A New and Improved Type Chase and Locking Up Apparatus connected therewith.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1891-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Type Chase and Locking Up Apparatus
connected therewith.
I, MAXWELL HEDDERWICK, of the firm of James Hedderwick and Sons, of
Saint Vincent Place, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Printers and Publishers, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises new and improved appliances
for securing, and carrying the set up columns or pages of type for convenience of
subsequent treatment, and is especially applicable in newspaper offices, printing
and publishing establishments and the like which stereotype their formes.
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The invention consists of an improved construction of frame or "galley chase"
consisting of a bottom plate or tray preferably of sheet zinc or brass of a
rectangular shape, and having secured on it three fixed sides, that is two metal
sides and a bottom end, and of the depth of the usual open frames for securing
the type. A loose portable end or side is checked or otherwise secured to the
open or upper end of the two sides of the "chase," of the same depth as the other
sides. resting on the tray and easily removed or secured. For making up the
type into "forme" within the new galley chasc," the portable end is removed,
and the type are shifted or slid from the usual "making up" column "galley
on to the bottom tray of the "galley chase," where they are made up in columns
with a thin rule between each column in the usual way. When all the type
columns are inserted in this way, the portable end is put in its place on the
tray and the columns of type tightened up by side and bottom wedges actuated
by a new and improved locking lever arrangement whereby the wedges are
speedily jammed and the forme lock up." These wedges would preferably be
two, made of planed steel, having their parallel edges next the frame and type
respectively, and be shifted by the new or improved portable hand lever with
two lateral pins projecting from one side near its acting end, which pins would
take into oval holes or slits formed on the upper side of the wedges, and so shift
the wedges to slacken or tighten them according to the direction the hand lever
is oscillated. Or in some cases the holes or slits might be formed also in the
top surface of the "chase" frame, and one of the pins of the hand lever be
inserted in these as a fulcrum to shift the outer wedges by. In some cases
springs would be fitted on the inner edge of the wedge next the bottom of the
columns of type, to tighten them up and avoid the necessity of spacing them out
all to an exact increment of length. When the type is thus made up and tightened
in this new chase "frame, they are ready for being removed with it from the
setting up table for stereotyping or other treatment. This new or improved wedge
locking lever arrangement can also be used with the ordinary open rectangular
frame chase," without the new tray bottom or portable end.
Dated the 3rd November 1890.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.

page_text: A New and Improved Type Chase and Locking Up Apparatus
connected therewith..
I, MAXWELL HEDDERWICK, of the firm of James Hedderwick and Sons, of
Saint Vincent Place, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Printers and Publishers, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, that is to say :-
This invention has reference to and comprises new and improved appliances for
securing, and carrying the set up columns or pages of type for convenience of
subsequent treatment, and is especially applicable in newspaper offices, printing and
publishing establishments and the like, which stereotype their formes.
And in order that this invention and the manner of performing or carrying the
same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended
an explanatory sheet of drawings, in which the same reference letters are used to
indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure represents a plan view of my new or improved construction of frame
or galley chase" with the locking wedges and fittings complete.
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Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section as taken near the line 1-1 Figure 1.
Figure 3 is an inverted plan view broken away showing the under surface and
plate of the frame or "galley chase."
Figure 4 represents an edge and plan view respectively of one of my improved
spring locking wedges.
While Figure represents edge and front views respectively of the portable
pinned hand key lever for tightening up the locking wedges.
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Referring to these drawings:-The invention consists of an improved construc-
tion of frame or "galley chase" consisting of a bottom plate or tray A preferably
of sheet zinc or brass of a rectangular shape, and having secured on it by
countersunk screws a and clliptical holes three fixed sides A, A1, A2, that is,
two metal sides A', A", and a back end A, and of the depth of the usual open
frame for securing the type, the elliptical holes of the screws a allowing for the
expansion of the plate or tray A to prevent it "bagging or raising the type.
The bottom tray may be formed at its outer edges of an irregular shape such as
dotted in at a³, in Figure 3, to allow for expansion of the metal, and prevent
"buckling" between the screws and screw holes a. And instead of securing the
bottom tray A to the side frames by screws at a, said tray may have its outer
edges kneed up round the outside of the frame A', A", A, and have securing pins
or screws at intervals apart, as dotted in at at in Figure 2. A loose portable front
end or side A³ is checked or otherwise secured at A' to the open or upper end of
the two sides A', A", of the "chase of the same depth as the other side, resting
on the bottom tray or plate A and casily removed or secured. For making up the
type into forme" within the new " galley chase A, the portable end A³ is
removed, preferably by inserting pins or handles into lateral holes at A, and the
type are shifted or slid from the usual hand "making up" column galley on to the
bottom tray A of the galley chase" where they are made up in columns with a
thin rule a between each column a² in the usual way. When all the type columns a²
are inserted in this way, the portable end A³ is put in its place on the tray A, and
the columns a² of type tightened by side and back wedges B, B', B, B¹ actuated
by a new and improved locking lever arrangement whereby the wedges are speedily
tightened or jammed against the rules and columns of type and the forme "locked
up." These wedges are preferably two sets B, B', B, B', made of planed steel,
having their parallel edges next the frame A' and A2 and type a respectively, and
the angled acting surfaces towards each other, so far, much as usual, but shifted by
the new or improved portable hand lever c, shown in Figure 5, with two lateral

page_text: pins projecting from one side near its actuating end, which pins c' take into
clongated or oval holes or slits band & formed on the upper side of the wedges B, B¹,
and so shift the wedges and especially the outer one B to slacken or tighten them
according to the direction the hand lever c c is oscillated. Or in some cases the
holes or slits or might be formed also in the top surface of the "chase"
frame A, A, as dotted in at 6, and one of the pins c' of the hand lever < be
inserted in these as a fulcrum to shift the outer wedge B' by. In some cases, as
shown in Figure 1, and particularly in Figure 4, blade or other equivalent springs
are fitted on the edge of the inner wedge B next the back A2 of the columns a' of
type preferably each secured by screw nails to the inner edge of the wedge B
each to act on a plate at the end of each column of type to tighten them up, and
avoid the necessity of spacing them out all to an exact increment of length. When
the columns of type a are thus made up and tightened in this new "chase"
frame A, they are ready for being removed with it from the usual setting up
travelling or portable wheeled table for taking the ordinary stereotyping papier-
mache impression under the roller mould or press, without removal from the new
chase frame A, and the other ordinary drying treatment, and from which the mould
impression is subsequently removed for stereotyping as usual. The new or improved
wedge locking lever arrangement c c can also be used with the ordinary open
rectangular frame "chase" without the new tray bottom A. or portable end A.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
First. The construction or arrangement and combination of a type chase with
flat bottom and three fixed and one portable side or end, and wedge and lever type
locking fittings, substantially as herein described in reference to and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
Second. A frame or "galley chase " comprising a flat bottom plate or tray and
three fixed and one portable side or end, substantially as and for the purposes
herein described, in reference to and by way of application shown in the accom-
panying drawings.
Third. In combination with a type frame or "galley chase" such as herein
described, the use of a portable or removable side or end, substantially as set
forth.
Fourth. In combination with a type chase the formation and use of a portable
and pinned lever and locking wedges formed with elongated holes, substantially as
and for the purposes herein described, in reference to and by way of application
shown in the accompanying drawings.
Fifth. In combination with a type chase, the construction and use of blade or
other springs on the inner locking wedges next the back of the type columns, sub-
tantially as and for the purposes herein described in reference to and by way
of application shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated the 30th July 1891.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.