Improvements in Type Composing and Casting Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1899-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Type Composing and Casting Machines.
I, WILLIAM ERNEST BERTRAM, of 1149 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, in the
United States of America, 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 :-
My invention relates to a monoline type composing and casting machine of the
general character described and shewn in the Specifications No. 16200 of 1893,
No. 17135 of 1893 and No. 27630 of 1897.
The invention comprises certain improvements in the matrix bars and spacers; the
aligning bars; the line carriage; mechanism for controlling a travelling aligning
bar that moves with the carriage and is independently movable to and from the line
of matrix bars; justifier devices; and assembly box mechanism; as hereinafter more
particularly described.
In the annexed drawings illustrating the invention:
Figure 1 is a partial diagrammatic plan of a monoline composing machine.com-
prising my improvements.
Figure 2 is a partial front elevation of the same.
Figure 3 is a transverse sectional elevation on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a similar section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a similar section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.
Figures 6 and 64, when taken together, shew in perspective the line carriage, a
portion of the justifying mechanism and that part of the frame which includes
the upper and lower guide rails, with detail parts, viewed from within the
machine.
Figure 7 is a view in perspective of the line carriage and travelling aligning
bar.
Figure 8 is a transverse vertical section of the carriage on the line 8-8, of
Figure 9.
Figure 9 is a plan of the line carriage.
Figure 10 is a plan of the travelling aligning bar.
Figure 11 is a perspective of the movable carriage jaw and its adjacent guide
plates.
Figure 12 is a vertical section of a portion of the carriage on the line 12-12 of
Figure 9.
Figures 13 and 14 are detail views of guides and bearings for the spacers and
travelling aligning bar.
Figure 15 shews a matrix bar in engagement with the stationary assembly aligning
bar and the travelling aligning bar.
Figure 16 shews an expansible spacer bar in suspended engagement with a stationary
supporting rib or flange and with the travelling aligning. bar.
Figure 17 is a view of one of the wings or gates of the assembly box.
Figure 18 is a perspective of the assembly box.
Figure 19 is a vertical section of the same.
Figure 20 is an end elevation of the assembly box.

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in Figure 1, a designates the position of the usual bed plate; the main line shaft;
c the key board; d the casting pot; e the ejector; and f, Figures 1 and 6, the trimmer,
all of which are described in the former patents.
MATRIX BARS AND SPACERS.
As in the patent specifications above referred to, there is employed in the present
machine an assortment of ninety-six different characters, divided into eight groups of
twelve each, the characters included in each group differing from those included in
the other group.
For the purpose of conveniently disposing these ninety-six different
characters, there are employed eight species of matrix bars, each carrying twelve
characters on one vertical edge; and from these matrix bars any required character can
be quickly selected for use in composing a line for printing.
Each matrix bar 1, Figure 15, has at its upper end a hook 2 differing in length
from similar hooks on bars of a different species. On its rear edge, each matrix bar
has thirteen aligning notches 3 and 3ª, or one more than the number of characters, or
intaglio type matrices 4, on its front edge. The lowermost aligning notches 3
correspond in number and position to the characters on the front edge of the matrix
bar and the additional aligning notch 3ª is above the series of these notches. In each
matrix bar, there is provided a vertical series of perforations 5 to receive, at any
height on said bar, a longitudinally movable pin, hereinafter described, that prevents
the matrix bar from turning, or from dropping down, while the matrices are being
assembled. The additional aligning notch 3 and the perforations 5 are features
peculiar to this improved matrix bar.
Each spacer bar is composed of two sections 6 and 7.
together and combined for joint operation substantially in
the Specification No. 16200 of 1893.
Figure 16, that are put
the manner described in
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The upper section 6 has a hook 8 and is formed on its rear edge with a
lug 9
having a jog or recess 10 in its lower corner. The cheeks 11 of the upper spacer
section are provided with perforations 12 that register with each other; and in the
intermediate wedging portion of the lower spacer section there is an elongated slot
13, shewn by dotted lines in Figure 16, adapted to register with said perforations so
that the spacer can be engaged with the before-mentioned pin, in assembling a line.
The specific forin of the lug 9 and the provision of the perforations 12 and slot 13 are
novel features in this spacer bar. As in the patent specifications above referred to
the lower expander section 7 of this spacer enters between the cheek pieces 11 of the
upper section 6 and is longitudinally movable between them for the purpose of
expanding or spreading them apart in the justification of a line of matrices. The
hooks 2 and 8 on the matrix bars and spacer bars are for distributing purposes, as in
the aforesaid former patents.
ALIGNING BARS.
There are two aligning bars employed in this improved monoline machine.
First, a stationary assembly aligning bar 14, Figures 1, 3, 6ª, 15 and 16, on
which to assemble the matrix bars by means of their aligning notches 3. Second,
a travelling aligning bar 15, Figures 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15 and 16, which is inade to
travel in a horizontal plane above the plane of the stationary or assembly aligning
bar 14 and therefore requires the additional aligning notch 3" in the back of each
matrix bar 1, so that if any matrix bar is dropped to its lowest operative level, as

page_text: shewn in Figure 15, to present the required character in the line of matrices, there is
an aligning notch, as 3*, at a suitable elevation to be engaged by the travelling
aligning bar 15 before the line of assembled matrices is inoved off from the stationary
assembly aligning bar.
The thickness of the assembly aligning bar 14 is somewhat less than the height of
each aligning notch 3 in the back edge of each matrix bar, so as to allow the matrices
to assemble easily and prevent wear of said notches. This also prevents the assembling
mechanism from being retarded, as it is liable to be when the assembly bar is the
same size as the aligning notches in the matrix. The travelling aligning bar 15
maintains the alignment of the inatrices when the matrix bars are moved off from the
stationary assembly bar 14 and the thickness of said travelling bar 15 should, there-
fore, be as nearly as possible the size of the aligning notches 3 and 3*, say, about
1/2000 of an inch smaller.
As shewn in Figures 3 and 6^, the stationary assembly aligning bar 14 is attached
to or may forin part of the upper one of a pair of longitudinally grooved guide rails 16
and 17, Figures 2 to 6, between which are guided the upper portions of a line
carriage, hereinafter described. The stationary aligning bar 14 is near the assembly
box, hereinafter described, and its front edge projects beyond a forward extended
portion 16 of the upper guide rail 16, as shewn in Figure 64, while the top of said
bar is flush with the top of said rail. To facilitate engagement of the matrix bar
notches 3 with the assembly aligning bar 14, the latter is preferably reduced in
thickness at one end 14ª, Figures 2 and 6, which projects toward the assembly box
or beyond the adjacent end of the forward extended portion 16" of the guide rail 16,
or other fixed support.
The travelling aligning bar 15, see Figures 7 and 10, is provided with parallel slots
or perforations 18 that are extended transversely.
One end of each slot 18 is bevelled downwards and inwards, as shewn, and its other
end is preferably rounded. These slots 18 are for the engagement of mechanism
whereby the travelling aligning bar is to be moved away froin the line of matrices to
release the matrix bars and allow them to be depressed after the casting of a printing
bar. On the top of the travelling aligning bar 15 there are lugs 19, Figures 1, 2, 5,
7 and 10, for guiding said aligning bar, as hereinafter explained, in its movements,
with the line carriage, to and from the casting point. On one end of this travelling
aligning bar 15 there is a lateral projection 20, Figures 1, 6, 7 and 10, having in one
side a rounded or bevelled notch 21, for engagement with a spring latch on a slotted
or recessed part of the line carriage. The operative edge of the travelling aligning
har 15 is formed along the top with a flange or rib 15, Figure 7, so that said
travelling bar 15 can occupy position directly above and upon the stationary aligning
bar 14 and yet be readily engaged with the aligning notches 3 or 3 of the matrix
bars i, as shewn in Figure 15, after a line of matrices and spacers has been prelimi-
Darily assembled. The travelling aligning bar 15 is a novel feature of the present
machine, and that by its employment any wear of the matrix bar aligning notches is
reduced to a minimum.
Line carriage. The upper portion of the line carriage comprises a fixed jaw 22
and a movable jaw 23, Figures 1, 6, 7, and 9, between which jaws will be clamped
the assembled line of matrix bars and spacers to be conveyed to the various
mechanisms that are to successively act upon said line. As shewn in Figures 7 and 9,
the fixed carriage jaw 22 is secured to, or may form part of, a slide block 24 that is
provided at the top and bottom with bevelled guide projections 25 to run in corre-
A slot 27
sponding grooves 26 of the guide rails 16 and 17, Figures 3 to 6.
Figures 7 and 9, is provided in the fixed carriage jaw 22 to receive the projection or
arm 20 of the travelling aligning bar 15 which then becomes yieldingly connected
with the carriage by means of a spring latch 28 snapping into the notch 21 of said
arm or projection 20, so that the travelling aligning bar 15 can move with the
line carriage and yet be independently movable to and from the line. The movable
jaw 23 is provided on each side with two pins 29, Figure 11, which work in guide-
ways 30 formed in vertical guide plates 31, 32, that are provided at top and bottom

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with bevelled projections 33 in line with similar projections or ribs on a closely
adjacent slide block 34, Figures 7 and 9, to move therewith in the groove 26 of the
guide rails 16 and 17 which form part of the framework of the machine. On the
slide block 34 there is secured a bearing block 35 that supports the screw threaded
end portion of a rod 36 the other end of which has a locking and unlocking
connection with the fixed carriage jaw 22, as presently explained. There is also a
screw shaft 37, Figures 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12, that engages the slide blocks
24 and 34, Figures 6 and 7, thus connecting the fixed and movable jaws of the
line carriage so that said jaws and connected slide blocks can be separated sufficiently
to permit reception of the matrix bars and interposed spacers and allow the same to
be removed for distribution to their appropriate magazine compartments.
The movable carriage jaw 23 is the one that is nearest the assembly box, hereinafter
described, and this jaw is so formed that the portion thereof which comes next to
the mould at the casting point is the same width as the matrix and comes close to
the mould, thus preventing any squirting or leakage of molten metal at this point.
The making of the movable jaw 23 the same width as the matrix, requires that in
gripping the line the said jaw 23 should be moved inwards towards the machine
frame and then up, so as to clear the aligning bars. The reverse movement of the
jaw piece 23 is downwards and outwards. In the old form of line carriage, the
movable jaw used to swing into place and had to be made considerably smaller to
clear the aligning bar. The required movements of the jaw 23, in the direction in-
dicated, are accomplished by the travel of its guide pins 29, Figure 11, in the guide-
ways 30 of the plates 31 and 32; said guide pins 29 being connected with links 38,
Figures 7 and 8, that in turn connect with a horizontally movable slide 39, Figures
7 and 9, which works in a dovetailed groove 40, Figure 11, formed transversely in one
of the guide-plates of said movable jaw. The slide 39 is provided at its outer end
with an arm 41, Figures 2, 7, 8 and 9, carrying a casing 42 for a spring 43 which
bears at one end against the outer closed portion of said casing and at the other end
against a fixed rod or stem 44 projecting into the open end of the casing. This
stem 44 is fixed to and supported by a lug 45 on a lower tie plate 46, Figure 7, in
which rest the vertical guide plates 31 and 32 of the movable jaw 23, said plates
being also held together by a tie bar 47 at the top. The guide plates 31, 32, and
accompanying parts are connected with the slide block 34 of the movable carriage
jaw and they are actuated therewith, by means of the screw 37, in spreading and
closing the carriage.
When the movable carriage jaw 23 is moved inwards and upwards, as shewn in
Figures 1, 6 and 7, by the pressure of a lever against the outer end of the slide 39,
as hereinafter described, the said jaw part 23 is automatically locked in its operative
position, at the end of a line of assembled matrices, by means of a catch 48,
Figures 2, 8 and 9, that is snapped, by a spring 49, across the outer end of said
slide. This catch 48 and its spring 49 may be mounted on one of the slide blocks of
the movable carriage jaw.
After the line carriage has moved away from the casting point and the matrix bars
and spacers have been lifted out and removed by suitable distributing mechanism,
such as described and shewn in the patent specifications above referred to the carriage
continues to move towards the assembly point and in doing so a projection 50 on the
upper end of the catch 48, Figure 2, strikes against a pivoted tripping dog 51 that is
held from swinging by a stop 52 at its back. The dog 51 and stop 52 may be attached
to the rail 16 or other fixed part of the machine. In thus coming against the dog 51,
the catch 48 is tripped so as to release the slide 39 and permit it to he moved out-
wards by the pressure of its spring 43, Figure 9, thereby causing the movable carriage
jaw 23 to drop down and back out of the way before it gets to the newly assembled
line. After the movable jaw 23 has been again pushed into operative position at the
end of a line of assembled matrices, and as the carriage returns towards the casting
point, the rounded edge of the catch projection 50 passes easily under the bevelled
end of the tripping dog 51, thereby lifting said dog, against the action of a spring 53

page_text: that returns said dog to normal position after the catch has passed; the slide 39
and jaw 23 meanwhile remaining locked.
By reference to Figures 6, 7, 9 and 12, it will be observed that the rod 36, which
connects the carriage jaws, is providel at one end with a head block 54 having
therein a longitudinal slot 55 through which is passed a guide pin 56 that is screwed
into a portion of the slide block 24 to which the fixed carriage jaw 22 is secured.
In this block 54 there is an opening 57 to be engaged by a vertically movable bolt 58
which is mounted in a recessed portion 59 of the slide block 24 that forms part of
the fixed carriage jaw. A spring 60, Figure 12, normally presses the bolt 58 upward
to engage the block 54 and thereby rigidly connect one end of the rod 36 with the
fixed jaw of the carriage. On the screw threaded end portion of the rod 36 there
is a nut 61, Figures 6 and 9, that bears against the outer side of the block 35, being
held by a jam nut 62 having a spring 63 bearing against its outer face. The upper
end of the spring 63 is bifurcated or notched to straddle the rod 36 and permit
any required adjustment of the carriage jaws to differences in length of line to be
assembled and justified. It will be noticed that the rod 36 and screw shaft 37 are
both longer than will be ordinarily necessary, so as to allow for adjustment of the
carriage jaws for different lengths of lines.
When the carriage moves over to the casting point, and the line has been cast
and the travelling aligning bar 15 is pulled back, as hereinafter described, the
jaws 22 and 23 of the carriage will be spread, simultaneously with the pulling of said
aligning har out of the line, so as to allow the matrix bars and spacers to be
depressed, as in the patent specifications above referred to, preparatory to their
removal and distribution. This spreading of the carriage jaws, 22 and 23, is effected
by means of a horizontally movable slide bar 64, Figures 2, 5 and 6, worked from a
crank arm 65 on the auxiliary shaft 66, Figure 5, which is described in the patents
before named. The inclined projection 67, Figure 5, on the slide 64, when moving
in towards the machine frame, lifts the roller 68 attached to the vertically movable
slide 69, and thereby causes the upper end of said slide 69 to rock a dog or lever 70,
Figures 5 and 6, that is fulcrumed in a recessed portion of the fixed carriage jaw
and connected with the vertically movable bolt 58, as shewn in Figure 12. By this
upward movement of the slide 69, rocking the lever 70, Figure 12, the bolt 58 is
pulled out of its locking recess in the block 57 on the end of the rod 36 and,
consequently, the slide blocks of the two carriage jaws 22 and 23 are disconnected,
leaving said jaws free to spread. On the vertically movable slide 69 there is a
bifurcated or slotted arm 71, Figure 5, engaging a roller 72 on a crank arm 73
of the screw shaft 37, as shewn in Figures 5, and 9. This screw shaft 37 has a
quick thread on it and promptly spreads the carriage jaws 22 and 23 apart when the
crank arm 73 is pushed upwards by the upward movement of the slide 69, as
described. A guide bracket 74, Figures 5 and 6, furnishes a brace or support,
against a depending extension 24 of the slide block 24, to prevent any twisting or
jamming of the carriage jaw 22 and its said slide block in the grooves of the guide
rails 16 and 17, when the horizontally movable slide bar 64 is pulled against the
roller 68 of the vertically movable slide bar 69 in actuating the screw shaft 37 to spread
the jaws of the carriage. As shewn, this guide bracket 74 is adjacent to the lower
end of the depending slide block extension 24*, Figures 6 and 7, to which the slide 69
is conveniently attached. If desired, an anti-friction roller 75, Figure 7, may be
provided at the back of the slide 69 so that it will move easily.
After the carriage jaws 22 and 23 are expanded or spread apart, as above
described, the matrix bars and interposed spacers are depressed by means of
mechanism such as shewn and described in the patent specifications above referred
to. Below the point where the line is pushed down by the depressing mechanism
there is a fixed trough or shoe 76, Figures 2, 4 and 5, that is designed to support
the depressed matrix bars and spacers. This shoe is extended from below the
casting point to the place where the matrix bars and spacers are to be engaged by
a distributing mechanism that forms no part of the present invention and which is

page_text: therefore, not illustrated, being fully shewn and described in the patent specifications
above referred to.
As the carriage moves toward the line distributing point, the roller 68, Figure 5,
drops off from the projection 67 of the slide bar 64 and permits the vertically
movable slide 69 to be pulled down by a spring 77, Figures 5, 6 and 7, thus
actuating the screw shaft 37, through its crank arm 73, in the proper direction to
close the jaws 22 and 23 onto the bars composing the depressed line and hold them
together until ready to be distributed. The upper end of the spring 77 is attached
to a lug 78 on the slide bar 69 and its lower end is connected with the lower one of
two guide bolts 79 inserted through suitable guide slots provided in said bar.
The slide block 34 of the movable carriage jaw 23 is attached to a standard 80,
Figures 2 and 6, on an auxiliary carriage 81 that forms a lower part of the line
carriage proper. This auxiliary carriage 81 is provided with suitable guides 82 and
83, Figure 6, to travel along a lower slotted guide rail 84, Figures 2 to 6 and 6", in
moving the line carriage to and fro between the point where the line of matrices is
assembled and the point where the type high printing bar is to be cast. The
connection between the slide block 34 of the movable carriage jaw 23 and the standard
80 of the lower auxiliary carriage 81 may be by a tongue and groove joint 85, as
indicated in Figures 6 and 7, so that the said parts can be easily connected and
disconnected, but in operation they are held together by the guide rails along which
they travel.
On the auxiliary carriage 81 there is attached a bracket 86 having a vertical arm
87, Figures 2 aud 6, to which one end of a lever 88 is fulcrumed. The other end
of said lever 88 is curved downward and formed with a lifter 89, Figure 6, and a
roller 90 is mounted on said lever intermediate its ends. Now, as the carriage nears
the distributing mechanism, in its travel from the casting point, the roller 90 strikes
the bevel of a lifting dog 91, Figures 2 and 6, and rides up on said dog so as to
cause the lever 88 to rise and carry its lifter 89 up against the under side of the
roller 68, Figure 6, on the vertically movable slide 69, thereby releasing the carriage
jaws 22, 23, and actuating the screw shaft 37 so as to spread the jaws apart and allow.
the matrix bars and spacers to be lifted out of the carriage, by the distributing
devices. The bracket 86 is attached to the auxiliary carriage 81 by slot and bolt
connections 92, Figure 2, or other adjusting means, so that the position of the lever
88 and its roller 90 can be varied to suit the length of the line. In a similar manner,
the lifting dog 91 is adjustable in the horizontal slot. 93 of a bracket 94, Figures 2
and 6, that is secured to the rail 17, and thus this dog 91 can be readily moved to
any required position with reference to the length of the line.
The auxiliary carriage 81 and the lower rail 84 are longitudinally slotted for passage
of a line carriage lever, (indicated by broken lines at 95, Figure 5) which bears
between rollers 96, Figure 6, on the inner side of the auxiliary carriage. The
mechanism for actuating this lever, to operate the line carriage, may be similar to
that described in the patent specifications above referred to.
This improved line carriage constructed and arranged in the manner described, is
better adapted to heavy work, as in the casting of lines of great length and for a large
type without subjecting the carriage to strain.
CONTROL OF THE TRAVELLING ALIGNING BAR.
The travelling aligning bar 15 stands back from the matrix bars and spacers while
the line of matrices is being assembled and until the machine is started.
The starting
mechanism is connected with a lever 97, Figures 1 and 2, on the hub of which is an
arm 98 that connects by a link 99 to the clutch dog as in the former style of machine.
The lever 97 is provided with a projection 100, Figure 3, to close the movable carriage
jaw 23, by pushing in the slide 39 through which said jaw is actuated.
At or near its upper end, the lever 97 is provided with a projection 101, Figures 1-
and 3, to throw the travelling aligning bar 15 into engagement with the assembled
matrix bars 1 and spacers 6, as indicated in Figures 15 and 16.
This lever projec-
tion 101 does not, however, come into direct contact with the travelling aligning bar 15,

page_text: out strikes one of several fingers or slides 102, Figures 1, 2 and 3, that are connected
t one end by a rod 103 which is in turn connected, by levers 104, to a lever shaft 105
nounted in suitable bearings on the guide rail 16, Figures 2 and 3, or other fixed part.
In one of these slides or fingers 102 there is a notch into which snaps a catch 106,
Figure 1, when the said slides are thrown in, thus holding the travelling aligning
bar 15 in engagement with the line of matrices. This catch 106 is not released until
the aligning bar 15 comes back from the casting point with the line carriage.
this time, the aligning bar 15, having been previously pulled back by mechanism
hereinafter described, consequently strikes a small lever 107, Figure 1, and thereby
withdraws the catch 106 so as to allow the fingers 102 to come back under the tension
of a spring 108, Figures 1 and 2, that is connected with the shaft 105, for this
purpose.
At
When the travelling aligning bar 15 is thrown into engagement with the line of
matrices, by the lever 97 and slides or fingers 102, the notched projection or arm 20
on said aligning bar is interlocked with the fixed jaw 22, Figures 6 and 7, of the line
carriage as herein before explained.
The travelling aligning bar 15 and the movable carriage jaw 23 having been thrown
in by the lever 97, as already described, and the machine started up, the said aligning
bar 15 travels with the carriage and with the matrix bars and spacers to the justifying
point and, subsequently to the casting point, after the line of matrices has been
justified by the aid of devices hereinafter described.
In the under
To prevent the travelling aligning bar 15 from working out of engagement with
the matrix bars and spacers during the travel of the line carriage, there is provided,
above the rail 16, a guide device 109, 109", Figures 1 and 2, that is preferably
constructed of separable parts or bars, as shewn in Figures 4 and 14.
side of the connected guide bars 109, 109, there are provided two parallel longitudin-
ally extended guide grooves 110, 111, that are respectively arranged to receive
the guide lugs 19 of the aligning bar 15 in its travel to and from the casting
point. On passing from the justifying point, the guide lugs 19 of the
travelling aligning bar 15 follow each other into and through the guide
groove 110, Figure 14, of the bar 109 and thence into the correspondingly
aligned groove 110 of the part or bar 109, Figures 4 and 14. The parallel grooves 110,
111, of the bar 109 extend only part way the length of said bar, or to a point
where it overlaps the adjacent end portion of the grooved bar 109ª, one side of which
rests, along its end portion, against a shoulder 112, Figure 14 that is extended along
the ungrooved portion of the bar 109; the under side of said shoulder 112 forming the
top of a continuation of the groove 111, the sides of which are formed by adjacent
portions of the bars 109 and 109, as shewn in Figure 4.
In travelling with the line carriage to the casting point, the aligning bar 15 is
supported on and slides along the top of the guide rail 16, and the guide lugs 19
follow each other in the groove 110, thereby holding said aligning bar in supporting
engagement with the line of matrices; and thus, as the matrix bars and spacers
travel with this aliguing bar, their engaging notches or lugs are not subjected to any
wear that would be liable to distort an assembled line.
After a cast of the required printing bar has been made from the line of matrices,
the aligning bar 15 is pulled back from the matrix bars and spacers by bevelled
pins 113, Figures 5 and 6, descending through guide openings 114, Figure 1, in the
In this
anvil 115 and engaging in the bevelled slots 18 of the said aligning bar.
retracting movement of the aligning bar 15, away from the line of matrices, the
lugs 19 on said aligning bar pass through openings 116, Figs. 2 and 14 into a
passage 117, Fig. 5, at the outer side of the guide bar 109 which is in line with the
guide groove 111 of the bar 109, as indicated in Figs. 1, 4 and 5. After retracting the
aligning bar 15, the pins 113 will rise immediately, to allow the said aligning bar to
come out with the line carriage. The pins 113 depend from a crosshead 118,
Figs. 5 and 6, on an arm 119 carried by the upper end of a vertically movable
rod 120, the lower end of which is secured to a vertically movable slide 121, Figs. 2
and 5, that works in a guide 122 on a bracket 123 depending from the rail 17 or a

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fixed part of the machine frame. The vertically movable slide 121 and guide
bracket 123 are both vertically slotted for passage of the horizontally movable
slide 64, Fig. 5, that is actuated from the crank arm 65 of the auxiliary shaft 66, as
before explained. In the slotted bracket 123 there is a guide roller 124 engaging a
horizontal slot 125, Fig. 5, in the slide 64, to assist in supporting the same.
.roller 126 is mounted in the slot of the vertically movable slide 121 adjacent to a
bevelled projection 127 on the under edge of the horizontally movable slide 64, so
that when the said projection 127 is drawn in toward the frame of the machine, by
movement of the auxiliary shaft 66, the vertical slide 121 is drawn down and causes
the pins 113 to descend and pull back the travelling aligning bar 15 thereby releasing
the line of matrices. At the same time the inward movement of the horizontal
slide 64 lifts the vertical slide 69, Figs. 5 and 6, and thereby unlocks and opens the
jaws 22 and 23 of the line carriage, as before described. The inward movement of
the horizontal slide 64 pushing up the slide 69 and pulling down the slide 121, thus
effects what may be termed the "first line release"; leaving the line of matrices
entirely free to be pressed or pushed down onto the beforementioned shoe 76 by the
action of a depressor 128, Fig. 2, that forms, however, no part of this invention.
soon as the projection 127 of the slide 64 passes the roller 126, of the slide 121, a
spring 129, Figs. 5 and 6, on the rod 120, causes the pins 113 to rise from engagement
with the travelling aligning bar 15 so that it can return with the carriage. The
spring catch 28 on the carriage jaw 22, Figs. 6, 7 and 9 readily yields to permit
pulling back of the aligning bar 15, by the descending pins 113, but in this movement
of said aligning bar its arın or projection 20, Figs. 7 and 10, is not wholly disengaged
from the slot 27 of the carriage jaw. Consequently the said travelling aligning
bar 15 returns with the line carriage to the assembling point. In returning to the
assembling point, the guide lugs 19 of the travelling aligning bar 15 pass from the
passage 117, Fig. 5, at the side of the guide bar 109, into the guide groove 111,
Figs. 4, 6, and 14 of the guide bar 109, and by means of these guide devices, the
aligning bar, 15, remains retracted until it arrives in position to be engaged with
another line of assembled matrices.
As
It has been already explained that as the line carriage moves toward the distributing
point, the roller 68, Figs. 5 6 and 7, drops off from the projection 67 of the horizontal
slide 64 and thus permits the vertical slide 69 to be pulled down by the spring 77 so
as to close and lock the carriage jaws 22 and 23 onto the depressed matrix bars and
spacers to hold them together while being carried to the distributor. I have, also,
herein before described how the roller 90, Figs. 2 and 6, rides up on the dog 91 and
thereby actuates the lever 88 to lift the slide 69 and again open the jaws 22 and 23
as the line carriage approaches the distributing point. This may be termed the
"second line release" as in the before named patents. As the line carriage moves to
the assembling point, the retracted aligning bar 15 touches the lever 107, Fig. 1,
thereby withdrawing the catch 106, permitting the spring 108 to rock the shaft 105
and pull back the fingers 102, Figs. 1 and 3 so the said travelling aligning bar 15 can
pass into position to be engaged with a newly assembled line of matrices. Immedi-
ately after the tripping of the catch lever 107 by the aligning bar 15, the catch 48
Fig. 2 is tripped by striking against the dog 51 thus releasing the slide 39 and
permitting the movable carriage jaw 23 to drop down and back, as shown in
Figs. 8 and 9, so as to readily pass along the newly assembled line to the position
where said movable jaw is to be engaged with the end of said line, by inward
movement of the lever 97 as before explained; the travelling aligning bar 15
being, also, at the same time, engaged with the line.
Between the assembling point and the casting point, the line of matrices travels in
a space or raceway 130, Figs. 3 and 4, that is provided by a shield 131, on one
side and by the rail 16 and guide bars 109, 109" on the other. As shown in
Figs. 6 and 14, the guide bar 109 is provided, next to the raceway 130, with a
longitudinal rib or flange 132 that is extended the whole length of the lower
.edge of said bar. It also has on its upper edge a similar rib or flange 133 that
is extended only along the adjacent portion of the anvil 115, to the under side of

page_text: them, a longitudinally extended groove 134, Fig. 14, to accommodate the lugs 9 of
the space bars 6, Fig. 16, and the upper rib or flange 133 is shortened so as to permit
these space bars being lifted out by the distributing mechanism.
JUSTIFIER.
The justifying mechanism per se, by which the space bars are operated, to expand
the line to exact length, comprises a vertically movable shoe 135, Fig. 2, that is
constructed and operated substantially the same as in the patent specifications above
referred to. As the carriage, with the assembled line which it holds, moves along the
raceway, towards the casting point, it dwells at the justifier long enough to permit
justification to be accomplished. At this point, and above the rail 16 and fixed
aligning bar 14, there is provided a grooved or recessed block 136, Fig. 1, 2, 3, 64, 13,
15 and 16, haying along one edge a Hange or rib 137 to engage the jog 10 in the
lug 9 of each space bar 6, as shown in Fig. 16, and thus provide a suitable
support for the space bars in an assembling line until the travelling aligning
bar 15 is moved into engagement with the notches of the matrix bars 1 and
beneath the lugs 9 of the space bars. This longitudinal flange or rib 137 extends at
On the
one end toward the assembly box as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 6 and 13.
block 136 there is a cap 138 having a depending flange 139 beneath which come the
lugs 9 of the space bars when the liue is assembled. This flange 139 affords a bearing
for the space bar lugs 9 when the lower sections 7 of the space bars are forced upward
by the justifying shoe 135 in expanding the line to a correct length and to wedge or
tighten the several bars of which the line is composed. The cap 138 is provided with
a number of diagonel slots 140, Fig. 13, for passage of bolts 141, Figs. 1, 2 and 6ª,
that hold down said cap and yet allow it to be drawn back so that a space bar can be
taken out and replaced by one of different thickness, if necessary.
For this purpose
the cap is provided with a handle 142 by which it can be moved. The cap 138
is provided, also, with a locking pin 143, Fig. 3 attached to a spring 144 to hold
said cap in the position to which it may be adjusted.
In the block 136 there is a longitudinal groove 145, Figs. 3 and 6ª, for
accommodation of the guide lugs 9 on the travelling aligning bar 15, and it has
transverse grooves 146, Fig. 13, for the fingers 102 that push out the said aligning
bar and also a groove 147 for the catch 106 that locks said tingers as before described.
The longitudinally extended groove 145 is in line with the guide grooves 110 and 111
of the bar 109 one end of which has a flange 148, Figs. 2 and 14, that is bolted down
onto the block 136, the other end being supported on the bar 109° as indicated in
Figs. 2, 6 and 14. A handle 149 is provided on the bar 109, so that on detaching it
from the block 136 it can be lifted out, if necessary, for any purpose.
When in place,
it may be held down by a gravity dog 150, Fig 6, or otherwise.
ASSEMBLY BOX AND ASSEMBLING MECHANISM.
The matrix bars are delivered from their appropriate magazine compartments or
cells into an assembly box 151, Figs. 2, 17 to 20, by the successive operation of
In the
matrix keys, as described in the patent specificatious above referred to.
present improvement, however, the assembly box throat 152, Figs. 1 and 19, between
the wings or gates 153 and 154, occupies a central position below and with relation
to the width of the delivery portion of the magazine 155, Fig. 2, so that the centrally
stored matrix bars, which are the thin ones and mostly used will come down perfectly
straight onto their respective stop bars 156, Fig. 2, while those matrix bars, at the
right and left have an equal inclination in their descent and the bars at the extreme
right have not to travel so far as before, where the throat 152 was more to the left, as
in the former construction. But the central location of the throat 152 necessitates
more travel for the plunger 157, Fig. 19, in assembling the matrix bars on the fixed
aligning bar. This plunger 157 is actuated through a bell crank lever 158, Figs. I
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page_text: and 19, one arm of which is arranged to oscillate between bearings 159 and 160 on
the under side of the plunger. In the bearing 160, which forms part of the head of the
plunger, there is mounted a longitudinally movable pin 161 having a spring 162
thereon. The matrix bar would be liable to turn if it were not for this longitudinally
movable pin 161 which comes out and enters one of the holes 5 of the matrix bar 1,
Fig. 15, before the plunger or pusher 157 starts forward and before the gates 153
and 154 open. Thus the matrix bars are prevented from turning and, also, from
slipping down or off from the stop bars 156 when the gates of the assembly box are
opened to permit the passage of said matrix bars onto the tongue 14ª of the aligning
bar. By reference to Fig. 19, it will be understood that the lever 158 first pushes
the longitudinally movable pin 161 into one of the holes 5 of a matrix bar, that has
descended onto its appropriate stop bar, and next forces the plunger 157 forward
thereby wedging open the gates 153, 154 and carrying the inatrix bar onto the
aligning bar. As the plunger returns, the pin 161 is retracted by its spring 162 in
readiness for further operation on the succeeding matrix bar or space bar, the latter
being steadied in like manner, by engagement of the pin 161 in the hole 12, Fig. 16
while the spacer is transferred to the rib 137, Figs. 1 to 4. It will be observed, by
reference to Figs. 2 and 18, that the outside gate 153 is cut off level with the top of
the guide rail 16, while the inside gate 154 is extended to the bottom of the assembly
box, as shown in Figs. 17 to 18. This is the reverse of the old form of assembly
box. With this exception, the construction of the gates 153 and 154 is the same as
described in the patent specifications above referred to and they are operated in the
same manner.
The link 163, Fig. 1, through which the bell crank lever 158 is attached from the
oscillator, described in the Specification, No. 27630 of 1897 has a yielding con-
nection 164 with said lever, so that should a matrix bar stick or catch in the
assembly box, the oscillator can make its full stroke without risk of injury to the
assembling mechanism or to a matrix bar contained in the box.
This yielding
connection 164 should have sufficient stiffness or tension to ensure a proper opening
of the gates 153, 154, by the forward movement of the plunger 157 in the ordinary
running of the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed. I declare that what I claim as
improvements in monoline type composing and casting machinesis :-
1. A series of matrix bars each having a set of matrices on one edge and on its
other edge a set of aligning notches exceeding the number of said matrices, whereby
any matrix bar that may have to be brought to its lowest operative level, to present
required character at the proper point in an assembled line of matrices, is engaged
both with a stationary assembly aligning bar and with a travelling aligning bar
operated in a horizontal plane above the said stationary aligning bar, substantially
as described.
2. A matrix bar provided with a vertical series of perforations and having a series
of aligning notches on one edge, in combination with an aligning bar, a plunger or
pusher to move the matrix bar on to the aligning bar, and a longitudinally movable
pin to engage in one of the said perforations of the matrix bar and prevent it from
turning or slipping while being moved onto the aligning bar, substantially as
described.
3. A matrix bar provided with a vertical series of perforations and having on one
edge a corresponding group of matrices and on its other edge a series of aligning
notches exceeding the number of said matrices, substantially as described.
4. An expansible spacer bar composed of upper and lower sections and having on
the
upper section a supporting lug 9 with a jog or recess 10 in the lower corner of
said lug, whereby the said spacer bar may be first engaged at said lug recess with a
stationary support, and substantially with a travelling aligning bar inovable below said
support and lug, substantially as described.

page_text: 5. An expansible spacer har comprising upper and lower sections having, in one
section, a perforation and in the other a corresponding slot, in combination with a
longitudinally movable pin to engage said perforation and slot so as to prevent turning
or slipping of the said spacer bar while being moved into position in assembling a
line of matrices, substantially as described.
6. The combination with a line carriage, and a stationary aligning bar on which to
assemble a line of matrix bars, of a travelling aligning bar movable to and from said
line and adapted to engage therewith and to move with the line carriage, substantially
as described.
7. The combination with a line carriage, and a stationary aligning bar on which to
assemble a line of matrix bars, of a travelling aligning bar, movable to and from said
line in a horizontal plane above the said stationary aligning bar, to engage and move
with the line and support the same as it moves with the line carriage substantially as
described.
8. The combination with a line carriage, and a stationary aligning bar on which to
assemble a line of matrices comprising a series of matrix bars that each have on one
edge a group of matrices and on the other edge a series of aligning notches exceeding
the number of said inatrices in each group, of a travelling aligning bar movable to
and from said line in a horizontal plane above the said stationary aligning bar to
engage and inove with the line and whereby the said travelling aligning bar will
engage with any matrix bar that may have to be brought to its lowest operative level
to present a required character at the proper point in an assembled line, substan-
tially as described.
:
9. The combination with a line carriage, a series of matrix bars, and interposed
spacers, and a stationary aligning bar, of a travelling aligning bar carried by the line
carriage and movable to and from the line of assembled matrix bars and spacers to
engage with and support the line as it moves with the said carriage substantially as
described.
10. The combination with a carriage for moving an assembled line in a monoline
composing machine, of a travelling aligning bar adapted and arranged to move with
said carriage and independently movable to and from the assembled line to engage
with and be released from the same, substantially as described.
11. The combination with a carriage for moving an assembled line in a monoline
composing machine, of a travelling aligning bar, adapted to have a yielding connection
with said carriage to move with the same and independently movable to and from the
assembled line, substantially as described.
12. The combination with a carriage for moving an assembled line in a monoline
composing machine, of a travelling aligning bar carried by said line carriage and
independently movable to and from the assembled line, and mechanism for controlling
said travelling aligning bar, substantially as described.
13. The combination with a travelling line carriage, and a travelling aligning
bar, adapted and arranged to move with said carriage and be independently movable
to and from an assembled line in a monoline composing machine, of a yielding
device for connecting said bar and carriage, substantially as described.
14. The combination with the carriage jaws, of a connecting rod on which said jaws
are adjustable to the length of an assemble line of matrix bars and spacers, substan-
tially as described.
15. The combination with the carriage jaws, of a connecting rod having a locking
engagement with one of said jaws and on which the said jaws are adjustable to and
from each other substantially described.
16. The combination with the carriage jaws of a connecting rod having a
locking and unlocking engagement with one of said jaws, and a screw shaft for
spreading the jaws and drawing them together onto an assembled line of matrix bars
and spacers, substantially as described.
17. The combination with the movable carriage jaw and its guide pins, of guide
plates having guideways to receive said pins, a horizontally movable slide, links
connecting said slide and pins, a spring to act on said slide for causing the said jaw

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to move downward and outward from one end of a line of matrices held in a line
carriage, a catch for locking said slide when the movable jaw is carried inward and
upward, and means for tripping said catch, substantially as described.
18. The combination with the carriage jaws, and a screw shaft for moving said jaws
toward and from each other, of a rod connecting said jaws, a spring-pressed bolt
mounted in one of said jaws to engage a head on one end of said rod, a pivoted
tripping dog connected with said bolt, a vertically movable slide to trip said dog a
crank arın on the screw shaft and connected with said slide, and means for actuating
said slide to release and spread the carriage jaws, substantially as described.
19. The combination with the carriage jaws, means for moving said jaws toward
and from each other, and a travelling aligning bar, movable with the carriage and
provided with slots that are bevelled at one end, of vertically movable bevelled pins
to engage in said slots and move the said aligning bar away from the line of matrices,
and mechanism through which said pins are actuated, substantially as described.
20. The combination with the carriage jaws, and a screw for moving said jaws toward
and from each other, of a vertically movable slide connected with a crank on said
screw shaft, a lifting lever to engage and lift said slide, a roller on said lever, and a
lifting dog for said roller to ride on, substantially as described.
21. The combination with a line carriage and its jaws, of a travelling aligning bar
carried by said carriage, and independently movable to and from a line of matrices
arranged to travel with said carriage and bar, guides for the travelling aligning bar
and carriage mechanism for moving the travelling aligning bar into engagement with
an assembled line and for closing a movable jaw of the carriage at one end of said
line, and mechanism for spreading the carriage jaws and moving the travelling
aligning bar from engagement with the line of matrices after the casting of a type
bar, substantially as described.
22. The combination with the line carriage, a travelling aligning bar to move with
said carriage, and independently movable to and from an assembled line of matrices,
and guides for said carriage and travelling bar, of fingers for moving the said
aligning bar into engagement with the line of matrices, a trip catch for locking said
fingers, and a spring for retracting the fingers, substantially as described.
23. The combination with the line carriage, a stationary aligning bar, an assembled
series or line of matrix bars and spacers, and a travelling aligning bar movable to and
from the line, of a block provided with a rib to furnish a support for the lugs on the
spacers, a cap piece movable on said block and provided with a depending flange to
furnish a bearing for the said lugs on the spacers, and a shoe to act on the spacer
bars, against said cap flange, and expand or justify the line, substantially as
described.
24. The combination with the assembly box and its gates, and a plunger to push
matrix bars out of the assembly box, of a longitudinally movable pin carried by said
plunger and adapted to engage one of a series of perforations in a matrix bar, sub-
stantially as described.
25. The combination with the assembly box and its gates, a plunger to push
matrix bars out of the assembly box, and a lever to actuate said plunger, of a yielding
connection between said lever and its driving mechanism substantially as described.
Dated this 31st day of January 1899.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.