Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Justifying of Lines of Type Composed by Machinery
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Jan, 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Justifying of Lines
of Type Composed by Machinery
I, CHARLES FREDERICK HILDER, of Brompton House, Hampton, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows
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My invention relates to apparatus whereby the justifying of lines of type
composed by machinery is facilitated The types, as they are composed, are pushed
nto a trough of considerable length, it may be 3 feet or more, which trough, when
it is full, is removed to the justifying apparatus, which may be at some distance
from the composing machine. When, however, the justifying apparatus can be
conveniently arranged in connection with the composing machine I prefer to have
several of the long troughs above mentioned placed side by side, or formed as
parallel grooves in one piece of metal which, when one of the grooves is filled, can
be moved laterally so as to bring another in line with the discharging mouth of the
composing machine, to be filled in its turn, while the types in the previously filled
groove are being divided into lines and justified The filled trough or groove is
brought up to a position in line with a short trough, one side of which is a rule
that can be slid up and down This trough is formed in a block which is pivotted
on a horizontal axis below and provided with a handle by which it can be moved
on this pivot through an arc of a circle When this short trough is filled with
types from the long trough, it is moved downwards so as to bring the line of types
which it contains to face the end of an inclined galley Just before the rule which
forms the front of the short trough meets the galley, it is caused to slide down, and
thereupon a spring situated in the block presses the hne of types into the galley
This line being always shorter than the justified line of types, when presented at
the front of the galley in an inclined position, is justified by inserting suitable
spaces between the words The galley is pivotted on a horizontal axis so that,
after it is filled with the successive lines of type pushed into it, and justified in it,
it is turned down on its axis from its inclined position to a horizontal position, and
then its contents are pushed into an ordinary galley, whence they are slid into the
forme, the pivotted galley being then moved back to its former inclined position to
receive other lines of type The short pivotted trough into which the types are
transferred from the long trough, is provided with a sliding block at its rear end so
that the length of the line of types received in it can be varied, but can never be
so great as the length of a justified line
In some cases make the spaces, used in composing, elastic or compressible
When this is the case, I provide near the end of the long trough means of separating
from the long line a few types besides those already in the short trough, and then,
by pushing these extra types into the short trough and so compressing the spaces
already therein, I at once justify the line, the short trough being of the exact
length required for the forme
SM 1005
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Facilitating the Justifying of Lines
of Type Composed by Machinery
I, CHARLES FREDERICK HILDER, formerly of Brompton House, Hampton, but
now of Manor Road, East Molesey, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanician,
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
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My invention relates to apparatus whereby the justifying of lines of type
composed by machinery is facilitated, as I shall describe referring to the accom-
panying drawings Fig 1 is a front view, Fig 2 a side view partly in section, and
Fig 3 is a plan
The types as they are composed are pushed into a trough which is usually much
longer than a line of forme, it may be 3 feet or more
This trough when it is full, is removed to the justifying apparatus which may be
at some distance from the composing machine When however, the justifying
apparatus can be conveniently arranged in connection with the composing machine,
I prefer to have several of the long troughs above mentioned placed side by side
ci formel as parallel grooves in one piece of metal which, when one of the grooves
is filled, can be moved laterally so as to bing another in line w th the discharging
mouth of the composing machine, to be filled in its tuin while the types in the
previously filled groove are being divided into lines and justified The filled
trough or groove A is brought up to a position in line with a short trough B one
side of which is a rule C that can be slid up and down This trough is formed in
a block D which is pivotted on a horizontal axis below and is provided with a
handle E by which it can be moved on its pivot d through an arc of a circle
When the short trough B is filled with types from the long trough A it is moved
downwards as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig 2, so as to bring the line of
types which it contains to face the end of au inclined galley G
Just before the rule which forms the front of the short trough B meets the
galley G it is caused to slide down by moving a handle F against E and thereupon
a pair of spring pins H situated in the block D presses the line of types into the
galley G
This line being always shorter than the justified line of types when presented
at the front of the galley in an inclined position, is justified by inserting suitable
spaces between the words The types are supported in the galley by a sliding
block Q provided with springs to produce friction
The galley is pivotted on a horizontal axis g and counterpoised so that, after it
18 filled with the successive lines of type pushed into it, and justified in it, it is
turned down on its axis from its inclined position to a horizontal position indicated
by the dotted lines G¹ in Fig 2, and when its contents are pushed into an ordinary
galley, whence they are slid into the forme, the pivotted galley G being then moved
back to its former inclined position to receive other lines of type The short pivotted
trough B into which the types are transferred from the long trough is provided
with a sliding block K at its rear end so that the length of the line of typeз
received in it can be varied but can never be so great as the length of a justified
line
In order to prevent the types from leaving the open end of the short trough B
while it 18 moved towards the galley a segment plate N of breadth about half the
height of a type is fixed to the side of the trough A, and another like plate P 18
pivotted to the side of the galley G the latter plate lying over the former, and
the two together forming a cover to the end of the trough B

page_text: In the case of two troughs or grooves A the frames carrying the axes d and g
can be moved by a screw M so as to bring the short trough B in line with the
second groove A when the first has been emptied of type
In some cases the spaces used in composing are made elastic or compressible
I have therefore shewn the justifying apparatus provided with an appliance which
renders it available for use with spaces of this kind
Fig 4 is a part section and part end view of the double trough or groove A
provided with this appliance which for each groove consists of a push button L
attached to a piece fitted to slide in a slot formed in the side of each groove
in A near its mouth This sliding piece has at its upper part a projection a which
Is usually held back by a spring arranged between the shoulder of the button L
and a washer on its stem, which washer slides along the side of A
The sliding
piece being moved back until its projection a comes in line with one of the spaces
occurring in the line of types in A, the button L is pushed in, the projection a
being thus introduced above the space into the interval between the tops of the two
types that are separated by the space, which is of less height than the types
The operator then slides the button forward thus pushing a few more types into
the trough B which is already filled, and so compressing the elastic spaces in it and
thus at once justifying the line, which is thus made of the right length to enter the
galley G
Compressible spaces of any known kind may be used in the way above set forth
In Fig I have shewn them of a kind made partly by slitting a thin bent
rectangular piece of elastic metal as shewn in front view at Fig 5 in edge view at
Fig 6, and folding one half of the width over the other half so as to form the
space shewn in edge view at Fig 7 and in plan at Fig 8, but to this construction
I have made no claim as it forms the subject of another application for Patent
No 2009 of 1896
When compressible spaces are not employed, the appliance consisting of the
button L, sliding piece with projection a and spring, is dispensed with
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is -
1 Apparatus for facilitating the justifying of types composed by machinery
consisting of a short trough pivotted on a horizontal axis and having a vertically
sliding side, in combination with a trough containing composed types and an
inchned galley, so arranged that the short trough 18 moved into a position facing
the line of composed types, and a set of these is pushed into it lengthwise and that
it is then moved to a position facing the end of the galley, and its side being slid
down, the live of types is transferred laterally from it into the galley, substantially
as described
2 The modification adapting the apparatus for use with compressible spaces,
substantially as described
Dated this 29th day of January 1896
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.