IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND COMPOSING TYPES
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Haslett Mitchel, of Brooklyn, in the County
of Kings, and State of New York, United States of America, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND COMPOSING
TYPES."
Sealed the 19th June 1857, and dated, the 19th January 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Haslett Mitchel,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th January 1857.
I, WILLIAM HASLETT MITCHEL, of Brooklyn, in the County of Kings, and
State of New York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND
COMPOSING TYPES," to be as follows:-
I place the types to be distributed singly in a uniform manner in grooves in
the inclined periphery of a revolving horizontal wheel, or its equivalent. This.
I do either by hand, or by a peculiar construction of automatic machinery,
adapted to removing them one at a time from the line irrespective of their
varying thicknesses.
Before the types are made use of or composed, each letter of the font is
prepared, by cutting or otherwise forming (as the assorted letters are set up in

page_text: line) one or more grooves or notches in the body of the type at a certain
distance or distances from its bottom or lower end, each respective character
having its notch or notches differently located relatively to the lower end of
the body from those of any other varieties of letters or types, and around the
edges of the wheel above mentioned pins are inserted near the bottom of each
groove therein, which pins, by the notches before mentioned, sustain the types
in different positions, according to the position of the notch or notches in the
types; hence, as said types' are carried along on said pins, each respective
. letter is dropped into a groove or receptacle provided for it when it arrives
opposite to said receptacle, by its lower end taking an off-sett or incline, which
removes the type from its pin; or any suitable means may be made use of to
deposit the type in the receptacle adapted to its peculiar position on the
revolving wheel; and by a peculiar arrangement of double notches, a very
great number of separate characters of types may be distributed to their
respective receptacles by a very simple. arrangement of inclines and off-sets.
The lines of types in the receptacles or grooves are successively pushed along
to give room for the succeeding types, and a stop motion is used, by which
any misplaced type arrests the rotation of the machine.
The apparatus which I use for composing the types consists of a series of
slides or conductors, in, which the lines of types as distributed are placed, and
dropped as required therefrom by a peculiarly constructed key on belts of
various lengths, which pass the type to a diagonal belt, at the end of which
a wheel sets the type up into line, to be afterwards arranged in pages or
columns, with the aid of a peculiar grab.
The general arrangement of the composing part of my said machinery is
shewn in Letters Patent issued to me under date of May 26th, 1853, the
present improvements applying to the key for dropping the type, the wheel
for composing the type into line, and in the means for justifying or formning
them into columns or pages of the desired width.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Haslett Mitchel in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 16th July 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HASLETT MITCHEL, of Brooklyn, in the County of Kings, and State of New
York, United States of America, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seyen, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Haslett Mitchel, Her special license that I, the said William Haslett
Mitchel, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Haslett Mitchel, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND COMPOSING TYPES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Haslett Mitchel, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Haslett Mitchel, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
Fig. 1 is a plan of my distributing machine; Fig. 2 is an elevation of
the same, shewing the centre distributing wheel in section; Fig. 3 is à
representation of the manner of dropping the type into the respective recep-
tacles, and shews the respective grooves in the distributing wheel as though
on a straight line for the purpose of illustration; Fig. 4 is a side view of the
inclined check block, that acts to regulate the position of the end type, so as
to be correctly separated from the other types in the line and dropped into
the distributing wheel. The other Figs. are separately referred to, and similar
marks of reference denote corresponding parts.
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The nature of my said Invention consists, first, in an apparatus for separa-
ting the types from the form or line of types as they have been composed for
printing or stereotyping, and distributing the different characters, and setting
up the respective letters in separate lines ready to be stored for future use or
placed immediately in the composing machine, forming the second part of my
Invention."

page_text: My said composing machine is based upon a imachine shewn in Letters
Patent granted to me in England on the Twenty-sixth day of May 1853, and
relates to certain new parts which I have devised for perfecting the said
original Invention.
The third part of my Invention relates to means for separating the short
lines from the long lines formed by the composing machine, and placing the
same in the compositor's stick to be justified: I thus have a complete and
perfect system of machinery for acting on types from first to last, so that said
types can be assorted, composed, justified, and then printed from, or stereo-
typed or electrotyped, and then returned for assorting or distribution again, in
a manner which is both simple, efficient, cheap; and preserves the types from
injury, and almost entirely obviates the necessity of touching the separate types
themselves by hand. :
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The first part of my apparatus, relating to; the distribution of the types;
consists in the use of an inclined;check block acting in connection with notches
in the types proportioned to the width of said types; and a vibrating separator;
whereby one type at a time, and no more, is separated from the line of types;
irrespective of its thickness.
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'My' said Invention also 'consists in suspending types on pins, that revolve in
a uniform plane, by variously placed notches in the sides of said types, so that
the bottoms of said types are at different distances from the said suspending
pins, and by their position determine the receptacle, or point at which the said
types are disconnected or dropped from said suspending pins, whereby the types
are assorted by being dropped into the receptacle allotted for the respective
types.
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In the Drawing a is a suitable table or bed carrying the machine. 1 is a
standard, carrying a groove or slide 6, supported at the other end by an arm 2;
c is a slide, formed of sheet metal, attached to the standard 1, and to another
standard c 2, so that said slide can be turned into an inclined position to
receive a line of types, and then be turned up with the types against a bar c 1;
and the types be slid into the groove 6 by means of a feeding block d, that is
drawn along and presses the line of types into the machine by means of a
cord 3 over a pulley 4, with a weight at its end; e is a vertical shaft, sustained
by a standard e 1, and rotated by means of a pulley f and cord or band; 5 is
a cam on said shaft e, taking a roller 6 on the vibrating separator g, that
moves on a vertical shaft 7; 8 is a contractile spring, keeping the separator g
towards the arm 2 when not acted on by the cam 5; 9 is a jaw on the end
of said separator, receiving the first type only of the line of types, irrespective

page_text: of its thickness, each vibration, and which separates said type and deposits it
on a conductor 12 to pass into the machine, as hereafter designated.
The distance to which the first type projects from the groove is determined
by a nick or notch cut in the side of said type, of a width proportioned to the
thickness of the type, and which notch acts in the following manner :-On
the side of the slide 6 is a bar h, attached by slots and a set screw, and on the
end of said bar is a projection i, that passes through a slot in the separating
jaw g, and projects about one-fortieth of an inch past the side of the slide b;
as the types are therefore pressed along in said slide 6 by the feeding block d
the end type would stop against said block i, which I therefore term the
check block, and the distance between the check block and the end of the
slide I make equal to the thickness of the three-em space of the font, sce
first type, Fig. 4; and in order to allow the thicker types. to project beyond
the end of the slide a distance equal to their thickness, I form in the
bottom or top side of the body of the type a notch proportioned. to the width
of the type, so that said notch permits the type to pass over the check block i
till the lower side of the notch is arrested by the inclined surface of said check
block, which determines correctly the extent of the forward motion of the first
type in the line of types, so that said type only shall be taken from the line
by the jaw 9.
As the vibrator g carries off..the end type of the line, the jaw 9 coming
against the end of the line of types prevents the same moving forward, and
as the said separator comes back to receive another type, a bent relieving
lever k, kept to the type by a slight spring, and working in a notch in the
jaw 9 comes into action, said spring is overcome by the feeding slide d, and
the lever & simply acts to relieve the type, and gradually allow the end type
to pass into the jaw 9, as the end of said lever le is relieved by the motion of
à cam 11, see dotted lines Fig. 1, thereby preventing the type coming forward
suddenly or with a jerk.
The distance from the end of the groove 6 to the check block i may be
greater or less than described, but in all cases any type the thickness of which
is greater than that distance will require to be notched, while in those whose
thickness is equal to or less than said distance the notch is dispensed with.
It will be apparent that one side of the slide 6 might be adjustable to suit
different fonts of types.
I is a wheel with an inclined or conical rim, revolving above a circular bed
plate m, which bed plate has an inclined or conical rim around its edge
adapted to the wheel 7. This wheel 7 is on a vertical shaft n, set in, journal
the

page_text: is adjusted, to
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18, and supported on a set screw 17, by which the wheel
revolve in the desired proximity to the rim of the bed m. The wheel 1
driven from the pinion o on the shaft e through the intermediate pinion p and
wheel q, which wheel 7 sets free on the hub 19 of the wheel 1, and has a
stud p 1 passing into a notch in the inner part of the wheel 1, see Figs. 1 & 2;
and 20 is a helical spring from an arm of the wheel 9 to an arm of the
wheel 1, tending to keep the stud p1 to the end of the slot, as represented in
Fig. 1. The wheel carries the types, as hereafter detailed, and moves in the
direction of the arrow, and if any type catches, or other accident occurs to
arrest the motion of the wheel I, the power continuing to move the wheel q
extends the spring 20 (the stud p 1 moving in its slot), and gives a motion
between the two wheels that causes a bent lever r on a fulcrum 21 on the
wheel to press against a stud 22, on the wheel l, and give a downward
motion to a ring on the end of a lever s, which ring surrounds the journal of
the wheel ; and the lever s is set on a fulcrum 23, and extends to near the
shaft e, where a small rod t acts on a balanced pawl 24 to throw the same
down between pins 25 on the pulley f, and stop the motion of the machine,
the belt or cord around said pulley f slipping. By this means the machine is
not injured by any misplaced type, and when the obstruction is removed the
pawl 24 is raised, and the parts assume their usual position and operation; a
small spring may be used on the end of the rod t to yield and allow a pin 25
beneath the pawl to pass clear thereof.
The wheel is formed with grooves in its inclined or conical face, adapted
in size to the peculiar font of types or may be adjusted to different fonts by
being formed as two rings, one side of the grooves being on one ring and the
other sides on the other ring, so as to regulate thereby the width of grooves,
and the lower edge of the wheel is turned off smaller to set within the rim
of the base m, and to receive pins that are just within the line of one side
of the grooves, and revolve on a uniform plane nearly in contact with the
upper edge of said rim (m), and the ends of said pins project slightly beyond
the line of the bottom of the grooves and the inclined edge of the rim; on
these pins the types are suspended by notches variously placed in their sides,
so that the bases of the respective types hang at various distances below the
plane of motion of the pins x, and by their position come in contact with
series of stationary disengagers placed at successive heights, so that all the
types of one letter hang in the same position relatively with the plane of
motion of the pins x, and come in contact with the proper disengager, and are
dropped into the receptacle allotted for them.

page_text: The conductor 12 is on the line of the bottom of the grooves in the wheel l; ·
before mentioned, they
so that as the types are dropped on said conductor, as
slide into the grooves in the wheel as said wheel revolves below the con-
ductor, and slide down against a stop u, formed of a thin stationary plate of
that
metal, passing between the pins .and the lower ends of the grooves, so
said pins are relieved from the concussion of the falling type. The con-
ductor 12 is formed with a small rise at 13 (see Fig. 3) to guide the type,
but should one type be in the groove that presents itself for the falling type,
the said falling type is moved along by the wheel 1, over said rise, and thrown
out by the plate 14, that curves forward, and, falling, attracts the attendant's
attention.
"The type in the groove of the wheel 7 is carried along off the stop u, and
allowed to slide down against the pin x, over which the base of the type is
lifted as it progresses by a stationary incline 26 connected to the stop u, and
slides down, its base resting upon the stationary incline v, and if there be no
notch in the type to catch the pin a, said type is deposited in the first radial
receiving slide w; if, however, it be suspended, by the notch of the type
dropping over said pin, the type travels until it comes in contact with an
incline or disengager 27, adapted to its position, which disengages the type
from the pin a, allowing its base to rest momentarily on the block 28 until
the further motion drops it into the radial receiving slide. If the position of
the type be such as not to be taken by the first series of disengagers it comes
in contact with either the second, third, fourth, or other incline v1, v2, v3,
or v 4, and being disconnected, slides down said incline as the wheel progresses
into the first of the radial receiving slides w of the respective series, provided
the type has but one notch in its side; but if two notches are placed in said
type, it is caught on the pin x while sliding down the incline (v1, v2, v3,
or v4) and distributed to the allotted radial receiving slide w of the given
series, the same as in the first instance; thereby a very great variety can be
distributed by the use of two notches, and a still greater variety could be dis-
tributed by the use of three notches, in all cases the position of the type in
relation to the plane of motion of the pins a designating the receptacle into
which the disengager drops the type.
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The notches last spoken of, as designating the receptacles into which the
types are distributed, are independent of those notches which act in the
separation of the types from the line of types, as these latter notches are
entirely above the former, or might be on the other side of the type, so that
they do not effect the distribution of type in the manner just described. The

page_text: inclines 27 and pieces 28, shewn in full size in Figs. 6 and 7, may be separate
pieces screwed onto the base m, or said base may be formed so as to be filed
away, leaving said inclines thereon if desired; in this latter case the size
of the base m must be such as to allow sufficient off-set to lift the type
off the pins x.
The radial receiving slides w are to be formed of thin sheet metal, bent into
an angle, and having a twist or wind, so that as the line of types is forced out-
wards in said receiving slide it inclines over sideways to prevent falling out of
the slide. 29 is a piece of metal, forming the other side of the groove or
receiving slide near the base m, to steady the type in dropping into said slide.
As the types are dropped into the receptacles or radial receiving slides w
the whole line of types is pushed along, the thickness of the type added, so as
to give room for the next type, by means of pushers 32, passing through holes
in the base m on the line of the respective radial receiving slides, which
ring y, around the journal 15, by means of connecting rods =, and said ring is given an oscillating
pushers have a vibrating motion given them from the oscillating, motion
by the crank 31 on the end of the shaft e and connecting rod 30, so that twice
in every revolution of said shaft e the pushers 32 are projected, and give
motion endways to such lines of types as have had a type added from the
distributing wheel (see plan, Fig. 5).
The lines of assorted types in the slides are removed when said slides are
full by means of a thin piece of metal, bent into an angular form, and placed at
the ends of the receiving slide, into which the line of types is slid by the finger,
a quad or block being used in all cases at the ends of the lines of types to
prevent them falling over.
The lines of assorted types thus removed are to be stored for future use in
racks to receive small angular or L-shaped strips of wood or metal in which
the lines of types are placed, or else the said lines of types are to be taken
immediately and placed in the conductors of the composing machine, to be
dropped as required from the said conductors and set up in line, as next
detailed.
Second, the Composing Apparatus.-The general arrangement of this part of
my machinery is the same as shewn in the before-mentioned Patent. 9, g
are conductors, placed in a range, and each conductor allotted to a particular
letter or character; and a range of finger keys h', marked with corresponding
characters, are so arranged, that upon striking one of said keys, the bottom type
in the conductor g', with which it is connected, is dropped onto a corresponding
belt m', of a series of belts of successively increasing length or speed, towards
the delivering or composing part of the machine, which belts m' deliver the

page_text: types on to a diagonal belt o' in such a manner that they reach the composing
wheel in the order in which the keys are struck, the same being more fully
described in my before-mentioned Patent. The points of Invention in this
connection relate, 1st, to the manner of dropping the types from the con-
ductors on to the respective belts of the series of belts; 2nd, to the manner of
composing the types into line as they are delivered from the diagonal belt;
aforesaid.
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In the Drawing, Fig. 10 is a plan of some of the series of belts m³, shewing
also part of the diagonal belt o¹, also one of my conductors g', and the manner
of dropping the type on said belt (ml). Fig. 11 is a vertical section of the
same. The key h' is fitted to the board E, and provided with a spring to throw
the key up, and with a screw 50, to regulate the extent of upward motion,
and to facilitate the reinoval of the key in case of obstruction thereto; said
screw-50 is made with a T head, so that by giving the same a quarter turn;
it coincides with a slot in the key h', to allow of the key being lifted out.
30' is the shaft of said key, set in bearings 29 and 31, the latter of which is
formed as a notch; 28¹ is an arm, extending from near the end of said shaft
301, next the slide or conductor 9', on the end of which arm 28' a fixed pin
51 takes the pushers 52. These pushers are formed as a cylinder on the.pin
51, and the pushing points are kept to the correct position by the spring 53,
which is only just strong enough to keep the pushing-points 52 up to the
guide 54 on the side of the slide g¹ (see, dotted lines, Fig. 11,) when said
pushers are not otherwise acted on."
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The bottom type of the line of types in each of the slides or conductors g¹
rests upon a stop 55, that is so placed that the top side of the lowest type is
just below the lower end of the conductor or slide g'. If the key h¹ be. now
struck, the pushers 52 carry the lowest type off the stop 55, and the line of
types descends against the yielding pushers and rests on said stop. 55. The
type that is thus carried off drops correctly on to its belt m to be taken to the
composing wheel, in the manner set forth in the before-mentioned Patent, and
on relieving the key, the pushing points draw back on each side of the stop 55
and spring up ready to take the next type. If these pushers alone were used
the type might be thrown sideways some distance and not fall correctly on to
belt; I therefore make use of fingers 56, formed on a plate of metal hung on
hooks 57 at the back of the conductor g', and said fingers project below the
lower end of said conductor g' about half the thickness of the type, so that as
said type is carried off the stop 55 it is partially held between the pushers 52
and fingers 56 (which yield as the type moves back), and drops vertically on to

page_text: the belt in the correct position, the types being carried to the composing
wheel by the before-mentioned belt (o).
I will now proceed to describe the peculiarity of my present composing
wheel. The types, spaces, &c. arrive on the diagonal belt o at the roller
39 (see side view, Fig. 8, and end view, Fig. 9,) in the order in which
they are dropped by the keys from the conductors g', and are composed.
up into a continuous line by the following means:-59 is an inclined
conductor or shoot, formed with only one side, and having an inclination
sideways as well, as. in the line of its length, so that the types slide down
in the angle thus formed against the side and pass into the composing
wheel; and if any type sticks, or two or more types arrive simultaneously
by accident, so that the types cannot pass into the composing wheel, one
of the types, or some of those following, are thrown out of the conductor,
and, falling on to the floor, may attract the attention of the operator, who
rectifies the error; whereas, if a conductor with two sides were used, the types
would wedge therein, and the whole mass of types following remain confused
about the belt and said conductor.
The said composing wheel is formed of thin plates of metal, shaped similar.
to a circular saw,
and rotated backward, or in the direction of the arrow.
These plates are attached on a shaft 42, and kept apart by thin discs inserted
between them; and the teeth of said wheel are finished upon a line crossways
of, said wheel, so that the base of any type sliding down the conductor 59 rests
against one range of the teeth; while the body lies against the backs of the
next teeth, and in this position the type is lowered down into place. The
composing wheel is set at an inclination of about the amount shewn in Fig. 9,
and is provided with a guard or stationary side 60 on the lowest side, so that
the types lie partly against said guard as they are lowered down by the com-
posing wheel, and if any type is misplaced, or does not take the teeth of the
composing wheel properly, it falls off over the higher edge of the wheel where
there is no guard, and does not obstruct the machine. w is the bottom, and
the fence, forming an inclined composing slide in the shape of a V, which
may be of wood or metal. At the end of said slide small plates of metal 68
are attached (see Fig. 15), which pass in between the plates of the composing
wheel and arrest the types as they are lowered down by the said composing
wheel 58, and said plates have a slight rise to relieve the bases of the types as
they are forced along by the composing wheel; and the whole line of types in
the composing.slide is moved along the thickness of each type so added by the
following tooth of the composing wheel, leaving room for the introduction of

page_text: the next type. The depth of the teeth of the composing wheel 58 must be
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as great as the thickness of the thickest types, always to ensure sufficient
space for the introduction of said types at the end of the line of types; and
the plates forming the composing wheel must be sufficiently thin and numerous
to leave but small openings between them, or else some of the thinnest types
might by accident be turned around and pass edgeways into the same, or
become clogged between the plates 68. 69 is a small plate of metal, forming
the other side of the slide v 1 at the composing wheel, to support the types and
steady the same as composed into line; and 61, 62, are small hanging checks
or springs, to prevent the types jumping out of the teeth of the composing
wheel.
The composing slide is to be any desired length to receive the lines of types,
and may be provided with a small bell and spring hammer to indicate when
the slide is full. In order to prevent the upper parts of the types falling back
against the wheel 58, the slide v', w', should be made as a slight curve for a
short distance from the composing wheel, and then the said slide continue as a
tangent from said curve at a slight inclination downwards.
From this line of types shorter lines of types are successively taken and
placed in the justifying stand by means of a thin sheet metal trough. The
justifying stand is shewn in Figs. 12 and 13, and is composed of a flat inclined
board 63, across which horizontal ribs or strips 64 are attached, and the
shorter lines of types (about two feet each) are placed in this stand and
retained for setting up into columns or pages in the compositor's stick and
justifying.
For this purpose I make use of the grab 65, which is formed of a slightly
arch-shaped piece of metal, with a lip 66 and a finger piece 67, and said grab
is of a length corresponding to the width of column or page. The compositor,
holding his stick in the left hand with the top of the page or column next him,
takes the grab in the right hand and seizes the length of one line of types by
pressure from the thumb, arching the types to the curved form of the grab,
and transfers them to his stick and there justifies the same.
The manner of composing and then storing the types in the justifying stand
brings the letters of the types up-side-down in the stand ready to be correctly
transferred to the compositor's stick. Slight modifications in the construction
of the parts may be made in any manner that will facilitate construction; for
instance, a small casting of type metal may be made to receive the lower end
of the conductors g and parts connected therewith; or the spring 53 may be a
small helix, or a slight strip of india-rubber, instead of that shewn.
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page_text: What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,
: First, the inclined check block i, in combination with notches in the sides of
the types, so placed that the notch of the first type comes in contact with the
said inclined check block when the type is projected its thickness beyond the
end of the slide containing the line of types, so that only one type is separated.
at a time from the line of types, as specified.
Second, I claim the use of studs or pins uniformly placed to take notches
variously placed in the types, thereby sustaining the types in various positions
to be dropped or distributed when said types reach receptacles adapted to the
peculiar position of said types.
Third, I claim the method herein described of distributing types by the
revolving wheel with its grooves and pins a when combined with the
stationary inclines or disengagers, substantially as specified.
Fourth, I claim the method of distributing by two notches combined with
the respective inclines and off-sets or disengagers, thereby providing for dis-
tributing greater varieties of types without requiring extreme accuracy in the
position of the notches, as specified.
Fifth, I,claim the method. herein specified of stopping the motion of the
whole machine in case of the wheel 7 being stopped or accidentally arrested by
a. misplaced type or otherwise, by a motion allowed between said wheel ? and
the driving wheel.q acting on the bent lever r and levers, or their equivalents,
substantially as specified.
Sixth, I claim the vibrating separator g combined with the inclined check
block i and relieving lever k, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
Seventh, I claim the oscillating ringy and connecting rods in combination
with the pushers 32, for the purposes and as specified.
.. Eighth, I claim the manner of dropping one type at a time from the line of
types in the conductor g' by the combined operation of the pushers 52, stop 55,
and fingers 56, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
Ninth, I claim constructing the composing wheel of thin circular plates
with teeth therein, so as to receive the type from the conductor 59 in com-
bination with the plates 68, which pass between the said circular plates and
receive the types, preventing their farther descent, and passing them in line
into the receiving slide, as specified.
Tenth, I claim inclining the composing wheel when used in connection with
the inclined shoot or conductor 59 and fence 60 on the lower side only
of the inclined composing wheel, for the purposes and substantially as
specified.

page_text: Eleventh, I claim the compositor's grab 65 formed in the curved shape, and
used in the manner and for the purposes specified.
Twelfth, I claim the general arrangement and construction of the
the manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.
parts in
In witness whereof, I, the said William Haslett Mitchel, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
WILLIAM HASLE
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(L.S.)
Witnesses,
The word "the "interlined, page 4 [5th], line 5 [39th]; interlination
at page 6 [8], line 17 [15th]; the words "so as " interlined, page 9
[11], line 8 [2] before signing.
LEMUEL W. SERRELL,
289, Broadway, New York.
THOMAS GEORGE HAROLD, 150, Canton St.,,
Brooklyn, L.I.