Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1888
Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1888
I, EDWARD L. MEGILL of 60 Duane Street in the City of New York, United
States of America, Manufacturer, 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 consists in a gauge pin formed of a single piece of wire of any
suitable pattern, the central or nearly central portion of which is bent into angles to
produce an upright gauge while the ends of the wire are formed, one into a prong⚫
and the other into an arm or loop to overlap said prong, the particular form or forms
of which are hereinafter fully described.
In the drawings I illustrate a variety of shapes or modifications in which my
invention may be made, all of which embody the same principle of construction and
are applied and used in such ways as to suit the different kinds of printing done on
treadle or hand presses.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the
invention attached to the press paper with a sheet fed to the upright gauge. Figs. 3,4
and are perspective views or modifications of the invention. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are
top plan views of other forms or modifications.
The gauge pin is made of a piece of wire about two and a half inches long, more
or less, as the size and shape may require. The wire is first bent at about a right
angle to form the prong A and the upright gauge B. It is then bent forward and
curved around as at C, and downward, outward and back across the prong A and
then forward to the side of the upright gauge B forming a loop or arm Dand outward
beyond, ending in a stem E.
As in some cases it may be desired to omit the curve C, the wire inay be bent rear-
ward at the top as in Fig. 3. In other cases as the wire will not be required to
extend forward of the gauge, the stem E may be omitted as in Fig. 4, and, as
in other cases, the wire may simply cross the prong A, it may end as shown in
Fig. 5.
Other ways of forming the gauge pin are shown in the plan views of Figs. 6, 7
and 8. In Figs. 7 and 8 the wire crosses the prong in a zigzag way and in Fig. 6 it
is perfectly round.

page_text: The objects acquired by this gauge pin in its varied forms are as follows:
That shown in Fig. 5 is the simplest and its short pointed arm may be inserted
sidewise in the press paper to fasten the gauge pin more securely. Those made with
a loop as shown in all the other Figures, pass in and out of the press paper more
easily, and those made with the stem E are best adapted for sheets printed with a wide
margin.
The gauge pin in all its different forms or modifications is attached to the printing
press by inserting the prong A through one or more thicknesses of press paper as
shown in Fig. 2, in dotted outline. The arm or loop passes over the press paper and
holds the pin steadily and firmly in an upright position.
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. A gauge pin made of a single piece of wire the central or nearly central portion
of which is bent in the form of an upright gauge B, of one end is formed the prong A
and of the other end an arm or loop to overlap said prong, substantially as herein
described.
2. A gauge pin made of a single piece of wire, and consisting of a prong A,
gauge B, curve C, loop D, and projecting stem E, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 27th day of January 1888.
EDWARD L. MEGILL,
Applicant.