Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Feb., 1889
Wo, GEORGE SUMMERFIELD EATON of No. 234 South 9th Street, and JAMES
CHARLES BIRCH of No. 76 Merker Avenue, both in the City of Brooklyn, State of
New York United States of America, Manufacturer and Machinist respectively do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of one part of our invention is to equalize the bodies of the types and
render the surfaces smooth and uniform.
The frame of the machine is of suitable character and it has bearings for the driving
shaft.
The frame supports a bed that is at an inclination of about 45 degrees to the
horizon, and perpendicular to this inclined bed is a plate upon which is a shoot
through which the types are fed this shoot extends up and is connected to a table
upon which the types to be rubbed are laid, and the types occupy an inclined position
as they pass down the shoot in consequence of the shoot and its supporting plate being
perpendicular to the main bed. Upon the main bed is a stationary equalizer in the
form of a metli bar or lock. and adjacent to the same is an adjustable equalizer
also upon the main bed. The adjoining faces of the equalizers are perpendicular to
the main bed and should be very smooth and flat, except that at the place where the
types are fed down in between the equalizers, the face of the adjustable equalizer is
slightly recessed so as to allow the types to slide down freely by gravity between the
equalizers and in front of a pusher that carries the types along between the equalizers.
The adjustable equalizer is clamped by bolts passing through slotted holes in the
equalizer and there is a screw for moving said equalizer back and forth and adjusting
it with respect to the stationary qualizer thereby adapting the machine to type bodies
of different thicknesses or widths."
The adjustable equalizer is between guide blocks upon the main bed, to ensure
parallelism of the face of the adjustable equalizer with that of the stationary
equalizer.
The cutters are clamped upon the upper surfaces of the equalizers. The equalizers
are adjusted so that the distance between their faces is slightly less than the thickness
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page_text: of the types to be rubbed, and as the types are pushed along between the faces of the
equalizers the burs or projections are above the equalizers but the bodies are between,
and said bodies slightly compressed and smoothed by such equalizers but no metal is
removed by the equalizers. The burs or projections at the base of the letter are
removed by the cutters which are made with several chisel shaped cutting edges and
they are to be so adjusted that each one will remove a shaving of about the same
thickness, hence said cutters must be so adjusted that they are further apart where the
rubbing operation commences than where it is completed: this adjustment must be
such that the last cutters are in line with or slightly closer than the faces of the
equalizers so that the bases of the letters will not project beyond the type bodies.
The shoot before referred to is composed of a stationary and adjustable guide
forming a channel between which the types slide upon the plate that supports said
guide.
A steadying finger hinged to a stock upon the adjustable equalizer prevents the types
becoming misplaced as they pass down between the guides of the shoot.
A detainer in the form of a spring lever, one end of which passes through a slot in
one of the guides of the foeding shoot, holds the type in the shoot while the pusher is
carrying a type through between the equalizers. The parts are so time that the
detainer is moved and allows one of the types between the guides to slide down and
rest upon the top of the pusher. The attendant feeds in a second type at this time
and upon the return movement of the pusher the detainer holds the upper one of the
types and the lowest ono slides in between the equalizers and in front of the pusher
and after the pusher has been moved along carrying with it the type between the
equalizers, the detainer is again released and another type feeds down in position.
The pusher is upon a carriage fitted to move back and forth in guides upon the
back of the main bed, there being a slot in said main bed for the base block of the
pusher to move in, but this slot does not extend as far as the place where the typos
are fed in, so that the types rost upon the main bed between the equalizers.
The pusher and its base block are removable from the carriuge so as to introduce
pushers adapted to different sizes of types. A cam upon the driving shaft acting
ihrough a lever and link actuates the pusher at the proper times.
The chips removed by the cutters are blown away by an air blast from a bellows,
there being a stationary nozzle at the end of the space between the equalizers from
which the jet of air issues, and the nozzle is connected by a tube to the bellows. The
bellows are connected by a link to a crank pin upon the driving shaft, and the bellows
are operated and a blast of air issues from the nozzle at about the time the pusher has
carried the type to the end of the raceway between the equalizers so that any particles
of metal removed by the cutters are blown over the top of the pusher and out of the
machine. After the type leaves the cutters it is carried through a quarter circle
racoway into a horizontal rule by a pusher at the end of a lever operated by a cam on
the driving shaft.
The types are brought successively into this horizontal rule and when the rulo is
filled it is removed from its supporting bar and another rule substituted.
Clutches are employed to connect the driving pulley with its shaft.
The second part of our invention relates to a machine operating as before described
but adapted to rubbing the four sides of the type body, and removing the burs from
the four sides of the base of the letter portion of the type. To accomplish this we add
a second set of equalizers and cutters standing at right angles to the first set, and
employ a second pusher to carry the types through between said second set of
equalizers and cutters and from the second set of cutters, the types are carried by a
pushor through a quarter circle raceway into a rule as before described. We prefer
to employ a fence upon the feeding table of the machine, said fence having an offset
against which the spruc or gate upon the base of the type is pressed by the
operator and broken off before the type passes into the feeding shoot; this gate falls
through a hole in the feed table into a receptacle placed below the opening.
It is to be understood that the distance between two of the equalizers corresponds
to the breadth of the type body and that the distance between the other two equalizers

page_text: corresponds to the thickness of the type, and while the type is being passed through
between the first set of equalizers a cutter or fretting tool in a slot in the main bed
removes the rough portion of the base where the gate was broken off and also forms a
channel or nick in the base of the type.
Instead of employing tho detainer before described, a double acting detainer may
be used this detainer is pivotted upon the inclined feeding table and is operated by a
cam and connections at the proper time so that the tail of the detainer holds a type
until the pusher comes up to it: as the tail of the detainer moves and releases the
type, the other arm of the detainer is moved into the path of, and arrests the second
type in the shoot; upon the next movement of the detainer the arm releases the
second type and it passes down the shoot and is caught by the tail of the detainer, and
is in position to be taken by the pusher as aforesaid. A gate is provided to prevent
the type jumping out of the feed slide. The bolt that connects the support for the
rule to the bed also forms a pivot for the support to turn upon, hence when the rule
is full of types a separate metal rule may be laid upon the line of types and both rules
given a half rotation to invert them and cause the separate rule to be lowermost
and receive the types and in which they are conveyed away from the machine after
which the rule is turned back to its normal position.
The movement of the pusher that carries the types between the first pair of
equalizers is limited in its movement by a screw so as not to cause unduo pressure by
the types on the second equalizer; this screw acts upon a lever and the lever acts
upon a block on the carriage of the first pusher to accomplish the object last
named.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery for Rubbing Types.
We GEORGE SUMMERFIELD EATON of No. 234 South 9th Street, and JAMES
CHARLES BIROH of No. 76 Mecker Avenue. both in the City of Brooklyn State of
New York United States of America Manufacturer and Machinist respectively,
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 object of the present invention is to equalize the bodies of the types and render
the surfaces smooth and uniform, and to hold the types firmly while being moved
between stationary cutters. To effect these objects we make use of two metallic
equalizers formed with flat smooth surfaces, one of which is adjustable for the different
thicknesses or widths of type bodies, said metallic surfaces performing the twofold
duties of equalizing, straightening, and rendering true the type bodies and of firmly
supporting the typos while the burrs at the base of the letters are being removed by
two or more cutters that extend above the equalizers, there being a pusler that moves
the types along between the metallic equalizers.
In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation at the delivery end of the machine. Figure 2
is a section of the upper part of the machine through the inclined feeding slide
and transversely of the equalizing plate. Fig. 3 is a view perpendicular to the bed,
shewing the rubbing mechanism and the bed supporting the same perpendicularly to
the surface of such bed and in the direction of the arrow 3, Fig. 2, the feeding
table being removed. Figure 4 is a plan view of the actuating mechanism beneath
the table. Figure 5 is a section of the table and end elevation, in larger size, ol'
the equalizing plates and cutters, Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view showing the
feedin lide, the pusher, and a part of the lever that gives motion to the pusher.
Figure 7 shews one of the cutters detached and Figure 8 Shews part of the equalizers
where the types are supplied. Figures 9 to 27 show the rubbing machine adapted
to remove the burrs at the tops and bottoms of the letters as well as at the sides
of the letters.
The machine is supporte upon the leg frames A of suitable character.
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A' are the frames of the machine, bolted at a to the leg frames A and to an
intermediate plate A, and B is the driving shaft in bearings & upon the frames A'.
The frames A are extende upwardly above the shaft 13 and terminate in supports for
the bed. The bed is at an inclination of about forty five degrees to the horizon, and
perpendicular to such bed (is au incline plate D, upon which is the shoot or side
through which the types are fel. The plate D extends up and is connected with the
table Dupon which the types to be rubbed are laid. The types are fed down upon
the plate by hand and rubbed, and they occupy an inclined position in conse-
quence of being perpendicular to the inclined bed (
Upon the bad is a stationary equalizer, E, in the
block, the face e of which is perpendicular to the bed C.
form of a metallic bar or
This face e requires to be

page_text: very smooth and flat, and the equalizer is preferably of hardened steel and is attached
to the bed C by screws in any convenient manner.
F is the adjustable equalizer, the face e¹ of which is similar to the face e, except that
at the place where the types are fed down in between the equalizer the face e¹ is
slightly recessed, so as to allow the types to slide down freely by gravity between the
equalizers and in front of the end of the pusher I, hereinafter described. This adjust-
able equalizer Fi, made of a block of steel with slotted holes for the passage of the
clamping screws f by which the adjustable equalizer is firmly held to the bed (
and there is an adjusting screw f¹, pissing through a stud that forms a nut for
the same, and by which screw f the equalizer F can be adjusted nearer to or farther from
the stationary equalizer E, and thereby adapt the machine to type bodies of different
thicknesses or widths. In order to render the movement of the adju-table equalizer F
accurate, so that the face e¹ may always romain parallel to the face e, we make
use of the stationary blocks G, that are bolted firmly to the bed and provided with
a ljusting bolts 4 and gibs 2, which, being held in position at the opposite parallel
edges of the adjustable equalizer F, allow of the adjustment by the screw f', but ensure
parallelism of movement.
el
Upon the equalizers and Fare the cutters i, . The cutters are mule upon the eilge
of steel plates, the plates being of greater thickness than the height of the bases of
the letters upon the typo bodies. These cutters, are attached to the equalizers E
and F, respectively, and by preference clamping blocks are used to which the cutters
are connected and through which the screws pass to hold the cutters firmly upon the
respective equalizers. There are adjusting screws d passing through forks upon the
equalizers and into the clamping blocks, so as to adjust the cutters from time to time,
especially after the cutters have been sharpened. It is now to be understood that the
machine is adjusted in such a manner that the distance between the faces
is slightly less than the width or thickness of the types that are to be rubbed so that
such types as they are pushed along between the faces of the equalizers are slightly
compressed and the surface rendered smooth, and should there be any bend or
irregularity in the body of the type, due to inequalities produced by the casting
operation, the equalizers rectify the same. It is not the intention to remove from the
body of the type any of the metal in this equalizing operation, because that is not
necessary. Hence the equalizers must not be too close to each other, as the smooth
surfaces of such equalizers are only intended to slightly consolidate and smooth the
sides of the type body. While this is being done and the type moved along by
the pushers, the burrs or projections at the base of the letter are removed by the
cutters and with this object in view the said cutters are made with several
chisel shaped cutting edges, and they are to be adjusted so that each one will remove
a shaving of about the same thickness. It is therefore necessary to adjust the cutters,
so that they are farther apart where the rubbing operation commences than they
are where the rubbing operation is completed, and this adjustment must be such
that the last cutting edges are in line with the respective faces e, e', or slightly
closer than the same, so that the bases of the letters will not project beyond the
bolics of the types.
Upon the plate D there is a stationary guide h and guide h', forming a channel or
s'ide between which the types pass down upon the plate D as they are fod in by hand
from the table D. The upper ends of these guides h, h' are hevelled to give space for
the free insertion of the types.
There is a steadying finger hinged at to a stock fastened upon the equalizer F,
and this steadying finger lies between the guides h, h, and its under surface is at a
sufficient distance from the surface of the plate D to allow the type to slide down freely
beneath it; but this finger prevents the type becoming inisplaced, and this steadying
finger can be lifted in case of obstruction in the feeding slide or shoot. The holes in
the guide for the attaching screws should be clongated crosswise of the guide, so as
to allow for varying the width of the channel down which the types pass, and the
hinge of the finger & being attached to the equalizer F is adjusted with it in adapting
the parts to different widths or thicknesses of types.

page_text: We provide a detainer for the types in the form of a spring-actuated lever 1,
pivotted at upon the plate D, and the end of which passes through a slot in the
guide . The pivot shaft of the lever passes through the plate D and is provided
with an arm, below the plate. A spring, acts to press the end of the
detainer against the side of one of the types in the feeding shoot, and there is a
cam shaped end, against which the pin upon the swinging lever M acts to
relieve the pressure of the detainer upon the side of the type and allow it to
slide down the shoot and feed into the machine. The parts are constructed and timed
in such a manner that the pin 7 moves the detainer and allows one of the types
between the guides and h to slide down and rest upon the top of the pusher I.
The attendant feeds in a second type at this time, and upon the return movements of
the pusher I the detainer holds this upper one of the types, and the lowest one
slides in between the equalizers E F and in front of the pusher I, and after this
pusher I has been moved along, carrying with it the typo between the equalizers, the
detainer is again realeased and another type feeds down into position.
At the back of the bed C is a projecting guide (3, for the carriage N, the base of
which carriage is V-shaped to pass into and slide freely longthwise of the guide C³.
To one edge of this carriage N tho base block I of the pusher I is secured, thore
being a slot 13 through the bed C, in which the base block of the pusher slides, and
this slot does not extend as far as the place where the types are fed in; henco
the types slide down the plate Dand rest upon the bed between the faces of the
equalizers. The pusher I and its base I can be unscrowed and removed from the
carriage N, so as to introduce a pusher adapted to the thickness of type that is to
be operated upon.
The levor M is connected by the link N to the carriago N, and the pivot N³ of
the lever M is upon the plate A2, and thero is a roller N upon the lever M acted
upon by a cain P, upon the main shaft B, the shape of which cam is such that the
proper motions are given to the pusher for carrying the type along between the
equalizer faces.
In type rubbing machines the particles of typo metal and the chips are likely to
obstruct the movements of the parts and to cause the pusher to injure or break the
types. We provide for blowing the chips and shavings of type metal away at a time
when the chips cannot obstruct or injure the movements of the parts. With this
object in view we make use of a bellows at Q, from the nozzle of which leads a flexible
pipe, as shewn at Q1, and the same connects with a stationary nozzle Q2 at the end
of the space between the equalizers and in line with the cutters i, 3, and there is a
link R, to a crank pin R¹ at the end of the shaft B, and this crank pin is so placed
in relation to the other parts that the air blast will pass out from the end of the
nozzle at about the time a pusher I has carried the type to the end of the
raceway between such equalizers so that any particles of metal removed by
the cutters i, are blown away from such cutters and over the top of the pusher I,
entirely out of the machine, and should there be any particles of metal upon the
pusher itself they are blown down and fall through the slot I' in the bed C, in which
the base of the pusher I is reciprocated.
It is generally advantageous to set up the types in line after they have been
rubbed. With this object in view we make use of the stationary blocks S S¹, between
which is a curved raceway, and this raceway commences at the end of the raceway
between the equalizers E Fat the place where the type is left by the pusher, and it
extends down as a quarter circle between the blocks SS', and then continues in the
form of a horizontal rule U, into which the types are received. This type-rule is
received into a metal bar T, one end of which is formed as a bracket bolted to a
projection at the back of the bed (, and in order to carry down and move along the
line of types wo make use of the pusher blade r at the end of a lever 71, pivotted
at and acted upon by a cam upon the shaft B. This pusher blader passes up
through a mortise in the bed C, directly in line with the curved raceway, and the
parts are constructed and timed in such a manner that as soon as the pusher has
carried a type to the end of its raceway and commences to return the pusher

page_text: blade carries the type away Interally an down into the curved race way, and with
each addition the types are moved along bodily until the accumulation becomas
such as to fill or nearly so the typ rule with a line of types, and this
rule U is then lifted out of the bar T and another rule substitute:.
The coupling lever and clurches V₁ serve to connect the driving pulley Vand
shaft B. or to di-connect the power and stop the shaft.
In the machine shewn in Figs. 9 to 27 the type after two of its sides have
been dressed as before described is carriel off at right angles to its fi- movement
and passed between stationary cheek pieces and cutters to finish the other two sides
of the type and it is set up in line in a stick or rule. The bases of the types are
nickel and the dust and fine metalli particles ara discharged and blown from the
machine so as not to adhere to or injure the type.
Fig. 9 is a plan of the driving shaft and parts connected therewith, the bed and
rabbing mechanism being renoved. Fig. 10 is an end view of one end of the
machine. Fig. 11 is an elevation of the feeding channel and devices. Fig 12 is a
section of the bed and elevation of the concave type guile at the delivery portion of
the machine. Fig. 13 is a taco view, and Fig. 14 an edge view of a modified
construction of the detaining and feeling devices endwis of the slide. Fig. 15 is
a section at the line z, z of Fig. 13. Fig. 16 shews the type holding rule and
reversing device. Fig. 17 is a section of the bad cutters and check pieces, and
Fig. 18 is a view in larger size of one of the cutters. Fig. 19 is a view of the
inclined bed and type rubbing mechanism perpendicular to the surface of such bed.
Fig 20 is a section of tho "running way" slide at the line r, of Fig. 19. Fig. 21
is a section of the body plunger slide at the line y y fig. 19.
Fig. 22 is a side
view of the "running way" and slide. Fig. 23 is a similar view of the body
plunger and slide. Fig. 24 is an end view showing the cutter for fretting or nicking
the bases of the types. Fig. 25 is a side view of the same. Fig. 26 is a section
of the forward end of the body plunger. Fig. 27 is a view in smaller size of the
surface of the bed, the cheek pieces, and other parts being removed.
The types, as they come from the casting machine, are laid upon the table A in
mass. This table A is supported by columns A' rising above the base plate or
frame A³. The table A is preferably flat aud level, and it is provided with a fence or
bar a screwed to its upper surface, and at a¹ there is a zigzag or offset forming an
angle in the fence. The length of this offset is less than the usual length of the spruo
or gate that remains upon the bases of the types after they are cast, and there is a
hole at a passing through the table A, so that the operator grasps the types in suc-
cession, moving each one around until the gate is pressed against the offset in the
fence with sufficient force to break the gate off the type. This gate falls through the
hole a, and is received as waste metal into a box or receptacle placed below the
opening. The oporator passes the type, base first, down the groove a to the foeding
mechanism, hereinafter described.
Upon the bed C the rubbing and dressing devices are secured. This bed is
preferably at an angle of about fortyfive degrees to the horizon in one direction ; but
the upper and lower edges are level, or nearly so.
Between the table A and the bed C an inclined shoot D is placed with the feed
regulating devices, hereinafter described.
Upon the bed C there are the cheek pieces E E E³. The piece E is stationary,
but the pieces E' E' are adjustable. They are clamped to the bed by the screws e, e¹,
and these pass through elongated holes, so that the cheek E¹ can be moved by the
screws toward or from the side of the stationary check E. The end of the cheek E₁
is in line with the end of the cheek E, and the cheek E is opposite the ends of E
and E¹ and it is adjustable by the scrows e³.
The cheeks are of a thickness to allow the letter ends of the types to be above their
top surfaces, and these cheeks are adjusted so that the distance between E and E¹
corresponds to the breadth of the body of the type to be acted upon, and the distance
between E and E³ corresponds to the thickness of the type body and the width of the
line of types.

page_text: Each type is passed down, base first, between the cheeks E and E¹, and by the body-
plunger the type is carried along between the checks E and E' and brought up to
the side of the cheek E³, at which moment the running-way / comes up against one of
its sides and carries the said type along at right angles to its first movement and
between the cheek E2 and the end of the cheek E. The devices for moving the
plungers and "running way" are hereinafter described, and we remark that the
check pieces are made with hard and smooth surfaces that are parallel to each other,
and they straighten the type body and hold the type in its proper position in relation
to the cutters which dross off the burrs at the base of the letter. The cast types are
sufficiently accurate in their thickness not to require any metal to be removed from
the body portions. The cheek pieces only smooth and straighten the body portions by
contact therewith as the types are pushed along between them.
The cutters are shewn at i, il, l. They are upon the top sides of the cheek
pieces E E E, and they are each made with a row of cutting teeth having flat ends,
and they are held in place by the screws 5 and adjusted up accurately to place by the
screws 6, so that the ends of the last teeth correspond to the surfaces of the cheeks,
and they are placed so as to cut away the burrs gradually, the last cutting edges
acting to bring the surfaces of the burrs or letter bases into line with the surfaces of
the type body. The cutters l, I act in the same manner as the cutters i but they dress
off any burrs or projections at the top and bottom edges of the letter.
The bed C has a groove or slot in line between the cheek pieces E E', of a width
sufficient to allow the rough part of the base of the type to pass into such slot; but the
shoulders or smooth parts of the letter base rest upon the surface of the bed, and the
rough portion of the base where the gate was broken off is removed, and the type
channelled by the cutter or fretting tool 10, that is attached to the under side of
the bed, and the cutting edges project slightly above such bed, as seen in
Figs. 23 and 24.
The slots in the bed are shewn in Fig. 27 and we remark that it is preferable to
employ a pipe, 65, leading from a suitable blower, and nozzles placed over the race-
way for the types, by which pulsating currents of air will be directed upon the type,
the cheeks, plungers, and cutters, to remove any dust or metallic chips and prevent
the said particles injuring the machine or adhering to the plungers as they press the
type along between the cheek pieces.
The body-plunger g is grooved longitudinally upon its upper and lower edges, as
seen in Fig. 26. The groove at the top forms a channel along which dust and
particles of metal will pass away, and the groove at the under edge allows the body-
plunger to pass along over the cutter 10 without touching the same.
This plunger g
is attached to the stock g¹ beneath the bed, and such stock has a dovetailed body
within the stationary slide 92, that is formed with or attached to the bed C. The
stud g³ projects from the stock through a slot in g and receives the link g* connected
to the lever g, and this lever g is pivotted at 9 and receives its motion at the proper
time and of the desired extent from the cam K upon the driving shaft L.
This
The stud or roller 98 upon the lever enters the groove of the cam K, and the
shank of the stud that passes into such lever g is adjustable toward or from the
fulcrum of the lever in order that the amount of motion given to the body plunger y
may be varied to suit the thickness of the types and for compensating for wear.
adjustment may be effected in any desired manner. We have shewn by dotted lines
Fig. 10, the shank of the stud within an elongated hole and screws at opposite sides
to clamp and adjust the stud.
The pusher is similarly mounted, its stock sliding in the bar 2 at the under side
of the bed C and receiving the proper motion from the cam H, upon the driving
shaft L, acting upon the lever, that is pivotted at hand provided with a link
connected to the stock 7. The pivot ³ is upon a block that is clamped upon the
rod B, which block can be moved along upon such rod for adjusting the pusher / in
order that its end may be in its proper position to act upon the types as presented to
Wear is also compensated for by this adjustment.
it
Upon reference to Figs. 10 and 23, it will be seen that the bed C is at an inclination

page_text: and that the slide D, down which the types are fed, one at a time, is also at an
inclination; but it is at right angles to the bed C, so that the types, as they pass down
the feeding-channel, slide across the end of the hody plungor g. It is necessary to
allow the type to pass down after the body-plunger has been drawn backwardly and
downwardly. To do this, the type is held, until the proper moment arrives, by any
suitable detainer. We have shewn two forms of this detainer, one in Fig. 11, and
the other in Figs. 13, 14 and 15.
There are fences 771 upon the plate D, and these are adjustable by screws passing
through slots, so that these can he varie 1 according to the height of the letter. The
plate D is notched and the body-plunger g moves back and forth in the notch. There
is a friction finger r that passes in through a mortise in the fence 7', and this is
supported so that it can slide freely back and forth.
The stock upon the bed () holds the rock shaft 3, at one end of which is an arm 73,
resting upon the body plunger near the rear end (see Figs. 10 and 11). At the
other end of the rock shaft there is a crank, the pin of which passes through a
hole in the plate D and acts against the friction finger to move it toward the
stationary fence % and the spring 20 tends to move the finger in the same direction.
Upon the top edge of the body plunger there is a depression at 4 Figs. 10 and 23.
When the body-plungor 9 reaches its extremo forward and upward movement, the
cam portion raises the arm and swings the rock-shaft and draws back the finger
and allows the types to slide down the feeding slide, the bottom of the lowest type
resting upon such body-plunger_g. As soon as the body pusher commences to
draw backwardly and downwardly, the cam 7 draws from under 73, and the
spring 20 presses the finger upon the second type in the feeding-slide holding
the same, and when the body pusher has drawn entirely back the lowest type
slips down in front of its end to be carried by such pusher in between the check
piecos E and E¹ and be dressed, as aforesaid, and the operations are repeated.
We, however, prefer to provide a double-acting detaining finger (shewn in
Figs. 13, 14 and 15). In these figures the finger is pivotted at s and provided
with a tails coming around to the feeding slide s", so that when the friction
finger is drawn back as before described, by the rock shaft and arm the
tail picco is moved into the feeding slide and catches the lower end of the type
as it falls after being liberated by the backward movement of the finger r, and thereby
the tail holds up or supports the type, and its lower edge does not rest upon the top
edge of the body | lunger g. In this form the portion Figs. 10 and 23 of the
plunger acts as a cam on the backward movement of said plunger to cause the
finger r to drop a type and the tail s¹ to pass below and catch it, and then the tail
moves back as the finger r is again made to hold the second type in the feeding slide,
and the tail & drops the type in front of the plunger just as it comes up to it.
The spring shears frictionally on the side of the finger to steady the same in its
movements, and the gate t pivotted at t¹, hangs with its flango t in proximity to the
type as it slides down beneath such flange to prevent the type jumping out of its place
in the feed slide. The screw t, through t, adjusts its position so that the odge of the
flange will not obstruct the type in its movement.
In delivering the type from the machino the plunger carries such type to the
extreme corner of the cheek pieco E, where it descends into the curved raceway u
between the quarter-circle block ¹ and similar fence u³, and it is carried away upon
a rule or galley u³, which is horizontal; but in consequence of the table c being at
an angle the types lie in the angle of tho rule us (see Fig. 16). The under surface
of this quarter-circle fence u is not in contact with the bed C, but is supported by
the cheek-piece E, so that there is a cut-away portion through which metallic
particles or chips can escape, and the bed C is channelled at us at the bottom of the
curved raceway as seen in Figs. 27 and 12, such channel having an inclined bottom
that rises up to the surface of the bed C, the object of this channel being to prevent
any friction on the base of the type by its touching the bed as the types are discharged
from between E and E and pass down into the curved raceway u and around through
the curved raceway to the rule or galley.

page_text: There is a cam v upon the shaft L, which acts upon the lever v pivotted at 2, and
at the upper end of the lever is the pushing blade that passes through a slot in the
bed C and extends above such bed and this pusher is at the end of the check piece E³,
and it is so timed and acted upon by the cam that it comes against and presses
upon the type immediately after being delivered from hetween E and E², and the
type is carried down until its upper surface is in line with the end of the cheek
pieco E, so that the next type will pass freely out over such type.
The lower edge of the concave type-guide u next to the bed C is cut away, as seen
at u in Fig. 12, so that any dust upon the types may be blown down and pass away
through such opening instead of being carried along with the types.
The rule is connected to the side of the bed by a holt w, and there is a stop 25
upon which the flange of the rule rests to hold it in position for receiving the typos.
The rulo preferably has a rectangular recess to receive the movable stick 21, of wood
or metal, so that this can be taken out when full of types and another substituted.
The bolt also forms a pivot, so that a metal rule 23 (shown by dotted lines in
Fig. 16) may be laid upon the line of typos and the rules given a half revolution to
invert them and cause the rule 23 to be below the rule u and hence receive the type,
and in which they are conveyed away from the machine, after which the rule u³ is
turned back to its normal position.
In order to prevent undue pressure or concussion upon the type by the body-
plunger when one side of such type comes up against the side of the fence we
make use of a screw which limits the movement in this direction of the stock g¹ of
said body pusher g.
It is convenient to provide a block 30, at one side of the stock g¹, and to place a
lover 31 beneath the bed C. The block 30 stops against this lever and the screw 32
is used to adjust this lever for the purposes aforesaid.
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. The combination, in a machine for rubbing type, of a table for receiving the
types, an inclined feeding slide down which the types are passed, a bed plato at right
angles to the feeding slide, two metallic equalizers attached to the bed, and screws
for adjusting one of said equalizers to vary the width of the opening between them
and adapt the machine to different thicknesses of type, and cutters attached to the
upper surfaces of the equalizers for removing the burrs at the bases of the letters,
and a pusher for moving the types along between the equalizers the opposite faces of
the equalizers being flat, smooth, and parallel so as to straighten and render true the
bodies of the types, and firmly support such types while the burrs are being removed
by the cutters substantially as specified.
2. The combination in a type rubbing machine, of a bedplato, two metallic
equalizers attached to the bedplate, and scrows for adjusting and holding one of the
equalizers, the faces of the equalizers hoing smooth and parallel, a reciprocating
carriage beneath the bedplate, a changeable pusher connected therowith and extending
up through a slot in the bed-plate, cutters attached to the upper edges of the
equalizers and acting to remove the burrs at the bases of the letters, a feeding slide at
right angles to the bedplate, down which slide the types are passed in succession and
a detainer and means for moving the same, so as to allow the types to pass down in
succession at the proper time in relation to the movement of the pusher, substantially
as set forth.
3. The combination, in a type rubbing machine, of a bedplate, a feeding slide
perpendicular to the bed plate, two metallic equalizers having straight, smooth and
parallel faces, and a depression in the face of one of the equalizers in line with the
feeding slide to give space for the types to pass in freely between the equalizers, a
pusher between the equalizers, and cutters upon the edges of the equalizers for
removing the burrs at the bases of the letters while the types are straightened and
smoothed by being passed through between the parallel faces of the equalizers,
substantially as set forth.

page_text: 4. The combination with the bed and the equalizers, between which the types are
passel, the pusher and the cutters for removing the burrs, of a feeding slide down
which the types are supplied, the steadying finger & above the feeling-slide, n hinge ¹,
at the lower end of the finger, by which the same is attached to the equalizer F. the
detainer 7, and means for moving the same to allow the type to pass down the feeding-
slide, substantially as set forth.
5. The combination, in a machine for rubbing type, of two equalizers having
smooth flat faces, a bed to which such equalizers are attached, and screws for adjusting
and holding one of such equalizers, a changeable pusher and mechanism for
reciprocating the same longitudinally between the equalizers, adjustable cutters
fastened upon the equalizers for removing the burrs at the bases of the letters, a
feeding slide perpendicular to the bedplate, a curved raceway at the end of the
channel between the equalizers, and a removable rule for receiving the line of types,
substantially as set forth.
6. The combination of the bed C, the stationary cheek picco E, the movable check
picces EE, all having smooth flat surfaces between which the types are moved, and
means for adjusting and holding the movable check pieces, the cut ers fastened upon
the top surfaces of the check pieces, the pushers acting at right an gles to each other,
and the mechanism for actuating the same substantially as set forth.
7. The combination, with the inclined bed, the check pieces, the cutters, and the
pushers, of a feeding slide at right angles to the inclined bed for feeding the types
into the channel between the cheek pieces substantially as set forth.
8. The combination, in a type rubbing machine, of an inclined bed, cheek pieces,
cutters and pushers, a feeding slide at right angles to the bed, and a spring detaining
finger and means for drawing back such finger and allowing the types to feed
substantially as set forth.
9. The combination, in a type rubbing machine, of an inclined feeding slide and a
horizontal table to receive the type, and having an opening in it and a fence with
an angle adjacent to the opening and against which the gate or sprue is broken off as
the type is moved by hand on the table, substantially as set forth.
10. The combination, with the inclined feeding slide, of a frictional detaining
finger having a tail for supporting the type, and means, substantially as set forth,
for giving motion to the finger, as specified.
11. The combination, with the feeding slide and yielding finger, of a hinged gate
and its flange and adjusting screw, substantially as set forth.
12. The combination, with the feeding slide, of the body plunger, the yielding
detaining finger, and the hinged gate, substantially as set forth.
1000