Improvements in Means for Printing Late News.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th July, 1897
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Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 29th Jan., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Printing Late News.
I, CHARLES DAVIES, Plumber, &c., of 57B, Cannon Street, Manchester, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This fudge box is so constructed that it can be secured in position in the cylinder
of the printing machine without lifting the type plate for the purpose as hitherto.
This is accomplished by making the fudge box in bevil or dovetail form to slide
in corresponding bevils in the type plate and is secured laterally by a spring bolt
or catch falling into a corresponding recess in type plate. The back of the fudge
box is fitted with a hinged or slide plate to retain the type in position & for the
instantaneous emptying of type from same thus dispensing with spacing rules &
springs for holding type.
Doted this 22nd dov of Tule 1007
Improvements in Means for Printing Late News.
I, CHARLES DAVIES, of 57B, Cannon Street, Manchester, in the County of Lan-
caster, Plumber, 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:-
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This invention relates to what is termed a "fudge box" for application to the
cylinder or frame of a printing machine for the purpose of introducing late news
into newspapers after the type plate has been cast.
It is designed to provide a fudge box which can be secured in position upon the
cylinder of the printing machine without lifting the type plate, and which can be
most readily and quickly inserted in position and removed or changed.
It consists essentially in constructing the fudge box with bevelled or dovetail
edges to fit into a corresponding recess in the edge of the type plate, and with a
spring bolt or catch fitted to the outer edge to engage with a corresponding hole or
slot in the type cylinder to retain the box in position.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 front elevation of type cylinder and type plate showing the fudge box
in position.
Fig. 2. End elevation of same..
Fig. 3. Sectional elevation on line - Fig. 1.
Fig. 4. Front elevation of fudge box detached (enlarged scale).
Fig. 5. End elevation of same.
Fig. 6. Longitudinal section on line y-y, Fig. 4.
Fig. 7. Transverse section on line z-z Fig. 4.

page_text: The type cylinder A is of the ordinary construction for any description of print-
ing machine. I cast or construct the type plate B with a recess at one edge extend-
ing inwards the width of column of type. The three sides 6 of this recess are
formed with bevelled edges inclined inwards to form a dovetail groove to receive
the edges of the fudge box D.
The fudge box D) is made to slide into the recess in the edge of the type plate
without lifting it or displacing it after it has been fitted and attached to the type
cylinder A. Each of its three sides or edges d are bevelled to correspond with the
bevel of the sides of the recess in the type plate. To the outer edge of the fudge
box D is hinged or pivoted a bolt or catch E, which falls or takes into a hole or
slot a cut into the type cylinder A. The bolt or catch E is held down by a spring e
to maintain the fudge box in position on the cylinder. To release or remove the
fudge box the bolt or catch E is raised by a lever, and it is drawn out from the
Another box con-
edge of the type plate without disturbing or moving the latter.
taining later news may then be inserted in a similar manner, the bolt E falling
by the action of the spring e into the hole a as soon as the fudge box is in proper
position.
At one side the fudge box D is made with a pivoted or hinged cover d" which
swivels to one side (as in Fig. 4) or is raised (as in Fig. 8) to admit the lines of
type T, and closes over the ends of them to hold the type bars in position. This
pivoted or hinged cover d" forms part of one side of the fudge box, and is inclined
or bevelled to fit under the bevelled edge of the type plate B, which prevents it
opening when the box is in position for printing.
To prevent any shake or rattle of the fudge box when in position, I provide two
small spring bolts or buffers G which bear against the under side of the bevelled
edges 6 of the recess in the type plate B.
The bottom or under side D₁ of the fudge box D I preferably pivot or hinge,
so as to permit of it being opened by this means, the type bars T can be quickly
removed, and the box prepared to receive a fresh. set of type. Instead of hinging
or pivoting the bottom. D it may be fitted to slide or if desired it may be made a
fixture.
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 combination with the type plate of a printing cylinder constructed with
a recess open at one edge and bevelled at the sides, of a fudge box formed to slide
beneath the inclined sides and retained by a spring bolt or catch engaging. with
the cylinder, capable of being placed in position and removed without raising or
disturbing the type plate, substantially as described.
2. A fudge box or appliance for printing late news constructed with bevelled
edges at three sides to fit under the edges of a recess in the type plate, a spring
catch or bolt to engage with a hole in the cylinder, and a hinged or pivoted cover
to secure the type bars with or without a hinged or pivoted back, substantially
as described.
3. A fudge box or appliance for printing late news, constructed substantially as
described and shown.