An Improved Composing-stick.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Jan., 189!-Accepted, 21st Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
An Improved Composing-stick.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN, of the firm of Horn & Son, of 151 Strand,
London, Middlesex, Patent Agent, (a communication to me from abroad by
N. S. Perkins, of New London, U.S.A., Gentleman) do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists in the combination with a composing-stick of a moveable
slide. This slide consists of two members, the first of which constitutes the move-
able side of the stick and is fitted to the longitudinal flange of the body, and the
second of which slides upon the first one, and is fitted to that side or edge of the
stick opposite the flange. A right and left hand screw screws into the said two
members for the purpose of making them clamp and unclamp the opposite sides or
edges of the body. A suitable handle is fitted into the centre of the screw, whereby
the screw is manipulated.
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HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Composing-stick.
I, WILLIAM WILSON HORN, of the firm of Horn & Son, of 151 Strand, London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication to me from
abroad, from N. S. Perkins, of New London, State of Connecticut, United States
of America, Gentleman) and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to afford facility for the adjustment and securing
of the slide upon the body of the stick, according to the width of column of type to
be composed in a stick.
I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings, and afterwards point out its novelty in claims.
Figure 1 is a face view of a composing-stick constructed according to my
invention.
Figure 2 represents a transverse section in the line of Fig. 1.
Figure 3 represents a transverse section corresponding with Fig. 2, but illustrating
a modification of the invention.
Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.
A B C designate the body of the stick, A being the bottom, B the longitudinal
flange, and C the end.
DE designate the adjustable slide, consisting of two pieces, of which one piece D
constitutes the adjustable side of the stick and one member of the clamp, and the
other piece E constitutes the other member of the clamp. The piece D fits close
against the face of the bottom A, and is grooved, as shown in the sectional views,
Figs. 2 and 3, to receive the flange B, and is formed with a lip d, which overlaps
the bottom A of the body. The other piece E is fitted to slide on D in a direction
transverse to the bottom A, and is made with a lip e, which overlaps the front edge a
of the bottom A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
F designates a screw by which the two pieces D and E are connected together
in such manner as to be capable of drawing them together for the purpose of
making them clamp opposite sides of the bottom A-that is to say, the flange B
and the opposite edge a.

page_text: In the example shown in Fig. 2 the screw F is a double screw, consisting of a
right-hand and a left-hand screw, one of which screws into a tapped hole in the
piece D and the other into a tapped hole in the piece E, and united by a head f,
which is situated between the two pieces D and E, and in which are holes for the
reception of a short lever g, by which to turn the screw for the purpose of clamping
and unclamping the clamp formed by the pieces DE upon the opposite edges of
the stick.
In the example shown in Fig. 3 the screw has but a single thread, having a head
at one end, which is countersunk into the piece E, and the thread at or near the
other end of which screws into the tapped hole in the piece D, the head and
that part of the shank of the screw which fits the piece E being capable of turning
freely therein. This screw may be turned to cause the clamping and releasing of
the slide D E upon the sides of the body by a lever, like g, inserted in holes in
that part of the shank which is exposed between the pieces D and E.
In either of the two examples the screw serves to draw the two parts DE of
the slide together and make them clamp the opposite sides of the body. In the
example shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the screw always serves to force the clamp open;
but in the example shown in Fig. 3 the screw will only release the pressure of the
clamp and leave it free to open sufficiently to permit the slide D E to move upon
the body.
The important feature of this invention is that the slide is clamped upon both
sides B and a of the body of the stick.
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. The combination, with the body of a composing-stick, of the slide composed
of two clamping members receiving between them the opposite sides or
edges of the
body, and a screw connecting the said clamping members for causing them
to clamp the said opposite sides or edges, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
2. The combination, with the body of the stick, of the slide consisting of two
members, the first of which constitutes the movable side of the stick and is fitted
to the longitudinal flange of the body, and the second of which slides upon the
first one and is fitted to that side or edge of the stick opposite the flange, and a
right and left hand screw screwing into the said two members for the purpose of
making them clamp and unclamp the opposite sides or edges of the body, substantially
as herein set forth.
3. The combination, with the body of the composing-stick, of the sliding piece D,
fitted to the face of the body and to one side or edge thereof, the piece E, fitted
to slide on the piece D and on the opposite side or edge of the body, and the
screw F, connecting the said pieces together and serving to produce their clamping
action on the opposite sides or edges of the body, substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 8th day of January 1891
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.