Improvements in Printers' Furniture for Use in the Composition of Tabular and like work.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Mar., 1899-Accepted, 13th May, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printers' Furniture for Use in the Composition
of Tabular and like work.
ALEXANDER PATERSON, 118, Arlington Road, Regents Park, London, NW,
Compositor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
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These improvements in printers' furniture are designed for speedily, accurately,
and economically filling up blank spaces in tabulai and like work. The furniture
consists of a series of oblong corner pieces, ranging from pica upwards, with
openings in the side and end for the reception of wooden reglet or metal clumps.
One of these pieces is placed in each corner of the column (or space) to be filled,
and reglets or clumps of the requisite length and width inserted in the openings
provided for their reception When, on account of its size, a column (or space)
requires strengthening in the centre, it may be divided into two or more equal
parts, corner pieces inserted at the junction, and cross supports placed in the
openings thus provided When the forme is locked up, the corner pieces hold in
position and press upon the cross and upright supports, and the self-locking nature
of the frame thus formed renders unnecessary any further internal filling up of the
column or space
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Improvements in Printers' Furniture for Use in the Composition
of Tabular and like work
ALEXANDER PATERSON (late of 118, Arlington Road, NW), 6, Mornington
Place, Regents Park, London, NW, Compositor, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,―
This invention relates to improvements in printers' furniture for use in the com-
position of tabular and like work, and has more particular reference to a locket
or joint for clumps used in printers' formes, in filling up spaces therein where no
printed matter appears
The object of my invention is to eliminate the piesent methods used to obtain
the end in view, which consists in filling up blank spaces with solid metal or
wood.
The invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the

page_text: accompanying drawing forms a part, in which like letters of reference refer to like
parts in the several views, and in which
Fig 1 18 a plan view of a printer's forme or column provided interiorly with
my improved furniture or corners, between which are securely bound clumps
Fig 2 is an end view thereof
Fig 318 a perspective end view of one of my lockets or joints shown in Fig 1
Fig 4 is a plan view of parts of two clumps in connection with a locket or joint
for larger clumps than are shown in Fig 1
Fig 5 is a plan view of parts of two clumps in connection with a locket or
joint of the same size as shown in Fig. 3, but which is built up to fit larger
clumps, and
Fig 6 is a plan view of two lockets and clump joined together, with separate
side clumps
Referring more particularly to the drawing, A is a joint or locket formed accord-
ing to my invention, and consists of a block preferably of metal or other
unyielding material, and is angular in shape, forming two parallel oppositely
extending members A¹ and A³, which are separated by longitudinal angular
grooves B and C.
When filling up spaces in which no printing appears, the jointe A are placed in
the corners of the forme or column E, as shown in Fig 1, and the clumps D are
fitted between the joints, filling out the unoccupied space in the forme or column.
The joints A are made of different sizes corresponding to the different sizes of the
clumps D, which in turn correspond to the different widths and depths of the
spaces to be filled -
In Fig I have shown two extra clumps D extending transversely of the
forme E, and locked in place by corresponding joints A A single clump of double
the width of the clumps D¹ might be used in place thereof, if desired, and the
purpose of the clumps D is to divide a column or space, to strengthen the same
In Fig 4 is shown an enlarged joint or locket, which can be further built up to
receive larger clumps when desired, as shown in Fig 5
In Fig. 5 18 shown a modified joint, the lower member H of which is formed as
usual, while the upper member His built up by the addition thereto of pica
quads or blanks K, thus obviating the necessity, when desired, of having in use
more than the smallest size of joint The clumps L shown broken off in Fig 5
are, by the use of the pica quads K, of larger size than the clumps D.
In Fig 6 18 shown a locket-clump M, for use at top and bottom of blank spaces
of a corresponding width, such as blank pages in book work, the depth of the
page or space to be formed regulating the length of the aude clumps N.
It is evident that many changes may be made in the construction and arrange-
ment of my device, and I claim all such as come within the spirit of my invention
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is..
1. In printers' furniture, the combination with a clump or block of an angular
joint consisting of a block provided with an angular projection adapted to engage
said clump or block, substantially as shown and described
2 In printers' furniture, the combination with clumps or blocks of an angular
Joint consisting of a block provided with parallel and oppositely extending angular
projections whereby grooves are formed corresponding to the end portions of said
clumps or blocks, substantially as shown and described.
3 In printers' furniture a clump or block with projections thereon whereby
grooves are formed to engage clumps corresponding to the openings in said clump
or block, substantially as shown and described
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