Improvements in and relating to Printers'. Frames.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Printers'. Frames.
I LEWIS HARBERD of 25 Percy Road Shepherds Bush W. Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in printers frames and has for its object
the construction of said frames of such material as to render them fireproof, and in
such a manner as to be readily taken apart for transport, and at the same time to
construct the said frames so that by means of suitable apparatus to be hereinafter
more fully described the height of the top cases may be readily adjusted to suit the.
convenience of the person working thereat.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a frame the standards
or legs of which are composed of metal tubing or angle iron of any con-
venient section but preferably tubular. Attached to the legs above mentioned
or forming part thereof and at suitable distances apart are arranged lugs
or projections, the said projections having cast or otherwise formed therein
suitable sockets for the reception of other projections or the like which are
secured to suitable tubular cross stays the object of which is to unite the sides and
back of the frame. Attached to the top stays at back and front of the frame are
two bearings or supports for the purpose of carrying a screwed spindle, said spindle
having at either end thereof a right and left hand screw thread upon which work
two nuts, attached to the said nuts by any suitable means are two levers or arms
one end of each being pivotted to the top frame so that by turning the spindle by
means of a suitable handle, the two nuts are caused to approach towards or recede
from each other and the levers acting upon the top frame cause same to be either
raised or lowered according to the direction in which the spindle is caused to revolve.
To prevent the frame from rocking or swaying from side to side, four or more.
guides are attached to the frame said guides working in the tubular legs
aforementioned.
Attached to the top moveable frame is a folding galley rest or support composed
of two levers or arms, one end of the arms being pivotted upon the frame and to
the other end is rivetted or otherwise secured a piece of angle iron or other suitable
material to retain the galley or case for containing the type while the compositor
distributes or corrects the matter set up.
The abovementioned rest or support may also be adapted to existing wooden
frames as ordinarily used.
Dated this 20th day of January 1893.
FREDK.
WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Printers' Frames.
1 LEWIS HARBERD of 25 Percy Road Shepherds Bush, W. Engineer 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:
My invention relates to improvements in printers frames, and has for its object
the construction of said frames of such material as to render them fire-proof, and in
5 such a manner that they may be readily taken apart for transport, and by means of

page_text: apparatus to adjust the neight of the top cases to suit the convenience
of the person working thereat.
And in order that my invention may be the better understood I will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a double frame constructed according to my
invention, a portion of the legs being removed to show the guides of the top
frame.
Fig. 2. is an end elevation of Fig. 1. the dotted lines indicating the top moveable
frame when in its raised position.
Fig. 3. is a plan of the frame.
Fig. 4 is a section on line A B Fig. 1.
Fig. 5. is a section on line C D Fig. 4.
Figs. 6 to 9 are enlarged views of the guides above mentioned.
Figs. 10 and 11 are respectively a plan and longitudinal section on line E F of
the means employed for securing the stays to the legs of the frame.
Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively a plan and elevation partly in section of the
means for securing or coupling the longitudinal and cross stays to the central front
leg of the frame.
Fig. 14 is a plan of the coupling upon the back centre leg of the frame, the stays.
being shewn detached.
Figs. 15 and 16. are respectively side and front views of the front guides of the
top frame.
Figs. 17 and 18 are side and back views of the back guides of the top frame.
Fig. 19 is a plan of the top of Fig. 15, and Fig. 20 is a plan of the top of
Fig. 18.
In carrying out my invention I construct six tubular metal legs or standards a
which have secured thereon at suitable intervals couplings with lugs. or
projections having conical sockets c formed therein for the reception of a conical
projection d formed upon the ends of the hollow stays e e as shewn in Figs. 10 to 14
Sheet 2.
As the two moveable frames are constructed in the same manner, the same.
description will apply to both.
Sliding within the tubular legs a are guides the top of said guides being
furnished with a collar or stop which rests upon the top of the legs a and keeps
the moveable frame level when in its lowest position.
l
Forming part of the collars upon the guides are projections, to which are
secured by screws, or other means, inclined angle bars m running from the front
guides to the back to which they are secured as shewn in Figs. 2, 4, 15 and 16 and
upon which rest the type cases. The back guides are continued above the
collars and may be of any suitable section but preferably shaped and have formed
upon them at suitable intervals brackets or projections n as shewn more particularly
in Figs. 17 and 18, which serve to keep back stays o o' in position. Running along
the front of the top frame and secured at either end to the projecting piece upon
the top of the guides, which may be recessed to receive it (as shewn at P in
Figs. 15 and 16) is a piece of angle iron or the like p' which serves to keep the
cases from sliding down the inclined angle bars m. Attached to the angle bar p is
a cross stay of T iron or the like q which is. also secured by screws or other suitable
means at the back end to the lower back stay o². A strengthening bar q may also
be secured to the stays o' o'.
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The guides working within the centre tubular legs a are preferably constructed
as shewn in Figs. 6 and 8 of T section, the tees being placed back to back as
shewn in Fig. 1. thereby allowing the guides to slide freely in the legs a.
The guides working within the end legs are preferably Y shaped as shewn in
Figs. 7 and 9 as they may then be so arranged within the legs that any rivets or
screws which may project beyond the inner surface of the tube do not interfere with,
their free movement.

page_text: Attached to the bar p' is a folding rest or support composed of two levers or
arms one. end of the arms. being pivotted upon the bar and the other end is
pivotted to a piece of angle iron 2 in such a manner. that the said arms may be.
either closed as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 or extended as shewn by dotted
lines in Fig. 4.:.
The moveable frames are raised. and. lowered by the means now to be described.
Cast or otherwise attached to the top front and back: stays e¹ and in the centre
of same are bearings ff in which rotates a spindle or shaft.g. having formed on its
opposite ends a right and left hand screw thread as shewn at h h Figs. 2 and 4.
Upon this spindle are mounted two nuts having threads formed therein to
correspond with the threads formed upon the spindle ends.
jjare levers the outer ends of which are pivotted to the nuts i and the inner
ends to the lower cross bar q of the top moveable frame, the lever head and nut
being shewn in Fig. 5.
When it is desired to raise either of the frames the screwed spindle is rotated by
means of a cranked handle or the like fitting upon squares formed upon the ends of
the spindles and the nuts caused to advance one to the other when the levers j j¹
acting upon the lower angle bar 7 raise the frame, the guides effectually
preventing any rocking movement of the said frame.
To lower the frame the spindle is revolved in an opposite direction when the nuts
receeding one from the other the frame will be lowered, the amount of lift being
regulated by the length of the levers jj. It will thus be seen that the height of
the top frame can be readily adjusted to suit the convenience of the person working
thereat, and the piling of cases one on the other and consequent damage thereto
is avoided.
Secured by means of screws or other suitable means to the legs or standards a
are a series of angle bars k running from back to front of the frame to form runners
or supports for the type cases, the ends of said bars at the back may be turned up
at right angles to the body thereof and so prevent the cases from being pushed too
far back, the angle bars k also serve to keep the frame rigid.
When it is desired to take the frame apart the pins are first removed from the
levers when the top frame can be bodily withdrawn, the stays e e¹ are next
removed then the runners from the legs, after which the legs, stays, runners,
and
screwed spindle are free.
The various parts of the top frame may also be taken apart by withdrawing the
screws or other means by which they are held together, and the whole frame
packed in a very small compass.
For a single frame only four legs would be required and four guides the section
of all the guides being the same.
If found necessary I may attach to the underside of the conical projections a
button or the like which may be so shaped that when the projections are in the
sockets, the said button may be caused to engage with the sides of the sockets and
80 prevent the withdrawal of the plugs therefrom on the spindle g being revolved.
The spindle g may also be formed hollow in which case the holes formed therein
would be squared or otherwise formed to allow of the spindle being revolved by
means of a key or the like.
In some instances I may dispense with the central socket forined upon the centre
coupling, and employ a projecting pin or stud which would be inserted into the
bore of the tube and so retain same in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The herein before described combination and arrangement of parts forming an
adjustable printers frame capable of being. taken apart for transport and other
purposes.
2. In a printers frame constructed as hereinbefore described adjusting the height

page_text: of the sliding frame to support the case in use by means of toggle levers operated.
by right and left hand screws substantially as hereinbefore specified and shewn by
the accompanying drawings.
3. In a printers frame the use of projections or lugs having conical sockets
formed therein, attached to or formed integral with tubular metallic legs or 5
standards, in combination with stay bars or tubes having dovetailed or conical
projections thereon or attached thereto to fit the said sockets substantially as herein
before specified and for the purpose stated.
Dated this 19th day of October 1893.
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.