Improvements in Type Composing Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by Cox TYPE-SETTING MACHINE Co., of
Nos. 183, 185, and 187, Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,
United States of America.]
Improvements in Type Composing Machines.
I, OLIVER IMRAY, of No. 28 Southampton Buildings, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention is to be used in connection with type setting mechanisms of any
suitable kind.
The main object of this invention is to enable the operator, after a line of types
is composed, by simply depressing a key, to release mechanism by which the
composed line is automatically moved aside, justified, and moved into the galley,
while the operator continues to compose another line; so that thus one line of
type is set up while a previous line is being automatically taken care of by the
mechanism.
According to the invention novel means are provided by which :-
1st. Each line as composed is moved out of the way, and while one line is being
composed a preceding line is being automatically forwarded into the galley.
2nd. Each line is automatically "justified."
3rd. A supply of plain spaces is maintained.
4th. The plain spaces are crimped so as to render them laterally compressible.
The machine embodying these features requires only one operator, who when he
hears the alarm announcing the completion of a line depresses the "line" key and
immediately proceeds with the composing, without waiting upon any justifying or
line shifting mechanism to operate, all this being effected automatically.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the space making and composed-type handling
mechanisms attached to a type setting machine.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the space making mechanism, and a part end
view and part transverse section of the type-handling mechanism shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a front view of the cam shaft showing the levers operated therefrom
in section.
Figure 4 is a right-hand end view, partly in section, of the " composed-type'
handling mechanisms.
Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the "galley," and elevation
of mechanism for reciprocating the "plunger."
Figure 6 is an end view of the "receiver" and detail view of the mechanism for
rotating it; also of part of the rule-operating mechanism.
Figure 7 is a detail of the devices for rotating the receiver.
Figure 8 is a detached view of the "rule."
Figure 9 is a right hand end view, in detail, showing the mechanism for throwing
the composed-type handling mechanisms into and out of operation.
Figure 10 is a plan of the type-handling mechanisms, looking down in the
direction of the arrow "10" of Fig. 2.

page_text: Figures 11 and 12. are detail plans showing the different positions of the type-
ejecting and line-compressing devices.
Figure 13 is a transverse section on line 13-13 of Fig. 10.
Figure 14 is a reduced longitudinal section on line 14-14 of Fig. 13.
Figure 15 is a detail perspective view of the line-ejecting and compressing
"block."
"
Figure 16 is an enlarged front view of the " space" making and crimping
mechanisms, the front plate of the " case being removed and illustrating by
diagram-section the composing devices.
Figure 17 is a detail sectional view of the "locking" devices of the space
cutting rolls.
Figure 18 is a detail side view of shaft "U" and connections.
Figure 19 is a detail section view of the "ribbon" feed-roll driving gearing.
Figure 20 is a detail sectional view on line 20-20 of Fig. 16.
Figure 21 is a detail perspective view of the dog W¹.
Figure 22 is a vertical section through the friction clutch on shaft S¹.
Figure 23 is a detail vertical section of the type-ejecting devices.
1 (Fig. 1) is a bank of type-channels, 2 an endless type-carrier belt upon which
the types are ejected, A one of the grooved wheels upon which the belt runs, and
3 some of the type keys. The mechanism for ejecting and forwarding the types
to the composing channels is no part of this invention, and may be of any suitable
construction.
The belt wheel A is at the front of the machine and near the lower left hand corner
of the series of type-channels; on its shaft A' is a bevel wheel A³ gearing with a
bevel wheel B' on a shaft B, which is the driving shaft of the machine.
The galley C inclines downward at an angle of about 33° and has a vertical
transverse slot C² in one side, near its upper end, just below the periphery of
wheel A (see Fig. 16) into which slot the types are dropped, and whence by a
transversely moving "pusher" D the types are moved into the "rotary type-
line receiver E. The " pusher D is reciprocated by an oscillating arm D
""
pivoted upon a bracket in front of wheel A, its lower forked end embraces a
pin D on the "pusher" and a roller D on its upper end bears against the inner
periphery of an annular cam D* on the face of wheel A, the arm being pressed
against the cam, and the pusher retracted by means of a spring Do.
To the galley C and its support c just below and at the side adjoining slot C¹ is
attached a cylindrical casing F enclosing the receiver E which is shorter than the
casing, its end next the galley fitting over a cylindrical recess c¹ in the side of cas
shown. The receiver has a series of longitudinal, parallel and radial slots E¹, in
it (14 being shown) each adapted to receive a line of type; in each slot is a
longitudinally movable slide E' having a longitudinal rib Es fitting a corresponding
recess in one side of the slot. The receiver E is so placed in the casing F, that
its uppermost slot E' coincides with the slot C' in the galley and the types moved
out of the slot C¹ by the pusher D enter the slot E pushing before them the
slide E³.
Within the casing F, is a block G' which is supported and guided in a radial
groove H in a casting H placed within the casing F next the receiver as shown.
A rod G connected to the block H passes through the receiver E and through an
opening in casting c.
The receiver E may be supported on rod G; or on a steel tube 8 surrounding
rod G, one end being supported in opening c³, and the other in block H, as shown.
The receiver can be rotated on tube E without frictional contact with rod G or
casing F.
Below the slot C¹ is a second slot C with which the slots E' register successively,
immediately after they pass out of register with slot C'.
The casing F is cut away at F' so that the two slots E' registering with the
slots C' C² respectively are visible to the operator.
The types are delivered successively into slot C¹ in front of pusher D and are

page_text: moved by it into the slot E¹ of the receiver registering with slot C₁ (the receiver
being so moved that all its slots E' are successively brought into register with
slots CC); as the types enter the slot E' the slide E is pushed out into the
casing F, over the groove H¹ in the casting H, and, as soon as the line of type is
complete, the receiver is turned so that the type-filled-slot E¹ registers with the
slot Cand another type-receiving slot E' is brought to register with the slot C¹.
While the types are being pushed into the slots C¹ the rod G is pulled outward
and the block G' catching the rear end of the projecting slide E³ moves it toward
the galley, thereby forcing the line of type out of the channel E' through the
slot C2 into the galley C. In order to get the line of type clear into the galley the
end of the slide E2 has to pass into the slot C³, hence the receiver would be locked
by such slide unless some means were provided for retracting it. This is effected
by a dog g pivotted on a shoulder G2 of block G and projecting beyond the front
face of G to and slightly beyond the rear end of the slide, when G meets the slide.
The dog has a tooth gl adapted to engage a notch E in the rib E' of the slide
when the slide is pushed fully out. The slides project about half an inch beyond
the inner end of the receiver, when their front ends are flush with the front end
thereof.
The dog is kept out of engagement with the slide by a cam piece H* (on
casting H at one side of groove H¹) until the line of type is almost entirely moved
into the galley, then it engages the notch E' and when the block G' is moved back
the dog drags the slide E2 back also, until its front end is clear of the slot C², then
the dog strikes the cam H and is forced to release the slide, which stops while the
block G and dog g travel back to their starting point. The dog g is thrown into
engagement with the slide by a spring y2 when it is freed from cam H*.
The inner ends of the slides, if drawn too far in, meet a cam surface H on one
end of a flange H on the casting H, by which they are moved outward as the
receiver rotates so that the channels E' are completely filled by the slides when
they arrive at the slot C', the flange H preventing their casual displacement in
the channels.
Behind the casing F parallel with but below the shaft B is a shaft I, on which
is a cam wheel I¹ having a cam groove I which is engaged by a cam roller I³ on a
short lever 1 fixed to a rocking shaft 1° (transverse to shaft I) on which is an
arm 1 jointed to the outer end of the rod G so that the shaft I imparts a
reciprocating movement to G. Preferably the lever I is connected to the arm I*
by a brake-pin I' so that if the line of type should be clogged or too long, the pin
may break without a damage to other parts of the machine.
On the shaft I is also secured a cam wheel J, having a cam groove J' in its
outer face for a roller J' on an oscillating lever J³, pivotted near its middle at one
side of the shaft, it outer end underlying the casing F and connected by a link J
with a locking pin J' that plays through a guide J on the bottom of the casing F
and is adapted to engage with one of the slots E¹ in the receiver E and prevent
rotation of the receiver.
On the periphery of cam wheel J is a short cam-swell which at the proper
time depresses the rear end of an oscillating lever jl to the front end of which is
attached a rod j connected to a rocking arm ³ (loosely pivotted on the end of the
sleeve E³ beside the outer end of receiver E) carrying a dog which engages a
ratchet secured to the receiver E (see Figure 6) so that when the forward end
of lever jis raised the receiver is partially turned and brings a fresh slot E' into
register with the slot C¹, and the type filled slot E' into register with the slot C³,
the arm and ratchet may be concealed in a recess c³ in the casting c.
Shaft I is given one complete rotation, at the will of the operator, by the
following mechanism :-
A sleeve K is hung on the inner end of the shaft B next the wheel B, and to
this sleeve is attached a second sleeve K' in which is journalled a short shaft Z on
which is a bevel wheel Z' gearing with a similar wheel B' on the end of shaft B.
The shaft Z is thus rotated from shaft B, and at the same time can be swung

page_text: around it as an axis. On the lower end of shaft Z a worm Z³ gears with a worm
wheel 1° on the shaft I.
From the sleeve K depends an arm K' having a tooth K³ on its end, and a
lateral pin K which engages the forked upper end of a lever k on a rock shaft k¹
to which is connected the inner end of a key lever that projects beside the end of
the key-board of the machine. When this key-lever is depressed the worm 72 is
disengaged from the wheel 1° as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 9. To hold
the worm in engagement with I' until the shaft I has made a complete revolution,
a catch is pressed up by a spring ko so as to engage the tooth K³ when the
arm K³ is swung forward. A spring K' urges back the arm K thereby disengaging
the worm when the catch is disengaged from the arm k². This disengagement
is effected at each complete revolution of the shaft I by a pin L (on the outer end
of cam 1'), meeting an arm k depresses it so as to disengage the catch from the
arm allowing the spring K to swing K³ back. Thus the shaft I ceases to
rotate until the worm is again engaged with the wheel 1° by depressing the lever k³.
The worm however continually rotates with shaft B whether it is engaged with
wheel 1° or not.
A rule M lies across the galley C just beside the lower edge of the slot C3 and
is guided in grooved ways M' M² at the sides of the galley. The rule can be
lifted above a line of type by means of the bell crank N the longer arm of which
is forked to embrace a pin M³ on a depending part M* of the rule outside the
galley, and its short arm is connected by a rod N¹ to one end of an arm N2 on a
rock shaft N3 journalled behind and below the upper end of the galley, this shaft
having a depending arm N carrying a friction roller bearing against the periphery
of a cam disc N° on the shaft I, which cam causes the rule to be raised immediately
after a complete line of type has been pushed into the galley, and to keep it raised,
momentarily, while the plunger O moves the line down in the galley. A spring N'
depresses the rule as soon as cam N° ceases to act.
"
The plunger O has a head O' which fits the galley, and a shank O' which
extends rearward through an opening D' in the "pusher " D so that the plunger
can work through the pusher, and the pusher can work across the plunger, without
interference. On the rear end of the shank O2 is a round T-head O³ which rests
in one forked end P¹ of a bell crank lever P, (which may be pivotted on the
shaft N³), on its other end is a friction roller Ps bearing on a cam P' by which
reciprocation is imparted to the plunger O at the proper times, the plunger being
returned by means of a spring O*
In the galley below the rule is a follower o against which the types are forced
by the plunger; this follower has a spring urged dog o¹ which enters a groove in
the side of the galley and prevents the follower from springing or sliding out of
the galley.
THE SPACE MAKING AND FEEDING MECHANISM.
Above the wheel A is a case Q (Fig. 16) having a downward extension Q³
which extends to and over the slot C and fits closely over the upper and outer
side of wheel A, and in this portion of the case is a channel Q through which the
types delivered from belt 2 are directed into the slot C. Vertically above the
slot C', in the case Q, is a channel Q through which the spaces or leads are
delivered into the lower end of the channel Q and in passing through the
channel Q the leads pass between crimping rolls R R mounted on shafts R' R¹
supported in bearings in a bracket Z attached to the end of the type-reservoir or
casing, behind the case Q. The shafts R' are geared with one another and one of
them has a pinion R2 on its rear end gearing with a wheel S² on a shaft S¹ also
journalled in the bracket Z above the shaft A' and driven from shaft A' by a
wheel A gearing with wheel S2 so as to considerably lessen the speed of rolls R R
relatively to that of the shaft A'.
The spaces are fed into the channel Q from a reservoir Q in case Q, being

page_text: cjected one at a time, as needed, by an ejector T which is guided in a slot Q' and
moved to and fro by means of an arm T¹ on a short shaft T' on the outer end of
which is a short arm T3 jointed to the upper end of a pitman rod T₁ the lower end
of which is connected to a horizontal lever T below the top of the stand on which
the apparatus is mounted. One end of lever T is pivotted to a stationary support,
and the other has an upstan.ling link To which rises above the top of the stand and
is connected to a key 17 by depressing which the lever T is depressed, and a space
is ejected from reservoir Q into the upper curved end of channel Q above the
crimping rolls.
The spaces are delivered into the upper end of reservoir Q through a channel Qº,
they are cut from a continuous strip of soft metal Y (drawn from a reel Y') led
into the upper end of slot Q and fed downward to the cutting device by means of
feed rolls U which occupy recesses in the case Q on opposite sides of the channel Q
and are mounted on shafts U₁ which are journailed in bearings in the bracket
and are geared together by pinions U. On the outer shaft U is a wheel U³
which gears with a toothed segment U* on a shaft U³ upon which is a large
wheel U gearing with a pinion S on shaft S¹. The wheel S' is loosely mounted
on the shaft S¹ and is locked thereto by a friction clutch which may consist of two
plates S on opposite sides of S2 faced with any suitable non-heating, wear resisting,
material or metal, such as raw-hide, babbitt-metal, or the like. By means of
adjustable nuts S on the shaft S₁ these plates are forced against S that the S2
rotates the shaft S' unless it is positively checked, and hence while the wheel S²
rotates continuously, the shaft S₁ and the gearing driven from it are operated only
when the locking device hereinafter described is released.
On the shaft Us just behind case Q is fixed a disc u having a shoulder u¹ adapted
to be engaged by the hooked end of a dog u pivotted on the rear side of the casing,
and pressed against the periphery of disc u by a spring u³. So long as the dog u²
engages the shoulder u the shaft U³ cannot revolve, consequently the ribbon feed
rolls, the shaft S¹ and the intermediate gearing are all stopped, though the
wheel S2 continues to rotate. On the outer end of the shaft U, exterior to case Q
is a cam disc V adapted to act on a roller on the shorter arm of a bell crank
lever V the longer arm of which extends to a point above the reservoir Q and
engages a pin V2 on a plate V3 which is placed in a slot q just above the
reservoir Q, the pin V2 projecting through a slot q' in the front of case Q. Ou
the upper end of the plate Vs is a pin V which projects through a slot q² in the
back of the case Q and normally lies above the dog u but when the plate V³
moves to its lowest position the pin V' strikes the dog u' and disengages it from
disc u, whereupon the shaft U and the connected gearing are rotated the clutch
on shaft S¹ causing it to be driven by S'.
The lower end of plate V³ depends into the reservoir Q, and, when there is a
sufficient number of spaces in the reservoir to prevent the plate V' from dropping
to its lowest position the dog u² remains in engagement with disc u, but as soon as
the number of spaces is so diminished as to allow the plate to drop its full extent
the dog is disengaged and the making of spaces is resumed.
The spaces are severed from the lead ribbon by the following mechanism.
A die W is secured in a slot in the case Q at one side of the channel Q' and
slightly above shaft U; W₁ is the cutter reciprocating in a slot in the plate Q
being retracted by means of a spring W' and moved forward to sever a space by
a tooth W (on shaft U³) which engages a notch in the under side of the
cutter Wi
The segment U has but a fraction of the number of teeth on U³ which is
therefore only intermittently rotated and consequently the feed rolls only feed
enough ribbon to form a space between the cutters at each revolution of the
shaft U.
The segment U₁ causes the ribbon to be fed the proper length and then to be
entirely stopped while the cutters operate. In order to ensure proper register of
the teeth on U with the segment U₁ a disc w having three equidistant notches to

page_text: in its periphery is fixed on the same shaft as U³, and the notches are engaged by a
spring actuated dog w' placed beside the plate V³ and guided in a slotted block y
fastened to the plate Q. In the lower end of the dog w² is a slot in which
moves a pin V on the upper end of the plate V³ so that when V' drops to its
lowest position the dog wis disengaged from the disc to simultaneously with the
disengagement of the dog u² from the disc u.
As the spaces are ejected from the reservoir Q the plate V³ drops by gravity,
augmented by weight of the lever V1, until eventually it disengages the catch u
from the disc u and simultaneously disengages the dog w from the disc_w.
Immediately the shaft U begins to rotate and the segment U engaging U³,
rotates the feed rolls U sufficiently to feed enough ribbon Y to form a space
between the cutters. Simultaneously the cam V engages the short arm of the
lever V, and oscillates it, causing it to lift the plate V, whereupon the dog w
engages a notch in the disc w and locks the shaft U so that Us is stopped in
position to properly gear with the segment U at the next revolution of the
shaft U. The cain V through the lever V₁ keeps the plate V³ elevated while the
cutters are severing the space from the ribbon, and the severed space drops into
the reservoir beneath the plate V³ while the catch u³ is ready to re-engage
notch u. After the space is severed and before the segment U again engages U³
the cam V allows the lever V¹ to drop with the plate V³ and, unless the space just
made completes the normal number of spaces retained in reservoir Q, the plate V³
again disengages the catch u² and dog w² and the shaft U makes a second
revolution and another space is fed in and severed; this operation is repeated
until the number of spaces in the reservoir Q is such that plate V³ cannot drop
enough to disengage the catch u² and dog w² from their respective discs. Then the
space ribbon feeding and cutting mechanisms remain quiescent until so many spaces
are ejected from the reservoir that the plate V³ descends far enough to release the
catch and dog w². Thus the mechanism for feeding and cutting the space
ribbon is automatically controlled by the amount of spaces in the reservoir Q.
Obviously the clutches and gearing might be varied the action of the space-
making devices might be made to depend upon the will of the operator.
Also the severing mechanism might be dispensed with as the spaces might be
introduced, already cut, into the reservoir.
For the purpose of automatically "justifying," a lateral compressible space is
necessary, such as the crimped space shown herein.
The rotary or travelling type receiver above described is highly useful even
where no automatic justifying is desired, and where ordinary non-compressible
spaces are used.
The operation of the machine is as follows:-
:-
Shaft B being rotated, motion is transmitted to the type carrier belt and to the
worm which is normally out of engagement with the wheel I', consequently the
shaft I and all the parts operated therefrom are stationary, and the receiver is
locked in such position that one of its channels E' is registered with slot C¹ and
another with slot C².
The operator then "composes" the matter by depressing the character and space
keys in proper sequence as required by the matter, and the types are successively
delivered into the channel Q from which they enter slot C¹ and are pushed there-
from into the channel E' of the receiver by the reciprocating pusher D; when a
space is needed the operator depresses key T' whereupon a space is ejected from
the reservoir Q passes between the crimping rolls R by which it is corrugated and
delivered through channel Q into the slot C¹ whence it is forwarded into the
channel E' in proper relation to the types.
As the "composed" matter enters the channel E¹ it pushes the slide E out of
the channel into the casing F, until a sufficient number of types have been pushed
into the channel E' to form a "line." In practice the operator is warned of this
by a suitable alarm. Thereupon the operator depresses the key k² and immediately

page_text: proceeds with the composing of a new line. The depression of the key engages
the worm Z with the wheel 1, whereupon the shaft I begins to rotate and makes
one complete revolution, as described. Upon the first movement of shaft I the
cam J through the lever J and connections draws the locking bolt J out of
engagement with the receiver, and keeps it out of engagement until the cam j
through the lever and its connections, imparts fourteenth part of a revolation to
the receiver E, so as to move the type filled channel E' out of register with slot C¹
and into register with slot C, simultaneously bringing another channel E' into
register with slot C' so that the types which drop into the slot C' continuously are
not crowded therein, but always find an outlet. As soon as the receiver is thus
partially rotated and locked, the cam I' through the described levers an
connections begins to move the block G¹ toward the galley, and the block catching
the projected slide E' forces it towards the galley, thereby ejecting the line of
type from the channel E through the slot C' into the galley between the end of
the plunger O, and the rule M, by which the alignment of the type is maintained
as they move into the galley.
This line of type contains a number of yielding or laterally compressible spaces,
and its length is slightly greater than the width of the galley, as it is "over-
spaced." The block C' moves the slide E³ outward so far that the line of type is
compressed lineally, the spaces yielding to allow this, and forced wholly into the
galley, then the block Glis retracted as described, and draws back the slide E²
sufficiently to clear its end from slot C².
After the line is in the galley the cam N' through the described connections,
raises the rule M above the top of the plunger O, whereupon the cam P' causes
the plunger to move the justified line of type down in the galley and then return to
its normal position, and the rule M drops in readiness for the entrance of another
line of type. The pin L thereupon strikes the trip arm k disengaging the
catch k from the arm K' and the worm Z being disengaged from 1° the shaft I
stops, the pin L just clearing the arm K² sufficiently to allow the worm Z³ to be
again engaged with wheel I by depressing the key k³.
All the operations described, namely, the movement of a line of type into the
galley, its justification, the retraction of the slide and block G', the raising and
lowering of the rule, and the reciprocating of the plunger, etc., take place for each
rotation of the shaft I, and while another line of type is being composed, therefore
two lines of type are being operated upon simultaneously in the machine; that is
to say, while one line is being composed, the other is being justified and forwarded
into the galley.
The practical value of the invention will be readily understood, its time saving
features, apart from its automatic justification being an important and valuable
merit of the invention.
°
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I hereby declare that
I make no general claim to the justifying of composed lines of type by the
compression of laterally yielding space types as described in the Specification
No. 21335 of 1894, nor to the mechanism described in that Specification for
feeding, severing and corrugating such space types, but what I claim in respect of
type composing machines is :-
1. In combination with the composing mechanism a moveable receiver, adapted
to receive lines of type, and mechanism whereby while one line of type is delivered
into the receiver, another previously "composed " line of type is removed therefrom
substantially as described.
2. In combination with the composing mechanism and galley, a movable
receiver adapted to receive lines of type from the composing mechanism and
transfer them to the galley, aud mechanism, substantially as described, whereby
while one line of type is being moved into the receiver, a previously composed
line is being transferred therefrom into the galley, substantially as described.

page_text: 3. The combination of mechanism for composing type, a rotary type line
receiver having a series of type receiving channels, adapted to successively receive
lines of type from the setting mechanism; with mechanism whereby said receiver
is partly rotated upon the completion of a line of type, and mechanism whereby a
previously formed line of type is ejected from the receiver during the entrance of
another line therein, substantially as described.
4. The combination of mechanism for composing type, a rotary type-line
receiver having a series of type receiving channels each adapted to receive a line
of type; with key controlled mechanisms, whereby when a line of type is composed,
upon depressing such key, the receiver is partly turned so as to bring an empty
channel to the receiving point, and while such channel is being filled, the
previously filled channel is emptied, substantially as described.
5. In combination with a line-receiver, means for moving it, means for ejecting
a composed line therefrom, and a single key and connections whereby both said
means are put in action substantially as described.
6. In combination with type setting mechanism and a receiving galley, a
receiver, mechanism for moving it intermittently; mechanism for ejecting a
composed line of type from the receiver into the galley, while another line of type
is being moved into the receiver, and a single key and connections controlling both
said mechanisms, substantially as described.
7. In combination with type setting mechanism, a type line receiver, mechanism
for intermittently moving it, mechanism for locking it when moved, mechanism for
ejecting a composed line of type from the receiver and simultaneously lineally
compressing the line, and a single key and connections controlling the said
mechanism, substantially as described.
8. In combination with a type line receiver, and a galley, mechanism for moving
the receiver intermittently so as to transfer a composed line of type from the
receiving to the delivery point; mechanism for ejecting the composed line from
the receiver into the galley, mechanism whereby the composed line is subsequently
moved down in the galley out of the way of a fresh line, and a single key and
connections whereby all these mechanisms are controlled substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
9. The combination of a galley, a plunger therein, and a movable rule; with a
type line receiver, mechanism for moving it intermittently, mechanism for ejecting
a composed line from the receiver into the galley between the rule and plunger;
mechanisms for raising the rule and simultaneously moving the plunger to push
the line down in the galley and then to retract the plunger and lower the rule;
and a single key and connections whereby all these mechanisms are controlled,
substantially as described.
10. The combination with a rotary line receiver, means for rotating it, and
means for ejecting a composed line therefrom, both driven from one shaft; with a
key, and means substantially as described whereby the shaft is caused to make only
one revolution upon the depression of the key, substantially as described.
11. The combination of mechanism for composing type and compressible spaces
in line, a receiver having a plurality of type-receiving channels adapted to
successively receive enough types as composed to form a line when justified, a
receiving galley, and mechanism whereby as types to make one line are being
composed and forwarded into one channel of the receiver, a previously formed line
of type is ejected from the receiver and automatically justified by laterally
compressing the line, thereby flattening the yielding spaces, substantially as
described.
12. The combination of mechanism for composing. types and laterally com-
pressible spaces in line, with a key controlled mechanism whereby the lines of type
are automatically justified by lineal compression, substantially as described.
13. The combination of mechanism for composing type and spaces in line,
mechanism for forming laterally compressible "spaces" and delivering them as
needed to the composing devices during the setting operation, and key-controlled

page_text: mechanism, whereby when enough types and spaces have been set to form a line,
such matter is removed and automatically justified by lineal compression, without
stopping the setting operation, substantially as described.
14. The combination of mechanism for composing types in line, a cylindrical
type line receiver into which the types are moved as composed, and a key
controlled means whereby upon the depression of the key the receiver is partly
rotated upon the completion of a line, to transfer such line out of the way,
substantially as described.
15. The combination with the composing mechanism; of a line receiver having
a series of type receiving channels, a slide in each channel adapted to be moved
outwards by the incoming type, mechanism whereby, after the setting of a line
and its transfer (by moving the receiver) to a delivery point, the slide is pushed
inwards to eject the line wholly from the channel, and means whereby the slide is
partially retracted after the line is ejected, substantially as described.
16. The combination of the rotary channeled receiver, with the slides fitting in
the channels, and means for moving said slides to eject the type in the channels,
substantially as described.
17. The combination of the casing the rotary channeled receiver therein, and
the slides fitted in the channels of the receiver, with the push block within the
casing adapted to engage the slides, substantially as described.
18. The combination of the casing, the rotary receiver in one end thereof, and
the slotted casting in the other end thereof, the movable block guided in said
slotted casting adapted to eject lines of type from the receiver and mechanism
substantially as described for alternately partly rotating the receiver and
reciprocating said block, substantially as set forth.
19. The combination of the galley, the transversely reciprocating pusher, and
the longitudinally-movable plunger working through the pusher, substantially as
described.
20. The combination of the galley, the slotted pusher reciprocating transversely
to the galley, the longitudinally movable plunger playing through the pusher and
the vertically movable rule, independent of the plunger, with means for operating
these parts at the proper times, for the purpose and substantially as described.
21. The combination of a type line receiver, means for moving it, and for
ejecting type therefrom, operated once for each revolution of a shaft; with a worm
wheel on the shaft, a continuously rotated worm adapted to engage therewith, a
key lever, and connections, substantially as described, whereby the worm is
disengaged from the shaft, and automatic mechanism whereby the worm is
disengaged from the wheel when the shaft makes one revolution, substantially as
described.
22. The combination of a shaft, a worm-wheel thereon, a continuously rotated
worm adapted to engage said wheel, and carried by a swinging bracket; a rock
shaft, a lever thereon engaging the bracket, a key lever for moving the rock shaft
to engage the worm with the wheel, a catch for locking the bracket in such
position, and the trip-pin on the shaft of the wheel adapted to disengage the catch
when the shaft makes a complete revolution, substantially as described.
23. The combination of the rotary type-line receiver, its slides, and the movable
block for pushing these slides; with the rod attached to the block, the lever for
reciprocating the rod, the lever operated by a cam, and the breakable connection
between these levers, for the purpose and substantially as described.
24. The combination of the reciprocating pusher, the oscillating spring controlled
lever for vibrating it, and the annular cam for rocking the lever, constructed and
arranged, substantially as described.
25. The combination of a space reservoir with means for making spaces and
supplying them to the reservoir automatically controlled by the amount of spaces
therein, substantially as described.
26. The combination of means for feeding and cutting spaces from a strip or
ribbon, and a reservoir in which the spaces are collected; and means for locking

page_text: the feeding and cutting mechanisms; with a vibrating plate resting on the spaces
in the reservoir adapted to drop as the spaces are removed and eventually
disengage the lock thereby releasing the feeding and cutting mechanisms and
means for raising the plate upon the severance of each space until the latter
drops into the reservoir, whereby the.making of spaces is automatically controlled,
substantially as described.
27. The combination of the space ribbon feed rolls, the gear thereon, the
segmental gear for operating the feed rolls, the cam disc ou the shaft carrying
the segmental gear, and a friction clutch for the shaft; with cutting devices
operated by the shaft; a locking device for the shaft, and inechanism for releasing
the locking device substantially as described.
28. The combination of a space reservoir, a space ejector, and crimping rolls
by which the space is corrugated on its way to the composing channel substantially
as described.
29. The combination with a space reservoir, mechanism controlled by the
number of spaces in the reservoir, and constructed substantially as described for
making spaces from a continuous strip of soft metal; means for ejecting the
spaces successively from the reservoir, and crimping rolls adapted to catch the
ejected space and crimp it as it travels to the composing race-way, substantially as
described.
30. The combination of mechanism for composing type, a slot into which the
types are successively delivered as composed, a pusher for ejecting types from
said slot; a galley, a movable rule and plunger therein; a receiver having a
plurality of type receiving channels adapted to. successively register with the slot,
and with the space between the plunger and rule in the galley; with mechanism
controlled by a single key for first moving the receiver so as to transfer a type-
filled channel from register with the slot into register with the space between the
rule and the plunger and simultaneously to bring an unfilled channel into register
with the slot; secondly, for ejecting the line of type from the receiver into the
galley between the rule and plunger; and thirdly, for raising the rule and moving
the line of type down in the galley; all these operations taking place automatically
during the composition of a succeeding line of type, substantially as described.
31. The combination of the galley, the casing attached thereto, the slotted
casting within the casing, the channeled receiver within the casing next the galley,
the slides in its channels; the rod passing axially through the receiver into the
casing, means for reciprocating this rod, and a block on the inner end of the rod
guided in the slotted casting and adapted to. engage projected slides and force
them back into the receiver thereby ejecting the type, and means for intermittently
rotating the receiver step by step alternating with the reciprocations of the block,
and means for locking, the receiver after it is rotated, substantially as described.
32. The combination of the galley having adjoining receiving and inlet slots in
one side, a reciprocating pusher for ejecting types from the receiving slot and a
reciprocating plunger and vertically movable rule at opposite sides of the inlet
slot; with the rotary galley having a series of type receiving channels adapted to
successively register with the galley slots.; the slides in these channels; and means
for actuating the slides so as to eject composed lines of type from the receiver into
the galley through the inlet slot, and mechanism whereby the pusher, plunger,
rule and receiver, are operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 10th dow of Feb 1905