IMPROVEMENTS IN AND IN CONNECTION WITH TYPE COMPOSING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Winder, of Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND IN CONNECTION
WITH TYPE COMPOSING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINERY OR APPARATUS."
4000
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11 Nawaban 1970
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Robert Winder at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th November 1879.
ROBERT WINDER, of Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman.
PROVEMENTS IN AND IN CONNECTION WITH TYPE COMPOSING AND DISTRIBUTING
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS."
"IM-
My said improvements have been designed to facilitate in a high degree the
operations of composing and distributing type, and that object is effected by
machinery or apparatus which works more rapidly and places the type in their
proper places with greater exactness than has been possible with the apparatus
or appliances heretofore attempted to be used for the purpose.
The said machinery or apparatus consists essentially of novel constructions and
arrangements of parts to be used in combination with each other so as to form
complete machines, or parts of the said machinery or apparatus may also be
advantageously employed in combination with or as substitutes for other portions of
type composing and distributing machines.
For convenience I will hereafter refer to one part of the machinery or apparatus
as the composing machine and to the other part as the distributing machine.
Fig. 1 is a plan view, Fig. 2 a front elevation, Fig. 3 a side elevation,
and Fig. 4 a detail view of type composing machinery constructed under my
Invention.
The first part of my Invention has reference to the construction and arrangement
of the type fount or reservoir, and bas for its object to allow free delivery of the
type as required. For this purpose the bottom of the fount a, which is divided
into cells b, has slots or openings c cut or formed therein or therethrough. Each
such slot or opening is of less width than the types which are contained in the
cells above, so that sufficient metal is left beneath each cell to support or carry the
said type. The type ejectors, as will be obvious, operate through the said slots or
openings.

page_text: The second part of my Invention has for its object to provide improved
appliances for ejecting types from a fount, and for that purpose I provide pusher
bars & for each cell or kind of type of thin pieces of metal, and operate the said
bars by a reciprocating beam e which receives motion from a cam f; more than
one cam can be used for that purpose. The said pusher bars d are free to oscillate
on centres g attached to or forming part of the said reciprocating beam e. It will
be seen that the pusher bars will move to and fro with each reciprocation of the
beam and that the elevation of the acting end of each pusher will determine
whether such pusher bar will on the forward movement eject a type from the fount
or not.
The third part of my Invention relates to appliances for governing the oscillating
motion of the pusher bars above mentioned, in order that such pusher bars may be
made to eject the desired types at the proper times. For that purpose keys h,
attached to bent levers i free to oscillate on centres j, are arranged to take into
recesses on sliding bars 1. The sliding bars are constructed or formed with
recesses m, and they serve to support upright bars n which are free to rise and full
in guides o in the carriers p. The said upright bars n are each placed beneath a
pusher bar and serve, by their position, to regulate the elevation of the front end
of such pusher bars and thereby govern the ejection of the type. The action is as
follows: The depression of a key h gives motion to a bar & until a bar n falls into
a recess m, the rear end of the corresponding pusher bar will thereby be allowed
to fall, the acting end will rise, and a type will be ejected on the forward motion of
the beam e and pusher bars.
Instead of the arrangement above described the modification shewn in Figs. 5 &
6 may be used. Here the keys & act directly on the rear ends of the pusher bars d
so as to retain them in position by frictional contact. The keys, after being
depressed, are raised by means of the moving beam or like appliance.
The fourth part of my Invention relates to restoring the pusher bars to their
normal position after they have been employed for ejecting types. For that
purpose a lever q is employed for giving motion to the bars so as to move them
back to their original position after the keys acting upon them have been left free.
During the backward motion the bars n which are formed at their lower ends
with bevelled edges, are raised, owing to the action of the edges of the recesses m
on such bevelled edges, and the rear ends of the pusher bars are raised into their
normal position.
To prevent more than one type being ejected at the same time from any given
cell a guide piece with slots or grooves is placed in front of the fount in such a
position that each slot or groove is in front of a cell containing types, which are
of the same width as and of less depth than the slot or groove.
The fifth part of my Invention provides means for causing the types ejected 4
from a fount to be arranged in correct order on a travelling collector or strap. The
said travelling collector or strap t receives an intermittent forward motion by
means of a pulley u and a rising and falling motion by means of the rocking
levers and lifters v. The types are pushed from the fount whilst the collector or
strap is in a raised position, the said collector or strap then descends, moves 4
onwards, and deposits the type on a dead plate or receiver w.
Figs. 5 & 6 show a modified arrangement of a travelling band or collector; here
the said band is made of a series of metal plates hinged together and carried by
octagonal rollers. The type in this arrangement are carried away from the front
of the roller instead of being carried away from the end.
The sixth part of my Invention relates to facilitating the transfer of the types
froin the travelling collector or strap on to the dead plate. For that purpose
form or make the said travelling collector or strap with grooves therein, and place
prongs affixed to the dead plate so that such prongs enter the grooves of the
strap and direct the types on their flat on to the dead plate.
As means for collecting the types upon a dead plate under the above sixth part
when the modified arrangement of collector described under the fifth part is used
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page_text: I make use of several rakes y, Figs. 5 & 6, all connected together and working
synchronously, one rake being used for each plate above the rollers carrying type.
The operation is as follows:-Supposing that there are 5 plates & carrying type, in
that case five rakes y are employed, each acting on one plate. Each rake acts
over one fifth of the surface of a plate, the rake nearest the fount acting at the
furthest end of the plate and the rake furthest from the fount acting to pull or
push the types on to the dead plate.
The seventh part of my Invention has for its object to move the types over the
dead plate, and consists of a rake y which receives a to and fro motion from the
crank z. The said rake y serves to propel the types from off the dead plate w on
to a carrying strap a* which has a comparatively slow motion.
The eighth part of my Invention relates to effecting the turning of the types
from their flat on to their edge. For that purpose a pusher bar 6x moves across
the carrying strap and pushes the type on to an oscillating segmental piece c*.
The said piece carries the type from off the strap a* and after moving through a
quarter of a circle deposits such type on their edge on the table d*.
The ninth part of my Invention relates to retaining the type on its edge when
deposited on the table d*. For that purpose I employ a spring ex which bears or
rests on the last type and prevents the same falling.
"
The tenth part of my Invention has for its object to ensure correct action in the
apparatus constructed, arranged, and combined as herein mentioned, and for that
purpose I dispose the letters and characters in the novel manner shown on the
accompanying table marked Fig. 7 on the Drawings, and I dispose the operating
keys in corresponding order.
The above described machinery is operated by any suitable power and the parts
are geared together in any convenient or desired manner by means of toothed
wheels, levers, belts, or like appliances.
Fig. 8 is a front view, Figs. 9 & 10 end views, and Fig. 11 a sectional view of a
machine for distributing type constructed under my Invention.
The framework of a distributing machine constructed under my Invention
consists of an elongated horizontal table 1 supported on suitable standards 2 and
having broad flat grooves 3 cut or formed thereon for the reception of the types
after they have been distributed; opposite to each groove is apparatus for placing
a particular character of tyre within such groove. The said type are placed within
the grooves 3 so that certain nicks or grooves with which each type is constructed
or formed are uppermost, so that it can be readily perceived if correct distribution
bas taken place.
The eleventh part of my Invention relates to apparatus for supplying the type
one by one to the distributing mechanisın. The types to be distributed are placed
upon their feet on a small table 4 and are pressed against a disc 5 placed at right
angles thereto. The said disc 5 has shallow grooves 6 which extend from near the
centre of the disc to near the circumference thereof. Each time a groove comes
opposite the line of type during rotation of the said disc the said line of type enter
the groove and are carried forward into an upright position. The said types then
slide down the slotted piece 7 until they are arrested in front of the box 8, which
is fitted with springs which press upon the edge of the lowest and three or four
next uppermost types in such manner that only one type at a time can be ejected
and separated from the remainder.
The above arrangement of mechanism is similar to that described in British
Letters Patent, No. 74 of the year 1875. The types are ejected by a metal or
other adequate push piece 10 acting upon the rear end or foot of the lowest type
and propelling the same lengthwise on a ledge 11 provided with sides at an angle
preferably of 45 degrees to the horizon.
The twelfth head of my Invention relates to the distributing apparatus. The
above mentioned ledge 11 extends from end to end of the machine and the types
are intermittently propelled thereon by a number of forwarding pieces 12. The

page_text: pieces 12 have a rising, and falling, and advancing, and retiring motion given to
them by means of the shaft 13, to which they are attached so as to propell the
types by intermittent pressure on their rear ends a certain distance along the said
edge. The above forwarding pieces 12 are made of moveable parts, shown thereon
in the Drawings, which allow of accurate adjustment. As soon as the types (the
notches whereof are placed towards the back of the ledge) have become stationary
feelers 14 project through the body of the ledge, descend upon the types, and try
whether the points or projections thereon coincide with the notches or recesses on
the particular type underneath. If the points or projections do so correspond they
enter such notches or recesses and allow pieces 15 affixed to the back of the ledge
to push the type off on to a lower ledge 16 facing the grooves in the table 1 before
mentioned. If the points do not so correspond the feelers rest on the types, and
types remain upon the ledge awaiting the next succeeding forwarding piece. The
particular type pushed off are set on edge in due order in the grooves next
to the types previously pushed off by means of putter up 17 affixed to an
oscillating shaft 18.
The thirteenth part of my Invention relates to the driving mechanism for giving
the requisite motion.
The principal is the cam for regulating the rise and fall of the forwarding pieces.
Such cam 19 is fitted with studs 20 and has a rotary motion imparted to it. The
shaft 13 receives an oscillating motion from the cam 19 so that the forwarding
pieces have a rising and falling motion. At the same time and acting in unison
with the cam the shaft 13 is moved backwards and forwards by means of a
crank 21. The combined action of the apparatus as above set forth gives the before
mentioned intermittent forward travel to the types. The said cam 19 also serves
to give a rising and falling motion to the feelers 14. The above mentioned putters
up 17 are attached to a shaft 18 which receives its motion from two segmental
racks 22, one of which is attached to the fecler shaft. The above mentioned
crank 21 is attached to a block 23 which carries the push piece 10 for ejecting the
types one by one. The said block 23 also carries a bowl 24 which actuates a lever
to give motion to the springs pressing upon the lowest types. The whole of the
above moveable parts are driven by power applied to strap or band pullies with
suitable operating forks.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention in
such manner that others will be enabled to carry my improvements into effect,
I claim,―
Under the first part. The type fount or reservoir, constructed substantially as set
forth.
Under the second part. The construction and arrangement of the pusher bars,
operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.
Under the third and fourth parts. The construction and arrangement of the keys,
bars, and pushers, combined and operating substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
Under the fifth and sixth parts. The travelling collector, its operating mechanism,
and the type removers, combined, arranged, and operating substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
Under the seventh, eighth, and ninth parts. I claim the constructions, arrange-
ments, and combinations of apparatus, operating substantially in the manner and
for the purposes set forth.
Under the tenth part. The construction, arrangement, and combination of parts
substantially as set forth for the purpose specified.
Under the eleventh part. The construction, arrangement, and combination of the
disc 5, container 8, and springs 9, operating substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
Under the twelvfth part. (a) The construction, arrangement, and combination of
the parts operating conjointly for the purpose of efficiently propelling the types

page_text: intermittently, as described; (b) the feelers 14, operating substantially as and for
the purposes set forth; (c) the putter up 17, constructed, combined, and operating
substantially as set forth for the purposes specified.
Under the thirteenth part. The construction, arrangement, and combination of
the various parts of the driving gear, operating in conjunction for the purposes
specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Winder, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
Witness,
THOS. H. WINDER,
Sol*.,
Bolton.
ROBERT WINDER. (L.S.)