Improvements in Apparatus for Making Type Printing Bars.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec.. 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Making Type Printing Bars.
I, JOSEPH CHARLES FOWLER, of No. 107, West 82nd Street, New York City,
New York, United States of America, Machinist, 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 :-
This invention relates to that class of machines for making type-high printing-
bars, wherein male types, or types bearing characters or letters in relief, are
released in proper order by finger-key mechanism, and composed or set in a line
which is justified and caused to impress or indent some suitable matrix material
to form a line of matrices thérein from or by which the printing bar is cast by
injecting type metal into one side of a mould, the opposite side of which is
closed by the material in which the line of matrices is impressed or indented.
The objects of my invention are to improve machines designed for producing
printing or type bars by casting from or by lines of matrices obtained by causing
male types to indent or impress some suitable soft metal or other suitable material;
to obtain superior lines of matrices in soft metal or matrix material; to improve
the devices for mechanically handling and distributing the types; to simplify the
construction of this class of machines; and to reduce the dimensions of the
machines and render them susceptible of being conveniently and swiftly operated.
In the drawings-
Fig. 1 is a broken side elevation, looking at the left hand side of a portion of
my improved machine.
Fig. 2 is a frout elevation of the same.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view, taken on the line, 3-3, Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a detail sectional elevation of the type magazine.
Fig. 5 is a detail broken perspective view of one of the type cases.
Fig. 6 is a detail vertical sectional view of the upper end of the magazine.
Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view, showing the manner of supporting the lower
ends of the type-cases.
Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional view of one of the type-cases.
Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively a detail side elevation and section.
Fig. 11 is a detail front elevation.
Fig. 12 is a detail horizontal sectional view of a portion of the rotary line
carrier.
Fig. 13 is a detail perspective view of the composing stick or feed bar.
Fig. 14 is a detail horizontal sectional view of the complete composing stick.
Fig. 15 is a detail sectional side elevation of a part of the line carrier.
Fig. 16 is a detail sectional top plan view of the same.
Fig. 17 is a detail sectional elevation, showing a portion of the pin wheel.
Fig. 18 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the matrix block holder.
Fig. 19 is a sectional view, taken on the line 19-19, Fig. 18.
Fig. 20 is a detail view of the pawl and ratchet devices for feeding the matrix
block.
Fig. 21 is a detail perspective view of the mould disc or carrier.
Fig. 22 is a detail plan view of the countershaft and clutch devices.
Fig. 23 is a diagram, showing the position of the parts in locking up the line of
type and aligning the same..

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Fig. 24 is a similar view, showing the line of type-indenting a matrix block.
Fig. 25 is a similar view, showing the position of the parts in casting a
printing bar.
Fig. 26 is a similar view, showing the end portion of a matrix block in the act
of being shaved.
Fig. 27 is a detail perspective view of a matrix block.
Fig. 28 is a detail view of one of the arms on which a set of oscillatory type
distributing hooks is mounted.
Fig. 29 is a front elevation of the same.
Fig. 30 is a sectional elevation, showing one set of hooks open for receiving an
ascending type, and another set of hooks closed and carrying the type.
Fig. 31 is a bottom plan view.
Fig. 32 is a detail view of one of the types.
Fig. 33 is a bottom plan view of the permutation bar.
Fig. 34 is a section on the line 7-7, Fig. 33.
Fig. 35 is a section on the line 8-8, Fig. 33.
The numerals 1 indicate parts of a main frame supported by legs or standards 2,
and provided with bearings for a main power shaft 4 having fast and loose pulleys 5
and 6, to either one of which a drive belt, not shown, can be shifted by a belt
shifter 7 under control of the operator through the medium of suitable connections 8,
with a hand lever 9, located in convenient relation to the key board 10, so that the
operator, sitting in front of the key board, can manipulate the hand lever, and also
operate the finger keys 11. The hand lever controls the rotation of the main power
shaft and the finger keys connect by slender rods 12 with vertically slidable pins,
as at 13, Fig. 4, each of which is provided with a bevilled upper end bearing
against the lower, end of a lever 14 pivotted between its extremities to a pin 15.
The lower end of the lever 14 projects. inwardly and lies within one of the
grooves 16, in which the flat types 17 are adapted to move. The upper end of
the lever is articulated to a latch bolt 18, and the lever is acted upon by a
spring 19, which normally holds the latch bolt in the position shown in Fig. 4 with
its inner end lying in one of the grooves or recesses 16 to arrest the descent of the
types in the grooves or recesses.
The lever 14, and latch bolt 18 constitute an escapement mechanism which lies
in a recessed extension or housing 20, at the lower end of a type case composed of
a thin plate 21, Figs. 5 and 8, having at each longitudinal edge a thick rib 22, in
each of which is formed two longitudinal grooves 16, one at each side of the
plate 21, whereby each type case is provided with two cells or channels, and is
adapted to contain one series of type characters at one side of the plate 21 and
another series at the opposite side thereof. By this means the dimensions of the
magazine are reduced, and its construction is simplified.
The type cases and escapement mechanisms are alike in construction, and therefore
a description of one is sufficient for all.
The type cases are removable and replaceable for conveniently and quickly
changing the font of types, and to accomplish this the upper and lower heads 23
and 24 of the magazine are formed with radial grooves or recesses 25 and 26 to
receive the upper and lower ends of the type cases. The lower end of each type
case can be easily set in one of the grooves or recesses 26, and the upper end of the
type case can then be moved into one of the grooves or recesses 25, after which a
vertically moveable pin 27, Fig. 4, can be moved downward into engagement with
the upper end of the type case thus holding the latter firmly in position while
permitting it to be conveniently and quickly removed when occasion demands.
The magazine is mounted at its centre on a cylindrical column or shaft 28, Fig. 4,
on the upper end of which is fixed a yoke 29, carrying a horizontal bar 30, forme
86 an annulus or ring, and provided with pins or projections 30*, the linear
arrangement of which is changed or varied to form a permutation bar which serves
to properly operate oscillatory hooks 31 for automatically releasing the types 17
and assorting them into the type cases.

page_text: The oscillatory hooks 31, best shown in Figs. 28 to 35, are arranged in sets,.and
each set is pivotally mounted, as at 2, in an arm or bracket 3*, extending from a
rotary carrier 179. The carrier is in the form of a disc, the hub of which
mounted on the cylindrical column or shaft 28.
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The type magazine is circular in cross section, and at the point indicated by the
numeral 4, the type cases are omitted, and a vertical guide 134 is arranged 'for
guiding the types vertically through a guide block 6, into engagement with the
oscillatory hooks 31. The types are moved upward by the spiral lift or screw 129.
As each type rises at its upper edge, above the upper edge of the guide block 6,
it passes between the oscillatory hooks 31, and a fixed arm or bracket 3*, and
subsequently the oscillatory hooks engage the type and move them in the direction
of the arrow, Fig. 30. To permit this movement of the type the guide block 6* is
of an open construction at its left side, Fig. 30, so that, although the type really
lies vertically in the guide block, it can be moved outward therefrom at the left
hand side. The number of arms or brackets 3* corresponds with the number of
sets of oscillatory hooks necessary to distribute the group of characters employed
in the machine. The arms or brackets 3 are vertically slotted, and a set of seven
oscillatory hooks 31 is arranged in each slot on one of the pivot pins 2. The body
portions of the hooks extend above the pivot pins to form tail pieces 12", and the
lower ends of the bodies of the hooks are provided with hooked portions 7, adapted
to enter the slots 8* in the upper end portions of the types 17, whereby the types
are suspended and carried in a circular path over the perpendicular, or approxi-
mately perpendicular upper ends of the type cases, until each type arrives over its
appropriate type case, where it is released and falls into the proper type case.
The number of hooks is seven in each set, and the number of slots
each type, whereby all the required combinations or permutations to properly
distribute the number of characters necessary for practical work in the printing
art can be effected.
seven in
In Fig. 32 it will be observed that the upper end, or boundary of one of the
slots 8 is omitted, so that when the remaining slots are in engagement with the
hooks, it is only necessary to actually operate six of the hooks to release the type,
the remaining books standing in normal position, but not interfering with the
descent of the type, owing to the fact that the slot corresponding thereto has its
upper end or boundary omitted, and therefore it can pass freely off the hook
corresponding thereto.
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upper
In Figs. 34 and 35, a type is shown wherein three of the slots have their ends
omitted or removed, in consequence of which it is only necessary to operate four of
the hooks to release the type and permit it to fall into its type case. In like manner the
combinations or permutations can be extended throughout the group of characters
employed in the machine, so that all the characters will be automatically released
and assorted into the proper type cases, the types of the same character being all
released and deposited in one receptacle, and those of another character in another
receptacle, and so on throughout the group of characters employed.
In Fig. 33 the general arrangement of the pins or projections to produce the
permutation bar is illustrated. The linear arrangement of the pins is varied, and
the pins are so arranged that over a certain type case a single oscillatory hook will
only require to be removed to disengage a type, and over another two hooks
will be required to be operated, and over another three, and over another four,
and so on.
The bar 30 is provided with a plain surfaced portion 9*, sufficient to act upon and
open all seven hooks of each set. This portion 9* is located directly above the
guide block 6 and consequently as each set of hooks arrives over the guide block
all of the hooks are opened, so that a type can be raised by the screw 129 between
the hooks and arm or bracket 3*. The instant the tail pieces of the 'hooks
leave the portion 9, the hooks are thrown to their closed position by suitable
springs 10, thereby causing the hook portions 7 to enter the slots 8 of the types
and suspend the same until the proper hooks are acted upon by the proper
.

page_text: pins 30ª to release the type and permit it to fall by gravity into the appropriate
type case.
It will be observed that in order to release a type at the proper point, it is only
necessary to operate the hooks having their hooked ends lying in the slots which
are closed at their upper portions or boundaries.
The selections from the type cases or channels are made by the keys 11, and as
the types are released they pass by gravity into the chutes 33 and are received by
the rapidly rotating table or wheel 34, from which they are discharged in the
order of their selection into a chute 35, Figs. 2 and 4, which conducts the types
to the inlet channel 36, in one end of a rotary line carrier, Fig. 15. The rotary
line carrier comprises two circular heads 37 and 38, Figs. 9, 11, 12 and 15,
connected by a sleeve 39 fixed on a shaft 40, Fig. 10. The heads 37 and 38 are
rigidly connected by intermediate angular blocks 41, Figs. 9 and 10, which may
be formed in one piece with the heads, but which are preferably constructed as
separate parts, and are attached by screws, as at 42, Fig. 12. The angular
blocks 40 are each formed with a line assembling or composing channel 43, having
a shape which corresponds to the outline of the types, the depth and arrangement
of the channels being such that when a type is placed therein, with its slotted
end lying against the vertical wall of the angular block 41, Fig. 10, the conver
end of the type will lie in the plane of the perimeter of the two heads 37 and 38.
The convex end of the type is curved in an arc struck from the centre of the
shaft 40. The assembling or composing channels 43 are so arranged that they are
open one upon the top and the other upon the bottom of the angular blocks, so that
they will always lie in proper position for assembling or distributing when the line
carrier is rotated.
The line carrier is so arranged that one of its heads-as 37-lies beneath the
delivery end of the chute 35, and in the outer face of this head 37 is formed the
curved or segmental channel 36, which cuts the periphery of the head substantially
in the direction of a radius of the latter. The segmental channel is curved to avoid the
shaft 40, and one of its extremities cuts the periphery of the head at a point separated
by an arc of about 90 degrees from the other extremity. The head 37 is provided
with two of the inlet channels 36, each of which is the counterpart of the other.
The form of the channels in cross section is such as to permit the body portion of
the type to enter the same. The channels 36 are partially covered by plates 45,
thereby forming a curved chute in which the types may slide freely in the direction
of their length.
When the shaft 40 is rotated, and the line carrier is turned until the entrance
end of one of the channels 36 lies in a vertical line, as shown in Fig. 9, said channel
will then constitute practically a continuation of the chute 35, so that the types
will pass freely from the latter into one of the channels 36, and will swiftly traverse
the latter by gravity until they arrive at the lower end of the channel, where
each type is successively arrested by an elastic or yielding dog or stop 44, pressed
by a spring 44° towards the channel 36. As each type is arrested by the elastic or
yielding dog 44, such type is acted upon by pins 46 on a rotary transfer wheel 47
having teeth 48, whereby each type is positively moved into alignment with the
line assembling or composing channel 43, Fig. 15. In the movement of the type
into alignment with the line assembling channel 43, it acts upon a curved foot
piece 49 on the inner end of a reciprocatory composing stick or feed bar 50,
Figs. 11, 13, 14 and 16. As the type is forced against the foot piece 49, the
composing stick 50 yields in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 16, and as soon as the
type arrives in alignment with the line assembling channel 43, the composing
stick is suddenly forced in the opposite direction by a spring 149, Fig. 11, and thus
urges the type into the line assembling channel, so that the type lies upright
against the head 51, of a slide bar 52, which is adapted to yield as the types
accumulate in line. The head 51, of the sliding bar, serves to retain the type which
first enters the channel 43 in an upright position, and consequently all the succeeding
types are likewise sustained in upright positions.

page_text: When the necessary number of types to constitute a line of the required length
have been introduced into the line assembling channel 43, and when this line is to
be impressed into matrix material, as hereinafter explained, the composing stick 50
is locked for the purpose of compressing and locking the line of type in the
direction of its length. This is accomplished by providing the outer end of the
composing stick with a roller bearing 52, which, when the line carrier commences
to rotate, passes into engagement with a stationary incline 53, and thence on to
n segmental track 54, Fig. 21, whereby the composing stick is forced inward and
rigidly held during a half revolution of the line carrier. By this means the line of
type, including the whole number representing a line; or part of a line of printed
matter, as well as the necessary spaces and characters, is compressed in the direction
of the length of the line, so as to force the types closer together and secure
uniformity in the length of the successive lines.
The series of types being compressed longitudinally as stated, it is necessary to
clamp the type plates edgewise, in order to place the cameo or male characters in
accurate alignment and firmly hold the type in the line assembling channel or
space 43. To accomplish this I provide a clamp jaw 55, secured to a support 56,
pivotally mounted on a shaft 57 fixed in the heads 37 and 38. The jaw 55 lies in
the open side of the line assembling channel 43, and when the line carrier is in
the position shown in Figs. 9 and 10, the jaws 55 lies directly beneath the lower
edges of the types as they enter and are moved forward in the line assembling
channel. The support 56 is sustained in position by a yielding plate 56* bearing
upon a cam 58 which underlies the support and is mounted upon a cam shaft 59,
one end of which is extended through the head 37, and is provided with a lever 60,
comprising two arms 60 and 60', Figs. 9 and 11. The lever arm 60° is operated
by a projection 61 having a bevelled outer end and mounted on a type aligning
drum 62 bereinafter referred to. As the line carrier rotates, the lever 60 is
operated by the projection 61, thereby forcing the cams 58 against the yielding
plate 56* and causing the support 56 to yieldingly force the jaw 55 against the
edges of the type plates. This occurs as the movement of the line carrier is
initiated, and when the jaw 55 is forced against the edges of the type plates the
lever 60 rides off of the projection 61, and leaves the jaw 55 in locking engagement.
In the subsequent rotation of the line-carrier, the jaw 55 is unlocked to release the
edges of the types by the lever arm 60° striking a pin or. lug 60°, Figs. 3 and 9,
which is fixed to and projects laterally from a suitable part of the main frame.
The provision of a yielding device, such as a plate 56, backed by a rubber or
other cushion 56, is important, in that it compensates for irregularities, or
overthrow of the positively operating parts. For instance, if the throw of the
cam 58 were greater than the distance the support 56 could swing when the type
are in line in channel 43, the plate 56 would yield and permit proper locking
up without danger of any rigid part breaking or becoming strained, or injured.
To place the faces of the cameo- types in the same plane, should one or more
project slightly beyond the others, I provide the type aligning drum 62, which is
carried by a shaft. 63 journalled upon the main frame at the front of the machine,
said drum being of about half the diameter of the line carrier. The periphery of
the drum is provided with a seat in juxtaposition to the projection 61, in which is
seated a metallic bar 64, having a longitudinal groove 65 lying parallel with the
axis of the drum. The bar 64 is substantially the same length as channel 43, and
the drum is so timed relatively to the line carrier that the bar 64 will roll upon and
abut forcibly against the convex ends of the types, the projecting type-characters
of the types entering the groove 65, and being free from contact with the base of
the groove. The action of the bar 64 against the convex edges of the types,
fortes back any one or more of the types which project more than others, and thus
forces all the types into exact alignment and places the entire series into such
condition that a perfect impression can be made by the types in the matrix material
as will hereinafter appear.
I have only explained the construction of one of the line assembling channels 43,

page_text: and the elements co-operating therewith, but a similar channel is formed in the
opposite side of the line-carrier, and therefore the composing stick and lock
up devices are duplicated at such side, in order that the second line assembling
channel may be brought into a position to receive types from the chute 35.
The line or series of types being set up, compressed, and accurately aligned, the
next step in the order of operation is the formation of a type impression in the soft
metal or other material which is to form the solid line of matrices from or by
which the cast type bar is produced.
The matrix material is in the form of a rectangular block 66 of lead or other
soft metal of suitable thickness, and of a width approximately co-extensive with
the length of the line assembling channels 43. The matrix block is mounted in a
rotatable holder 67, Figs. 9, 18 and 19, which is specially constructed to carry
two matrix blocks which alternately receive the impressions of the lines of type.
The matrix blocks are each arranged to slide longitudinally in guide ways 68,
and on one surface the block is provided with a rack or series of teeth 69 engaged
by the teeth of a pinion 70, mounted on a shaft 71 and having at one end a gear
wheel 72 engaging a pinion 73, on a shaft 74. The shaft 74 is provided with a
ratchet wheel 75, with which engages a pawl 76, acted on by a spring 77, to hold
it in engagement with the ratchet-wheel while permitting the latter to rotate in
one direction. The pawl 76 is pivotally mounted on a carrier-block 78, adapted
to oscillate on the shaft 74, and having at its lower end a recess 79, into which
projects the end 80 of an actuating bolt 81, adapted to slide on an oscillatory duplex
armed lever 82 which is secured to a shaft 83 having a cam 84 which is adapted to
act upon an elastic or yielding plate 85 secured to a support 86, which is mounted
on a shaft 87 carried by the side pieces of the rotatable matrix-block holder 67.
The support 86 is provided with a jaw 88 preferably provided with a serrated face
to engage the face 89 of the matrix-block 66, for locking up the matrix-block
prior to making the type impression in the outer end thereof. The provision of a
yielding device, such as the elastic plate 85, compensates for overthrow of positively
acting parts the same as hereinbefore described with reference to the yielding
plate 56*.
The lock-up devices for each matrix-block are the same, and therefore a
description of one is sufficient for both. The ends 89* of the matrix-block holder
are formed in the arc of a circle struck from the centre of the shaft 90 on which
the holder is mounted.
The levers 82 are each formed with a long arm 91 and a short arm 92. As the
matrix-block holder rotates the long arm 91, strikes a stud or roller-bearing 93 on
a shaft 94, Figs. 2 and 9, whereby the lever 82 is rocked and the cam-shaft 83 is
turned to cause its cam 84 to press the yielding plate 85 and move the support 86
for causing the jaw 88 to lock up the matrix-block 66 and hold it in a fixed position
in the holder 67. The short arm 92 of each lever 82 is adapted to strike a shaft 95,
and thereby swing the lever 82 in the proper direction to release the support 86,
and unlock the matrix-block 66, so that the latter can be advanced one step by
the rack and pinion 69 and 70, as will hereinafter appear.
The outer end of each matrix-block is successively impressed and shaved, so that
the matrix-block is provided with a smooth and bright or lustrous impression
surface for every type-impression. To accomplish this, the projecting end of the
matrix-block is shaved off by a shear-knife 96 Fig. 9, during the rotation of the
matrix-block holder, and before the projecting end of the block has been shaved
off, the block is advanced a predetermined distance, or one step, to cause the outer
end of the block to project the required distance that it may be shaved off by the
shear-knife 96.
The matrix-block holder 67 is timed to rotate in unison with the line-carrier,
and as the greatest diameter of the matrix-block holder is the same as the diameter
of the line-carrier, the surfaces 89 of the holder roll against the peripheries of the
heads 37 and 38 of the line-carrier. During this movement the male type-
..characters are driven or forced into the shared end of the matrix-block 66, thereby

page_text: forming a series of intaglio impressions which are the converse of the cameo letters.
or characters of the types, thus producing a solid line of matrices from which a
type-high printing-bar may be cast by the casting mechanism hereinafter described.
The opposite edges of the recesses 79 in each carrier-block 78 are separated such
a distance that the end of the bolt 81 entering the recesses is susceptible of a limited
play therein, so that when the lever-arm 92 first strikes the rod 95, the lever. 82 and
the bolt 81 will be moved or swung a short distance without actually moving the
pawl-carrier block 78, whereby the matrix-block is unclamped or unlocked, and
then the carrier-block 78 is subsequently moved for causing the pawl 76 to move
the ratchet wheel 75 one step or a predetermined distance, for the purpose of
rotating or turning the pinion 70 and causing it to move the matrix-block outward.
a distance corresponding to the distance the ratchet-wheel is moved. By this
means the matrix-block is fed outward, so that the previously impressed or indented.
surface will be shaved off by the shear-knife 96, but previous to the shaving of this
impressed or indented end of the matrix-block, the lever-arm 91 strikes the stud or
roller-bearing 93 and the matrix-block is clamped or locked rigidly in position in
the matrix block holder. After the impressed or indented end of the matrix-block
is shaved off to provide a bright or lustrous impression surface, the end of the
matrix block still projects a slight distance, as shown in Fig. 24, for receiving the
impression of the line of type assembled in the rotary line-carrier. The ends of
the matrix-block holder 67 are provided with projecting lugs 97 which act upon.
the rotary mould, and cause it to accurately register with the mouth of the casting-
pot, as will hereinafter appear.
The rod 95 is susceptible of being shifted lengthwise through the medium of a
lever 98, Figs. 2 and 3, so that the inner end of the rod can be moved out of the
path of the lever arms 92, of the levers 82, to permit the matrix-block holder to be
repeatedly rotated without feeding or shaving the matrix-block. The purpose of
this is to produce duplicate castings of the same line of matrices. The same result.
can also be obtained by providing a device for temporarily holding the pawl out
of engagement with the ratchet-wheel 75. Such a device is illustrated in Figs. 19.
and 20, and consists of a disc 99, adapted to be rotated through the medium of a
finger-piece 100, and having an eccentrically arranged pin 101 which lies under the
pawl 76, so that when the finger-piece is turned, the pin 101 will serve to lift the:
pawl 76 out of engagement with the ratchet wheel 75. Therefore the matrix-
block bolder can be repeatedly rotated without feeding or shaving the end of the
matrix-block, and two or more castings from the same line of matrices can thus be
obtained if occasion demands. The lever 98 can be locked by a latch, for the-
purpose of holding the rod 95 when shifted out of the path of the lever-arms 92.
of levers 82.
In Fig. 9 the matrix-block holder is shown in position when a type high.
printing bar is being cast from the impressed face of one of the matrix-blocks..
The mould wheel 102 and the casting pot 103 are indicated by dotted line in
Fig. 9.
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The line carrier in which the types are assembled and justified, and the matrix-
block holder make a half revolution in unison at each action of the machine in
casting a printing-bar, and the said carrier and holder are arrested when in the
position shown in Fig. 9. While at rest the printing or type-bar is cast, and the
line of types by which the line of matrices was produced is returned to and.
distributed in the type-cases of the magazine, and a new line of types is at the
same time set up in that one of the line assembling or composing channels 43:
opposite that from which the types are being removed. As. these operations are.
all carried on concurrently, I will now describe the means for casting the
type-bar and then explain the mechanism for accomplishing the other operations.
referred to.
The mould 102 is preferably a four-part mould, and it is composed of a disc
having upon its periphery the four moulds 104, Fig. 21, of suitable dimensions for
the production of the body portion of the type-bars. The mould disc 102 is

page_text: attached to a clutch section 105, Fig. 3, loosely mounted on and adapted to slide
lengthwise of a shaft 106. The shaft 106 is provided with a clutch section 107
which rotates therewith, and between the clutch-sections 105 and 107 is arranged a
coiled or other suitable spring 108. This spring constantly tends to force the
clutch-section 105 and the mould disc 102 towards the rotatable matrix-block
holder 67. The casting pot 103 is arranged beneath the shaft 106, and is pivotally
mounted, as at 109, and on the upper end of the pot is an arm 110 having a roller
stud 111 entering an annular groove in the clutch section 105, and susceptible of
slight play back and forth between the walls of the groove. The arm 110 rises
from that part of the top of the casting pot which lies nearest the mould disc or
carrier, and upon the opposite side of the top of the said pot are mounted two
anti-friction rollers 112, Fig. 1, between which engages a cam disc 113, secured to
a hub which is mounted on the shaft 106. The cam 113 is so shaped that in its
revolution the casting pot will be vibrated toward and from the mould disc. The
vibration of the casting pot operates the clutch section 105 and causes it to
engage or disengage the clutch-section 107, and the shifting movement of the clutch-
section 105, causes the mould disc 102 to move to or from the projecting smooth
face of a matrix-block, so that during the casting of a printing bar a tight closure
is effected between a mould and the impressed or indented end of the matrix-block,
while after the printing bar has been cast, the mould-disc is moved slightly,
rearward, so that it can be rotated without obstruction to place another mould in
position for casting. When the casting-pot swings in a direction away from the.
matrix-block holder, the clutch-sections engage and the mould disc makes a quarter
revolution, but the clutch sections disengage just prior to the completion of this
quarter revolution. Therefore it is desirable to positively complete the quarter
revolution of the mould disc, and to stop it at the proper point, so that a mould
will register accurately with the mouth of the casting-pot, and with an impressed
line of matrices in the matrix-block carried by the matrix-block holder. To
accomplish this the lugs 97 on the matrix-block holder 67 are utilized. Each
one of these lugs is adapted to enter a recess 114 at one end of each mould box,.
Fig. 21, so that as the matrix-block holder 67 rotates in the direction of the arrow
thereupon in Fig. 21, one of the lugs 97, enters one of the recesses 114 and completes
the quarter revolution of the mould-disc or carrier. At the same time the mould-
disc is moved towards the .matrix-block holder 67 by the action of arm 110 on the
clutch section 105, and one of the mould boxes passes beneath a rigid projection 115
formed on a part of the main frame 1, Fig. 21, whereby the mould disc is stopped.
at the proper point for the casting operation and the discharge of a previously cast
printing bar. The rotation of the matrix-block bolder 67, is so timed and the
operating mechanism hereinafter explained is such that the holder 67 stops the
instant the proper mould registers with the mouth of the casting pot and with
the line of matrices formed in the bright or lustrous shaved end or face of the
matrix-block.
The piston rod 116 is pivotally connected at its upper end to a lever arm 117,
pivotally mounted on a rigid bracket 118, extending from an upright shaft 119 fixed
to the top of the casting pot. The shaft 119. may be solid or tubular, and is
provided at its upper end with a screw threaded portion 120, on which is adjustably
mounted a collar 121 having an arm 122, constructed with a lug which enters the
upper end of a coiled spring 123.. The lower end of the spring bears against the
lever 117 to depress the latter and thus depress the piston in the casting pot.
The object of the adjustable collar 121-is to vary or regulate the tension of the
spring according to the conditions required in the operation of the piston of the
casting pot. The lever arm 117 is adapted to be raised at proper intervals by a
lifter or cam 125 which is keyed or otherwise secured to the shaft 106 so as to
rotate therewith.
The casting pot is of ordinary construction and is supplied with heat by any
suitable means, and is formed with an exit-mouth 126, through which the molten
metal. flows under. the pressure of the piston in. the usual manner. The exit

page_text: mouth 126 communicates with the mouth of any one of the moulds when such mould
is in the proper position for casting a printing bar. While the casting mechanism
is acting to cast a printing bar, the line of types from which the preceding printing
bar has been cast is being removed from one of the channels 43 in the line-carrier,
and returned to the type cases or channels of the magazine. For this purpose the
head 38, Fig. 11, is provided with curved exit channels the same as the inlet
channels 36, as at 127, Figs. 9, 10 and 11. The exit channels 127 alternate in their
arrangement with the channels or chutes 36, so that the types can be successively
received by a channel 127 and carried upward therethrough by a pin wheel 128,
into engagement with the spiral lift or screw 129. The first type which enters the
channel 43 in the line carrier will lie, when the series is complete, in that end of
the exit-channel 127, which coincides with the left hand end of the channel 43, aud
for this reason it is desirable that the first plate introduced be a quad or a mere
blank, or a spacer.
In the upper part of the main frame is journaled a shaft 130 on which is keyed
a sleeve 129, adapted to slide along but rotate with the shaft. The sleeve carries
the disc or pin wheel 128, which is rotatable in a plane parallel with the plane of
rotation of the line-carrier. A spring 139, coiled on the shaft, acts to press the
pin-wheel against the head 38 of the line carrier, and from the face of the pin wheel
project two annular rows of pins 132 and 133, for a purpose hereinafter explained.
The pin wheel 128 rotates continuously, and the pins 133 sweep through one of the
exit channels or chutes 127, and successively move the types therethrough into
engagement with the lower end of the spiral lift or screw 129. The pins 133 are
arranged at regular intervals, and they engage the types successively, force them
upward through one of the exit channels or chutes 127 and into the lower end of a
distributing chute 134, where the lugs or shoulders of the types engage with the
rotating spiral-lift or screw 129. The spiral-lift or screw is journalled at its lower
end in a bracket 135, and at its upper end, in a fixed block 136, forming a stationary
part of the main frame.
As before stated, the composing stick 50 is forced inward to compress the line of
assembled types by the incline 53, Fig. 21, and is held in this position during a
partial rotation of the line-carrier by engagement with the segmental track 54.
At the end of the partial rotation of the line-carrier, after the line of type has
impressed the bright or lustrous impression face of the matrix block, and when the
line carrier is in the position indicated in Fig. 9, the composing stick is automatically
forced lengthwise so as to move the line of type one step every time one of the
types enters an exit channel 127, whereby the entire line of types can be discharged
from the line assembling channel 43. The lengthwise movement of the composing
stick is effected through the medium of a vibratory arm 137, Figs. 1 and 3, secured
intermediate its extremities in a rotatable post 138. The front end of the arm 137
is provided with a stud or roller bearing 139, and the rear end is secured to a
laterally projecting arm or rod 140, adapted to be acted upon by a face cam 141,
secured to a transverse shaft 142, which is driven as will hereinafter appear. The
face cam 141 is so constructed that the arm 140 can lie down in a recessed portion
thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, into which position it is forced by the action of a spiral
or other suitable spring 143 mounted on the rotatable post 138, and acting against
the arm 137 with a tendency to force the front roller carrying end of the arm 137
to the left, Fig. 3, and the rear end of the arin, which carries the arm or rod 140,
to the right, Fig. 3. The parts are so timed that when the line carrier rotates to
impress the matrix-block and place the assembled line of types in position for
distribution, the stud or roller bearing 139" will bear against a laterally projecting
pin 144 on the outer end of the composing stick 50. In Fig. 3 the arm 137, and
the composing stick 50 are shown in the position they occupy when all the types
have been removed from the line-assembling channel. In the operation of the parts,
when the stud or roller bearing 139* first engages the pin 144 of the composing
stick or feed bar, the spring 143 forces the rear end of arm 137 to the right, Fig. 3,
and the front end to the left, and as the types are successively removed by the
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page_text: pins 133 of the pin-wheel 128, the composing stick is moved step by step to the
left, Fig. 3, by the action of. spring 143 and arın 137, so that as each type is
removed, by the pin wheel, the remaining portion of the line of type is bodily shifted
to place another type in coincidence with the exit channel 127.
When all the types
are removed from the line-assembling or composing channel in the manner described,
and this channel is to be placed in position for the assemblage of another line of
type, it is necessary to restore the composing block or feed bar to its normal
position, Fig. 11, so that its inner end is adapted to receive the types as in Fig. 16.
When the arm 137 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, it is restored to normal
position by face-cam 141 acting on the rear end of the arm, which causes the front
end to swing to the right, thus placing spring 143 under increased tension to again
move the composing stick or feed bar to the left, the same as before. The com-
posing stick or feed bar is restored to normal position during the rotation of the
line carrier through the medium of an inclined track or cam 145, Figs. 3 and 11,
which at its front extremity is formed with a bevelled portion 146, and an
opening 147. The normal position of the composing stick or feed bar is shown in
Fig. 11, in which the pin 144 lies against the bevelled portion 146, while the
roller 52 which may be mounted on the pin 144 bears against a suitable leaf or
other spring 149, the arrangement being such that, although the pin 144 is adapted
to bear against the bevelled portion 146, the composing stick or feed bar can yield
outwardly or to the right, Figs. 11 and 16, for the entrance of a type under pressure
exerted by the pins 46 of the transfer-wheel 47. In assembling a series of type in
the assembling or composing channel or space 43, the types are rapidly introduced,
and therefore a rapid reciprocating motion is imparted to the composing stick or
feed bar, it being moved outward or to the right, Figs. 11 and 16, by the pressure
of the incoming type, and inward, or to the left, by the action of the spring 149,
the inward motion being limited by the pin 144 striking the bevelled portion 146 of
the inclined track or cam 145.
When a line of type has been assembled in a line assembling channel 43, the
head 51 of the slide 52 will lie at or near that end of the line assembling channel
nearest the exit channel 127, Fig. 11. When the composing stick is restored to its
normal position, Fig. 11, it is necessary to restore the slide 52 to its normal position,
so that the head of the slide will lie near the bead 49 of the composing stick and be
in the proper position to support the first type of the line. To accomplish this, the
outer end of the slide 52 is provided with a recess or notch 150, adapted to be
engaged by a pawl 151 pivotted to the composing stick or feed block 50, as at 152,
Fig. 14. The tail end of the pawl is acted on by a suitable spring 153, which tends
to throw the acting end of the pawl into engagement with the notch or recess 150.
The angular portion 41, which constitutes the top or rear wall of a line assembling
channel 43 is extended to the right, as shown in Fig. 11, and the outer end of such
extension is provided with a bevelled projection 154, which, when the composing
stick is moved to the limit of its outward motion, or to the right, acts upon the
pawl 151 and disengages it from the notch or recess 150, thereby leaving
the slide 52 free to be moved inward step by step as the types are
successively introduced. When the line of types has been assembled, and the
line carrier has been rotated to impress the bright or lustrous face of the matrix
block, and the parts are in position to distribute the said line of types, the operation
hereinbefore described, with reference to moving the composing stick inwardly, or
to the left, Fig. 11, takes place, and, therefore, when all the types have been pushed
out of the line assembling channel by the action of the composing stick, the
pawl 151 will have moved into the position required to engage the notch or
When this occurs it will be obvious that the outward movement of the
composing stick, to restore it to its normal position, Figs. 11 and 16, will
automatically move the slide 52 outward to its normal position, and when the parts
are in the proper position, and the outer bevelled end of the pawl 151 is acted upon
by the bevelled projection 154, the pawl is freed from engagement with the notch
or recess 150, and the slide can then be moved inward step by step, as before
recess 150.

page_text: explained. When the line carrier is to be rotated, it is necessary to remove the
pins 133 laterally from an exit channel 127, and to accomplish this I provide a
lever 155, Fig. 17, pivotted intermediate its ends, as at 156, and having one end
adapted to be acted on by a cam 157, while the other end is adapted to act upon
the hub of the pin wheel 128, or a part of the sleeve 129, to push the sleeve in the
direction of the arrow, Fig. 17, and thus shift the pin wheel laterally the distance
required to move the pins 133 out of the exit channel 127, whereupon the line
carrier can be rotated without obstruction. When the line carrier. has been rotated
the desired extent, and the pins 133 are to be again moved into the exit-channel
or chute 127, it is possible that one or more pins would enter this channel or chute
at the improper time or point and prevent the proper engagement of a pin 133 with
the end portion of one of the types. The pin-wheel is shifted back and forth at
regular and uniform intervals, and, therefore, it is desirable, to prevent restoration
of the pin-wheel into position, to discharge the types from the line-assembling or
composing-channel or space until the first pin of the pin-wheel to act on a type is in
the proper position, so that only one type can be between two pins, as otherwise the
acting pin might strike the body of a type and by friction push out the type
improperly, in consequence of which the spiral-lift or screw would not properly
take or receive such type. To avoid this I provide the annular row of pins 132,
each of which is arranged directly opposite one of the pins 133, and is adapted
to operate in connection with an irregularly shaped plate or latch 155, pivoted
as at 156" to a suitable supporting plate 157. The pin-wheel rotates continuously
and its restoration alter lateral shifting should take place when a pin.133 is in correct
position to strike one end of a type. The acting-pin will be in correct position
if the pin-wheel is restored when such pin lies anywhere between the lower end of
plate or latch 155* and the periphery of the line-carrier. Therefore, the pin-wheel
should be prevented from restoration to normal position until the pin 133 to act
on a type is in the correct position referred to. If the pin 133, which is to act
on the type, is in correct position, and the pin-wheel has been restored, the
pins 132, act upon and lift the plate or latch 155" out of their path. While the
pin-wheel is shifted laterally it cannot be restored so long as any one of the pins 132
lies opposite the plate or latch 155, because the pin 132 will bear against and
move along the outer flat face of the plate or latch. But the instant the pin 132
rides off the plate or latch, the pin 133 to act on a type, will be in correct position
and the pin-wheel is instantly restored by spring 139, so that the pin can act .
properly on the end of the type. If the restoration of the pin-wheel could occur
at any time after being free from the restraint of lever 155 and cam 157, a pin
might strike the body of a type at a point between its ends and the friction would
drag or shift the type, so that it would not lie in proper position for correct
working of the pins 133 of the pin-wheel. The same result can be obtained if the
plate or latch is arranged to operate in connection with the pins 133, thus
dispensing with the pins 132, but I prefer to use two annular rows of pins, because
this enables one row to act directly on the types and the other row to act in
combination with the plate or latch, thus saving the pins 133 from the friction and
wear incident to acting on the plate or latch.
It is desirable to lock the line-carrier in a fixed position during the time that a
line of type is being assembled and another line is being distributed, and to
accomplish this I mount upon parts of the main frame 1, Figure 17, in suitable
juxtaposition to the line-carrier, a lengthwise movable locking-bolt 159*, adapted
toislide at one end in a socket 160" in the main frame, and provided with a laterally
projecting lug or arm 161. The locking bolt is acted upon by a suitable
spring 162" which tends to force the bolt in a direction opposite to the arrow there-
upon, Figure 17, so that when the bolt is free from direct pressure of a cam 163*,
the lug or arm 161 will be forced into engagement with a locking notch 164"
formed in the head 38 of the line-carrier. At the time that the line-carrier is to
be rotated, the cam 163* acts upon the end of the bolt 159ª and forces it in the
direction of the arrow, and thereby removes the arm or lug. 161 from engagement

page_text: with the locking-notch or recess 164, whereupon the line-carrier is free to be
rotated. The head 38 is provided with two of the locking-notches 164ª, located
diametrically opposite each other, so that each time the line-carrier makes a half
revolution it will be locked stationary by the arm or lug 161 engaging a locking-notch.
The cams 157 and 163 are fixed to a countershaft 159, Figures 17 and 22,
which shaft is provided with a bevel-gear 160, a large spur-gear 161, and a bevel-
gear 162. The gear 160 is at the rear end of the counter-shaft and engages a
bevel-gear 163, on the transverse shaft 142. The bevel-gear 162 is at the front
end of said countershaft and engages a small bevel-gear or pinion 164 on the
shaft 63 of the aligning drum, 62. In suitable bearings above the countershaft 159
is mounted a short shaft 165, having at its inner end a small pinion 166, driven
by engagement with the large spur-gear 161. The shaft 165 carries between its
ends a grooved pulley 167, and on the front end of this shaft is secured a bevel-
gear 168, engaging a small pinion 169 on the lower end of a vertical shaft or
spindle 170, Figures 2 and 3. The upper end of this vertical shaft or spindle is
provided with a small pinion 171, meshing into a larger pinion 172, rigidly attached
to the rotary table or wheel 34, on which the types are delivered when they are
released by the escapement mechanisms from the type cases or channels of the
magazine.
The end of the shaft 63, opposite the bevel-gear or pinion 164, is provided
with a gear-wheel 173, meshing into a large spur-gear 175, which in turn engages
a similar large spur-gear 174. The spur-gear 174 is mounted on the shaft 90 of
the matrix-block holder 67, while the large spur-gear 175 is mounted on the shaft 40
of the line-carrier.
The main power-shaft 4 is provided with a pinion 176, Figure 2, which engages
the large spur-gear 161 on the countershaft 159, and transmits continuous motion
thereto so long as the power-shaft is driven.
The bevel-gear 162 is a mutilated gear, whereby the pinion 164 is only rotated
intermittently, and consequently the matrix-block-holder and the line-carrier are
given a half revolution in unison, and then stop while the bevel-gear 162 may make
a complete revolution.
The shaft 142 is rotated by the engagement of its bevel-gear 163 with the
bevel-gear 160 on the countershaft 159, and on the shaft 142 is secured a bevel-
gear 177 engaging a bevel-gear 178 on the shaft 106, whereby rotary motion is
imparted to the clutch-section 107 and lifter or cam 125.
The disk or carrier 179 is mounted on the cylindrical column or shaft 28, and is
provided with a worm 180 with which engages a worm-shaft 181, mounted in
suitable bearings, as at 181º, and provided with a bevel-gear 182, which engages a
bevel-gear 183 on the upper end 184 of the rotary spiral-lift or screw 129. The
lower end of the spiral-lift or screw is provided with a pinion 185, Figure 3,
meshing into a pinion 186 of greater diameter. These two pinions are arranged
in a suitable housing 187, Figures 1 and 3, and the lower side of the pinion 186 is
provided with a bevel-pinion 188, engaging a bevel-pinion 189, on a short shaft
which has at its opposite end a bevel-pinion 190, engaging a bevel-gear wheel 191
on the shaft 130 of the pin-wheel 132.
The worm-shaft 181 is provided at its end opposite the bevel-gear 182, with a
grooved-pulley 192, over which passes an endless belt 193 which belt passes around
a guide-pulley 194, and around the grooved pulley 167, whereby the grooved
pulley 167, which is driven by the shaft 165, imparts motion to the belt 193, and
this in turn transmits motion to the worm-shaft 181, for rotating the carrier 179
and the spiral-lift or screw 122. The spiral-lift or screw, through the medium of
the pinions 185 and 186, and bevel-gears 190 and 191, imparts rotary motion to the
pin-wheel 139. The grooved-pulley 194 is provided at one side with a pulley 195,
Figure 2, of smaller diameter, over which passes a belt 196. This belt is crossed
and extends over suitable guides and around the grooved-pulley 197, fixed to a
sleeve 198, Figures 3 and 9, on the shaft 40 of the line-carrier. The sleeve 198
is provided with a spur-gear 199, Figure 9, engaging small pinions 200, each of

page_text: which meshes into the teeth of one of the transfer-wheels 47, whereby a continuous
rotary motion is imparted to the said transfer-wheels.
It will be obvious that through the medium of the sleeve 198, and the belt
mechanism above explained, the spur-gear 191, pinions 200, and transfer-wheel 47
can be rotated while the line-carrier remains stationary. The cast-printing-bar is
ejected from the mold while the latter stands stationary in the position indicated
in Figures 3 and 21, through the medium of an ejector 201, movable back and
forth in a guide 202, Figure 3, and actuated by a pitman 203, connected with a
wrist-pin 204 on a disk 205 secured to the shaft 142. The printing-bar as it
passes from the front side of the mold is trimmed at its sides by the usual
knives 206, and descends through the chute 207 to the left hand end of the galley 208,
where it is acted on by the lower end of a vibrating arm 209, pivoted to a
support 210, and having at its upper end an anti-friction roller 211 operated on at
proper intervals by cams or inclines 212 fixed to the upper surface of the large
spur-gear 174. The vibrations of the arm 209 are so timed that the printing-
bars delivered to the left-hand of the galley are successively pushed along the
same towards the right hand end thereof.
In the operation of the machine, the carrier 179 of the distributing mechanism,
the table or wheel 34, the spiral-lift 129, the pin-wheel 128, and the transfer-
wheels 47, are designed to run continuously while the power shaft is rotating. But
the line-carrier, the matrix-block-holder 67, the type-aligning drum 62, and the
casting mechanism can be operated at intervals, as required, by the operator
actuating a lever 213, Figure 1, pivotted at 214 to a fixed part of the main frame,
and pivotally connected at 215 to the lower end of a link 216, which, at its upper
end, is pivoted, as at 216", Figure 22, to a block or plate 217. This block or
plate is pivoted at one end, as at 218, and near its pivoted end it is provided with
an arm, or fork 219, engaging an annular groove 220, in a clutch-section 221,
adapted to slidably engage a recess in a hub 222, rigidly secured to the large
spur-gear 161. The clutch-section 221, rotates constantly with the large spur-
gear 161 and in order to transmit rotary motion to the countershaft 159, the
clutch-section 221 is adapted to be thrown into connection with a clutch-section 223
which is fixed to the countershaft. The clutch-section 223 is in the form of a
disk, and at a suitable point in its periphery it is formed with a recess 224, adapted
to receive a stud or roller-bearing 225, mounted on the block 217. When the
operator presses or pulls down upon the lever 213, the stud or roller-bearing 225,
is moved out of engagement with the notch or recess 224, and the arm 219 shifts
the clutch-section 221 into engagement with the clutch-section 223, whereupon
rotary motion is imparted to the countershaft 159. During the rotation of the
clutch-section 223, its periphery bears upon the stud or roller-bearing 225, and
thereby holds the clutch-section 221 in engagement with the clutch-section 223,
until the latter makes one revolution, or until the notch or recess 224, coincides
with the stud or roller-bearing 225, whereupon the latter enters the notch or
recess, and, the operator having released the lever 213, a spring 226, Figure 1,
pulls the lever 213 upward and thereby shifts the clutch-section out of engagement
with each other, and causes the stud or roller-bearing 225 to enter the notch or
recess 224, to instantly stop the rotation of the countershaft 159. The spring 226
is fastened at its lower end to the lever 213, and at its upper end to a suitable
part of the main frame. By the means described the operator can at any time
impart a half revolution to the line-carrier, the matrix-block holder, and cause the
casting-pot to tilt and the mold-disk or carrier to shift forward.
In Figure 21 I have illustrated brushes 227, immovably mounted on the mold-
disk or carrier 102 between the mold-boxes 104, for the purpose of wiping off
the cutting edges of the knives 206, to keep the same clean, so that they will
perfectly trim the sides of the cast-printing bars as they are ejected from the
mold.
In the operation of the machine, to produce type-high printing-bars, the operator
manipulates the keys and selects the proper types from the type-cases or channels

page_text: of the magazine. The selected types being released by the escapement mechanisms
descend and fall in an approximately horizontal plane on the rapidly rotating table
or wheel 34, and are delivered by a swift movement through the chute 35, which
abruptly curves downward. The chute successively delivers the types to one of
the inlet-channels or chutes 36 in the head 37 of the line-carrier, and as each
type strikes the yielding dog 44, Figure 15, its velocity is arrested. The pins 46
of a transfer-wheel 47 operate upon the shoulders or lugs at the ends of the types
and force the types past the yielding dog and against the curved head 49 of the
composing-stick or feed-bar 50, which yields in the direction of the arrow,
Figure 16. The type is advanced by the transfer-wheel 47 until it registers with
the right hand end of one of the line-assembling or composing-channels or
spaces 43, wherupon the composing-stick or feed-bar, under the impulse of the
spring 149, pushes the type into the channel or space 43 against the head 51 of the
slide 52.
In Figure 11, I have indicated, by dotted lines, a partial line of types assembled
in one of the line-assembling or composing spaces 43. When the desired number
of types have been assembled in line, the operator depresses the lever 213, and
instantly the line-carrier and matrix-block holder cominence to turn or rotate,
thus moving the pin 144, Figure 11, of the composing stick or feed-bar away from
the inclined portion 146 into coincidence with the opening 147, so that the stud or
roller-bearing 52 can strike the incline 53, which moves the composing-stick or
feed-bar inward to compress the line of type in the direction of its length. The
stud or roller-bearing then rides upon the track 54, and the composing-stick or
feed-bar is locked during a partial revolution of the line-carrier. As the line-
carrier rotates the matrix-block holder also rotates, and the projecting end of the
matrix-block is shaved off to provide a bright or lustrous impression surface.
The line of type is rolled into this bright or lustrous surface, and then the line-
carrier stops in position for the distribution of the types through the medium of
the spiral lift or screw 129, permutation bar 30 and hooks 31. When the casting
mechanism comes into operation the mold-disk or carrier is moved up against one
end of the matrix-block-holder which has come to rest, the casting-pot tilts forward
and the type-metal is injected into the mold. During this time another line of
types is being assembled in a line-assembling channel or space in the line-carrier.
When a printing bar has been cast and the line of types has been removed from
the line-assembling or composing space 43, a repetition of the above mentioned
operation takes place. The line-assembling or composing channels or spaces and
the matrix-blocks, and lock-up mechanisms therefor, are duplicated, in order to
render the machine very swift and effective in operation. The action of the
duplicate parts is the same in all respects.
The shear-knife 96, which shaves the ends of the matrix-blocks has its body
portion formed in the arc of a circle struck from the centre of the shaft 90, and
this shear-knife is mounted on a suitable block or support 228, Figure 9, which is
secured to some part of the main frame, as in Figure 2.
While the line-carrier is at rest, and the line of types is being set up in one of
the line-assembling or composing channels or spaces 43, the line of type in the
other line-assembling or composing channel or space is being removed by the
action of the composing-stick or feed-bar and the pin-wheel as hereinbefore
explained.
The shaving of the matrix material provides a smooth and bright or lustrous
impression surface into which the type characters are impressed, whereby I produce
type-high printing-bars bearing characters which possess all requisite sharp angles
and prominence necessary to meet the requirements of modern printing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The method herein described of preparing matrix material to produce cast.

page_text: printing-bars, which consists in shaving the matrix inaterial to form a smooth
impression surface and impressing the type characters thereinto.
2. The combination of a matrix-holder, and means for impressing a line of
assembled type-characters into the matrix material, with a shaving knife for
shaving the inatrix material to form a smooth impression surface, substantially as
described.
3. The combination of a matrix-block holder, means for advancing the matrix-
block, lock-up devices for holding the matrix-block stationary on the holder, means
for operating the lock-up devices, and a knife for shaving the matrix-block to form
a smooth impression surface, substantially as described.
4. The combination of a matrix-block holder, a lock-up jaw for the matrix-
block, means for operating the lock-up jaw, means for intermittently advancing
the matrix-block, and a knife for intermittently shaving the outer end of the
matrix-block, substantially as described.
5. The combination in an organize machine for producing type-bars from
impressed lines of matrices, of a magazine having separate cells for circulating
type-plates, a carrier or holder having a line-assembling channel or space, key-
mechanism for in lividually releasing the circulating type-plates fron the magazine
cells, a carrier or holder for matrix material, means for causing the line of type-
plates to indent the matrix material to form a line of matrices, casting mechanism
for casting a type-bar from the said matrices, and mechanism in operative
connection with the line-assembling channel or space for removing the type-plates
therefrom and returning them to their proper cells in the magazine, substantially
as described.
6. The combination with a drumu or holder for holding a bar of soft metal or
other material, of a rotatable carrier for carrying a line of cameo-type which is
rolled against the said bar to impress the letters or characters of the cameo-type
thereinto to form natrices, and casting mechanism arranged in operative connection
with the said druin or holder for casting a type-bar from or on the said matrices,
substantially as described.
7. The combination with a drum or holder having a chamber for containing a
bar of soft metal or other material, of a carrier having a line-channel containing
a line of cameo-type which impress or indent the soft metal or other bar by a
rolling action to form matrices, and casting mechanism for casting a type-bar from
or on said matrices, substantially as described.
8. The combination of a rotary matrix-block holder, lock-up devices for holding
and releasing a matrix-block mounted on the holder, means for advancing the
matrix-block on the holder, a knife for shaving the outer end of the matrix-block,
and a rotatable line-carrier adapted to carry a line of cameo-type which is rolled
against the shaved face of the matrix-block to impress the letters or characters of
the type thereinto and form a line of matrices, substantially as described.
9. The combination of a matrix-block holder, lock-up devices for holding and
releasing a matrix-block mounted on the holder, mechanism for advancing the
matrix-block at intervals on the holder, means for operating the lock-up devices, a
knife for shaving the outer end of the matrix-block, a line-carrier adapted to
carry a line of cameo-type which is impressed into the shaved face of the matrix-
block to form a line of matrices, and casting mechanism arranged in operative
relation to the matrix-block holder for casting a type-bar from or by the said line
of matrices, substantially as described.
10. The combination of a matrix-block holder, lock-up devices for holding and
releasing a matrix-block mounted on the holder, means for operating the lock-up
devices, mechanism for intermittently feeding the matrix-block, means for sharing
the outer end of the matrix-block, a line-carrier, mechanism for assembling type
in the line-carrier, and casting mechanism for casting a type-bar from or by a line
of matrices impressed into the shaved face of the matrix-block, substantially as
described.
11. A type-distributing magazine, consisting of a plurality of removable and

page_text: replaceable type-cases or channels, each of which is composed of a plate 21 having
vertical ribs 22 provided with two grooves located at opposite sides of said plate,
whereby each type-case is adapted to carry two distinct or separate sets of type-
characters, substantially as described.
12. In a type-distributing mechanism, the combination of a permutation bar,
with a movable carrier having a series of sets of oscillatory books adapted to
engage and suspend types and to be acted on by parts of the permutation bar to
release the types over the proper type-cases or channels.
13. In a type-distributing mechanism, the combination of a bar having pins or
projections the linear arrangement of which is varied to produce a permutation-bar,
with a rotary carrier having a series of sets of type suspending devices adapted
to engage and suspend types and to be acted on by the permutation pins or
projections to release the types over the proper type-cases or channels.
14. In a type-distributing mechanism, the combination of a bar having pins or
projections the linear arrangement of which is varied to produce a permutation-bar,
with a rotary-carrier having a series of sets of oscillatory hooks, and types having
slotted ends with which the hooks are adapted to engage to suspend the types,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
15. The combination of a rotary matrix-block-holder, lock-up devices for holding
and releasing a matrix-block mounted on the holder, means for intermittently
advancing the matrix-block, means for shaving the outer end of the matrix-block;
a rotatable line-carrier adapted to carry a line of cameo-type which is rolled
against the shaved face of the matrix-block to impress the letters or characters of
the type thereinto and form a line of matrices, and casting mechanism arranged
in operative connection with the matrix-block holder for casting a type-bar.from
or by said line of matrices, substantially as described.
16. The combination of a matrix-block holder, lock-up devices for holding and
releasing a matrix-block mounted on the holder, mechanism for advancing the
matrix-block at intervals on the holder, means for operating the lock-up devices,
a knife for shaving the outer end of the matrix-block, and a line-carrier adapted
to carry a line of cameo type which is impressed into the shaved face of the
matrix-block to form a line of matrices, substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of October 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.