Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Securing Type or Matterin Printers' Galleys.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Securing Type or
Matter" "in Printers' Galleys.
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We THOMAS WHITE SMITH, of The Caslon Letter Foundry, 22 Chiswell
Street, in the County of London, Type Founder, and FRANK Ross of 63 Ballance
Road Homerton in the same county, Brass Rule Maker do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The invention is designed to facilitate the operation of securing temporarily the
type, or assembled printing surfaces, in printers gallies and to avoid the necessity
for the use of coins and side sticks for the purpose.
In carrying out our invention we fill up the intervening space that may be left
between the types and the galley wall on that side with simple blocks, or furniture
and upon the wall of the galley at suitable distances we affix devices each consisting
of two plates or parts, one fixed and the other moveable, connected together by
slots and flanges, interlocking grooves and projections or equivalent connections
(preferably we make the connection with a certain amount of play between the two
parts and interpose a spring or springs). The meeting faces of these two plates
are inclined to the face of the part next the types and the interposed furniture,
whilst to prevent any interference with the printer's composing operations, these
parts are made flush with the wall of the galley.
As soon as the parts to be secured are in position and only a limited space is left
the sliding plates are moved along the faces of the fixed plates and on the beds
formed for them, and the effect is that the inclined planes cause the slides to
protrude and they become wedged in between the printers type and fillings and the
parts attached to the galley wall and all is quickly and securely locked together
sufficiently for transport.
A small hole or holes may be made in the slide to facilitate introduction of any
tool to enable the slide to be more readily forced along.
Dated the 13th day of
ctober 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Securing. Type or
"Matter" in Printers' Galleys.
We THOMAS WHITE SMITH, of The Caslon Letter Foundry, 22 Chiswell
Street, in the County of London, Type Founder, and FRANK Ross of 63 Ballance
Road, Homerton in the same county, Brass Rule Maker 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:-
The invention is designed to facilitate the operation of securing temporarily the
type, or assembled printing surfaces, in printers gallies and to avoid the necessity
for the use of coins and side sticks for the purpose.

page_text: Fig. 3 shews an underside view of the invention, and
Fig. 4 shews in detail a spring to be described.
Figs. 5 and 6 show plan views of the plates a and b respectively.
In carrying out our invention, we fill up the intervening space that may be left
between the types and the galley wall on that side with simple blocks or furniture,
and upon the wall A, of the galley B, at suitable distances, as herein shewn, we
have affixed devices each consisting of two plates a- but the number of parts
may be varied-one (a) fixed, and the other (6) moveable, connected together
either as here shewn by interlocking grooves c, c and projections d, d', or it may
be by slots and flanges or equivalent connections (preferably we make the
-connection with a certain amount of play between the two parts and interpose a
spring e, or springs, which also serve to compensate for wear). The meeting
faces a, b of these two plates a, b are inclined to the face 6 of the part b next
the types and the interposed furniture, whilst to prevent any interference with the
printers composing operations, these parts are made flush with the wall of the
galley, as shewn at C Fig. 1.
As soon as the parts to be secured are in position and only a limited space is
left, the sliding plates b are moved along the faces a¹ of the fixed plates a, and on
the beds formed for them, and the effect is that the inclined planes a¹, b'¹ cause
the slides b to protrude and they become wedged in between the printers type and
fillings, and the parts a attached to the galley wall A, and all is quickly and
securely locked together sufficiently for transport.
A small hole g, or it may be holes, may be made in the slide 6 to facilitate
introduction of any tool to enable the slide to be more readily forced along.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In means or apparatus for securing type or matter in a printers galley the
construction and arrangement or combination and use of normally inseparable
interlocking sliding parts having inclined or wedge shaped meeting edges,
preferably with intervening spring or springs to compensate for wear between
the meeting faces, substantially as shewn and described.
2. The construction and arrangement in combination with a printers galley for
the purpose of securing type or matter therein of a series of locking devices each
consisting of an inclined face plate, normally affixed to the galley, and interlocked
by grooves and projections to and capable of co-operation with a sliding reversely
inclined faced plate or part aided or not by an interposed spring in manner and for
the purpose substantially as herein before set forth.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.