Improvements in Printers' Galleys.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 28th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
[Communicated from abroad by GEORGE WASHINGTON CUMMINGS, of No. 101, West
Seventy-eighth Street, in the City and State of New York, United States of
America, Secretary and Treasurer of the American Press Association.]
Improvements in Printers' Galleys.
J, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
It
This improvement consists in a printer's galley having one side secured in place by
pivots located near the plane of its inner face and preferably close to the bottom.
is also preferable to have the outer side chamfered off or cut away adjacent to the pivots.
There will preferably be one fixed end and one fixed side. There is preferably com-
bined with the pivoted side a spring catch and also a clamp for fastening this side in
its upright position.
The essential feature of the improvement is a rocking side which may he rocked
into an upright position to hold the type and rocked over on one side to release its
hold on the type, while still at its bottom portion retaining the type in place so that it
will not be disarranged.
PT 1
1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printers' Galleys.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:-
It
These improvements consist in a printer's galley having one side secured in place by
pivots located near the plane of its inner face and preferably close to the bottom.
is also preferable to have the outer side chamfered off or cut away adjacent to the
pivots. There will preferably be one fixed end and one fixed side. There is preferably
combined with the pivoted side a spring catch and also a clamp for fastening this side
in its upright position.
The essential feature of the improvements is a rocking side which may be rocked
into an upright position to hold the type and rocked over on one side to release its
hold on the type, while still at its bottom portion retaining the type in place so that it
will not be disarranged.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan or top view of a galley embodying
my improvements with its pivoted side in the upright position. Figure 2 is a plan
or top view of the galley with the pivoted side rocked over into its lowest position.
Figure 3 is a transverse section at the plane of the dotted line a Figure 1. Figure
is a transverse section at the plane of the dotted line y y Figure 2. Figure 5 is
a view of one end of the galley. Figure 6 is a view of the other end of the
galley. Figure 7 is a longitudinal section. Figure 8 is a transverse section of
the galley including its clamp. Figure 9 is an inverted plan or bottom view of
the clamp. Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the
figures.
This galley is shown as having a bottom A, a fixed side B, a fixed end C and
As here shown the fixed
a pivoted side D. It may be made wholly of metal.

page_text: side B and fixed end C are made of comparatively thick metal and the bottom, A,
of sheet metal. The bottom may be riveted or otherwise secured to the fixed side
and end.
The pivoted side, D, as here shown, has the inner side and the top at right
angles and the outer side cut away or chamfered off. The outer side is represented
as grooved so that the pivoted side as a whole is L-shaped in the cross section.
At the ends the pivoted side has pivots d' d. These are located close to the
bottom and near to the inner side or surface so that when the pivoted side is rocked
over as represented in Figures 2 and 4 the bottom edge of its inner surface or side
will not be materially disturbed and so will prevent the accidental disarrangement
of the type although by the rocking the pivoted side shall have relaxed its hold upon
the type.
The pivot d is shown as consisting of a pin secured to a block d that is fastened
by rivets, solder or other means to the bottom A in such position that it will be in
line with the pivoted side. This pivot extends into a hole or cylindrical cavity in
the adjacent end of the pivoted side. The pivot 2 is shown as consisting of a screw
working in a tapped bole in the fixed end C and having its extremity extended into
a hole or cylindrical cavity in the pivoted end.
I have shown a bearing or stay piece, E, affixed to the bottom A at about the middle
of the length of the latter. This is to prevent the longitudinal bending or outward
bulging of the pivoted side under pressure. This bearing or stay is shown as
terminating at the upper edge of the inner side in a hook e. The outer surface of the
pivoted side is shown as provided near the bottom with an outwardly extending
hook d. The hook, d, will engage with the hook e of the bearing or stay, E, when
the pivoted side is in its upright position. Owing to this the bearing or stay, E, will
not merely preclude the outward bending or bulging of the pivoted side, but will
prevent it from moving upwardly between its ends.
g
G designates a spring catch for holding the pivoted side D in its upright position.
As here shown, this spring catch consists of a strip of spring metal secured to the top
of the fixed end C and having at the free end a downwardly extending book which
co-acts with a lug, d', arranged at the adjacent end of the pivoted side, over the
pivot of the latter. As shown, this spring catch is secured in place by two
screws g¹g, the latter of which simply prevents the catch from swinging edgewise out
of the vertical plane of the fixed end C, and does not interfere with the movement of
the spring catch toward and from the fixed end C.
Whenever the pivoted side is moved into its upright position, its lug d,
will pass
the hook g of the spring catch G and engage therewith. The spring catch will have
to be moved up to disengage it from the lug before the pivoted side can be
swung down into its lowest position.
H designates a clamp, here shown as consisting of a piece of sheet metal com-
prising a main section and an adjustable section. The main section h¹ is shown
as having one end bent downwardly so that while its main portion rests upon the
top of the fixed side; B, its end h³ will extend downwardly against the outer surface
of said fixed side. This main section h¹ has that one of its longitudinal edges which
is toward the fixed end C of the galley bent downwardly into the space bounded by
the bottom and two sides of the galley. The other end of the main section ' is shown
as resting upon the top of the pivoted side, D, while the latter is in its upright position.
The adjustable section is here shown as resting upon the top of the pivoted side and
at the outer end /* is bent downwardly to bear against the outer surface of the pivoted
side. That end of the main section h which rests upon the top of the pivoted side is
shown as bifurcated. The adjustable section is shown at that end which rests upon
the top of the pivoted side as extended between the bifurcate portions of the main
section. At the end opposite to that which rests upon the pivoted side the adjustable
section is bent under the main section. A shaft or stud is supported in a bearing
in the main section h¹ and is provided with a crank or eccentric which fits within the
adjacent end of the adjustable section. A washer is arranged beneath the adjustable
section and secured on the crank or eccentric by riveting the extremity of the latter

page_text: over it: The shaft or stud has at the outer extremity an arm attached to it. By
rotating the shaft or stud by swinging its arm it may shift the adjustable section out-
wardly to release the hold of the clamp upon the two sides of the galley, or inwardly
to cause the clamp to grasp the two sides of the galley. This clamp aids in securing
the pivoted side in its upright position and it also forms a foot or base for the lower
end of the type.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :
1. A galley provided with one side pivoted by means of pivots located near the
plane of the inner face of said side, substantially as specified.
2. A galley provided with one side pivoted by means of pivots located near the
plane of the inner face of said side, and close to the bottom of said side substantially
as specified.
3. A galley provided with one pivoted side which has the outer face cut away and
has its pivots located near the plane of its inner face, substantially as specified.
4. A galley provided with a pivoted side, in combination with a clamp for locking
the said pivoted side in place, substantially as shown and described.
5. A galley provided with a pivoted side in combination with a clamp adapted to
engage the upper ends of the fixed and the said pivoted side and serving to lock the
pivoted side in place, substantially as shown and described.
6. A galley comprising a bottom, a fixed side, a fixed end, a pivoted side, and a
spring catch secured to the said fixed end and adapted to engage the said pivoted
side, all arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.
7. A galley comprising a bottom, a fixed side, a fixed end, a pivoted side and a
spring catch secured to the said fixed end and adapted to engage the said pivoted
side, and a clamp adapted to engage the upper ends of the said fixed and pivoted
sides to lock the latter in place, substantially as shown and described.
8. A galley comprising a bottom, a fixed side, a fixed end, a pivoted side, and a
spring catch, secured to the said fixed end and adapted to engage the said pivoted
side, and a clamp comprising an adjustable section, a crank or eccentric and an arm
for operating the said crank or eccentric, substantially as specified.
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Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.