward stroke.
59. The combination in space selecting mechanism, of a series of selecting
fingers, a basic table, a stop therefor, operable with the selecting fingers, a recip-
Locating carriage upon which the selecting fingers are mounted, and a switch
cam foi engaging with and raising the basic table upon the forward movement
of the selecting fingers to allow of the resetting of the stop, operating at the
completion of the said forward movement to let the basic table drop again to
the position determined by its reset stop.
60 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the basic table, means
for elevating or closing the basic table against its channel at the conclusion of
each line
61 In combination with continuously operating spacer selecting devices, a basic
table and means for holding the basic table out of operation at the conclusion
of each line, and until the succeeding spacer combination is wanted for the next
lme
62. In a type justifying machine, in combination with continuously operating
spacer selecting devices, a basic table and means for holding the basic table
closed against its channel and out of operation at the conclusion of the justifica-
tion of each line, and until the appropriate period in its operation upon the
succeeding line
63 In a type justifying machine, a basic spacer containing channel, a basic
table therefor, a continuously operating basic spacer extractor, and means for
closing the basic table against the channel so as to hold the spacers therein above
the reach of the extractor during the operations thereof which intervene between
the completion of one line and the commencement of the next
64 In a type justifying machine, a basic space containing channel, a basic
table therefor, a continuously operating basic spacer extractor, governing
mechanism, and means operable therewith for closing the basic table against the
channel so as to hold the spacers therein above the reach of the extractor during
the operations thereof which intervene between the completion of one line and
the commencement of the next.
65. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the measuring and
space selecting mechanisms thereof, a basic table; a setting slide therefor oper-
able with the measuring devices, and a stop operable with the selecting devices,
means for relieving the slide and the stop from the basic table while the slide
is being reset by the selecting devices.
66 In a type justifying machine, in combination with the measuring and
spacer selecting mechanism thereof, a basic table, a stop therefor operatively con-
nected with the selecting devices, a shoe for the basic table and a setting slide
operable with the measuring devices, provided with a series of stepped planes for
aupporting the basic table shoe, with means substantially as described for raising
the basic table away from its stop at each operation of the selecting devices to
allow of the possible resetting of the stop, and means for raising the basic table
shoe above the highest stepped plane of the setting slide at each measuring opera-
tion to allow the slide to be reset thereby.

page_text: 67. In a type justifying machine, the combination of space selecting mech-
anism, a raceway, a basic table adjacent thereto, means for assembling the
selected spaces upon the basic table, and a yieldingly mounted piesser foot located
above the basic table, for engaging with and holding together the assembled
spacer combination.
68. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the spacer assembling
and injecting mechanisms thereof, a basic table for supporting the spacer com-
bination in proper relation to the injecting zone, and a yielding presser foot for
resiliently pressing the spacer combination against the surface of the table during
the injecting operation.
69. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the selector setting
mechanism theieoi, comprising a stepped setting rack, a correcting lack provided
with a series of steps corresponding to, but relatively hnei than, those of the
selector setting 1ack, a selector operable with the steps of the setting rack, and a
collecting device operable with the steps of the conecting lack.
70 lua type justifying machine, in combination with the selector setting
devices thereof, comprising a stepped 1ack and a selector foot engaging therewith,
a correcting slide, and a conecting lack therefor attached to or integial with
the selector setting lack.
71 In a type justifying machine, the combination in the space selecting and
correcting devices thereof, of a selector, a supporting crosshead therefor, a cor-
lecting slide mounted upon the crosshead, and determining by its displaced posi-
tion relative thereto the desired amount of collection, and a pair of stepped lacks
movable in a direction tiansverse to that of the crosshead and the collecting
slide, and provided with a series of steps for supporting the crosshead and the
correcting slide respectively, arranged to support them without relative displace-
ment when no collection is requned and otherwise to displace them to extents
directly proportional to the required correction.
72 in a type justifying machine, in combination with the measuring devices
and with the spacer selecting devices thereof, a setting rack provided with a
series of steps of a number and height coresponding with the selecting fingers,
and a correcting 1ack provided with steps of a number equalling a multiple of
the number of steps in the selector setting rack, and anlanged serially in rela-
tion to each of the steps thereof, a selector, operatively connected with the steps
of the selecting rack, and held thereby in operative relation to the required
selecting fingers, and a correcting device opeiatively connected with and sup-
poited by the finer teeth of the correcting rack in a relation to the selector which
remains constant when no correction is required, and which when a corection
is required, 18 displaced to an extent directly proportional to the amount of that
equued correction.
73. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the selector crosshead
and the coniecting slide, a setting member, as the slide 145, provided with a
series of stepped setting racks for the crosshead and a corresponding seues of
setting lacks each piovided with a series of steps for each single step of the
selector setting rack, and adapted to support the correcting slide in a constant
Jelation to the crosshead when no correction is required, and in a displaced rela-
tion thereto when correction is requued, that displacement being directly pio-
portional to the extent of requned correction.
74. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the spacer selecting and
conecting devices thereof, a setting member as the slide 145, provided with
repeated series of stepped inclines for setting the spacer selecting devices, and
provided with a collesponding series of stepped inclines for setting the conecting
devices, having a series of its steps in substantial comcidence with each of the
steps for the selector setting devices.
75. In combination with a continuously running diving shaft, a line shaft,
co-engaging clutches therefor, means for disengaging the clutches at the com-
pletion of each rotation of the line shaft, a controller and means intermediate

page_text: the diving shaft, the line shaft and the controller for starting the line shaft on
its succeeding rotation at or near the completion of each operation of the con-
tioller
76 The combination of a continuously rotating diving shaft, an intermit-
tently rotating line shaft, a controller detachably operable with the driving
shaft, means intermediate the line shaft and the controller for engaging the
latter with its driving shaft before the completion of each 1otation of the line
shaft, and means intermediate the controller and the line shaft for starting the
latter upon its succeeding 1otation at or near the completion of each operation
of the conti ollei
77. The combination of a continuously running diving shaft, a line shaft
provided with a shiftable clutch for engaging and disengaging with the driving
shaft, means for disengaging the said clutch at the completion of each 10tation
of the line shaft, a controller, and means intermediate the controller and the
clutch for moving the latter into engagement with its clutch at the desired times.
78 In a type justifying machine, comprising a continuously running diving
shaft and woid mechanism, a line shaft provided with a shiftable clutch for engag-
ing with and disengaging from the driving shaft, means for disengaging the
clutch at the conclusion of each rotation of the line shaft, and a contiolle for
releasing the clutch from disengagement and permitting it to re-engage with the
diving shaft before the completion of the justification of the line
79 The combination with a driving shaft and an intermittently 1otating line
shaft, of a longitudinally shiftable clutch mounted thereon, and provided with
an inclined shoulder and a clutch pin for engaging with the shoulder to shift it
longitudinally on its shaft, and thereby disengage it from the diving shaft at
the desired intermissions
80 The combination with a continuously rotating diving shaft, and an inter-
mittently rotating line shaft, of a longitudinally shiftable clutch and provided
with an inclined shoulder mounted upon the line shaft, a retractable clutch pin
for engaging with the inclined shoulder of the clutch to disconnect it from
the diving shaft at the desued intermissions, and a controller for retracting
the pin so as to disengage its clutch and allow it to re-engage with the driving
shaft
81. The combination with a continuously rotating driving shaft, and an inter-
mittently rotating line shaft, of a clutch canied by the line shaft and shiftable
into and out of engagement with the during shaft, a retractable clutch pin for
shifting the clutch out of engagement with the driving shaft at the desired
intermissions, and a controller operable with, and set by the number of spaces in
the line to be justified, arranged and operating to retract the clutch pin, and
start the line shaft upon its succeeding rotation at a piedetermined point in the
Justification of the current line
82. In combination with the driving shaft, the line shaft, and a shiftable clutch
therefor, a retractable clutch pin for shifting the clutch out of engagement to
cause the desued intermissions in the line shaft, and a cam operable with the
contiolle for retracting the pin and starting the line shaft upon its succceding
rotation for operation upon the succeeding line, at the desired period in the just:-
fication of the current line
83. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the driving shaft, the
line mechanism, and a shiftable clutch therefor, a retractable clutch pin, for shift-
ing the clutch to stop the line mechaniam, a controller set to positions directly
related to the number of spaces in the current line, and a cam opeiable with the
controller for retracting the clutch pin and starting the line mechanism into
operation upon the succeeding line at the desired period in the justification of the
cuirent line
84. In a type justifying machine, in combination with the line mechanism, a
driving shaft, and a shiftable clutch therefor, a retractable clutch pin foi shifting
and for releasing the clutch, a retracting cam for the clutch pin journalled cou-

page_text: centrically therewith, and a controller operable with the spaces in the line, and
operably connected with the retracting cam for rotating the latter and thus
starting the line mechanism into opeiation upon the succeeding line at the
dosed period in the justification of the current line
85 The combination of a retractable clutch pin, a clutch releasing cam therefor
Journalled in substantial concentricity with the pin, and engaging therewith
by means of oppositely disposed spiral wings, having a recess between them for
the return movement of the pin, and means for imparting a half rotation to the
cam when it is desired to retract the pin
86 The combination of a retractable clutch pin, mounted to slide without 1ota-
ting, a clutch releasing cam journalled substantially concentre with the pin, and
provided with oppositely disposed spual wings for engaging with and moving the
pin longitudinally to the desued extent, and means for imparting forward inter-
mittent half rotations to the cam at the desired intervals.
87 In combination with the controller, a stop therefor operable with the word
spaces or separators, and provided with detent notches or teeth, a detent for engag-
ing with the notches and supporting the stop at the succeeding positions to which
it is moved in its setting operation, and means operable with the word separators
or spaces for withdrawing the detent from the stop at the commencement of ench
succeeding stop setting operation
88. In combination with the controller, a stop therefor, provided with detent
teeth or notches, a stop rack operable by the word separators or spaces, and upon
which the stop is loosely supported, a detent for engaging with the teeth of the
stop and supporting it in the highest position to which it is set for the cuirent
line, and means operable with the stop for withdrawing the detent from its teeth
at the commencement of each succeeding operation, whereby the stop is permitted
to fall to its lowest position, for the purpose specified
89 The combination of a controller, a pawl mounted thereon, a 1otating ratchet
wheel journalled concentrically with the controller in engaging relation to the
pawl, and a non-rotatable, longitudinally movable cam adapted to disconnect the
pawl from its driving ratchet at the desued atopping position of the controller,
the cam being provided with a shoulder substantially concentric with the axis of
the controller, and engaging with the pawl thereof to hold it out of engagement
with its driving ratchet during the backward or setting movement of the con-
troller.
90. The combination of a controller, a pawl mounted thereon, a rotating rat-
chet journalled in engaging relation to the pawl, a non-rotating cam mounted
to reciprocate toward and from the pawl, provided with a com portion for releas-
ing the pawl from its diving ratchet at the deaned stopping position of the con-
troller, and provided with a concentric annular shoulder 322 for holding the
pawl out of engagement with its ratchet during the resetting operation, the
recipiocation of the cam being timed so as to engage and release the pawl at the
desired periods.
Dated this 50th day of September 1899.
CHAS. S. WOODROFFE, Fel Ch. Inst P.A,
Chartered Patent Agent, 188, Fleet Street, London, E.C.