Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1900-Accepted, 5th May, 1900
WILLIAM DAVID RITZEMA, of Quarry Glen, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in fudge boxes for gripping and holding
linotypes slugs or bars used in linotype printing machines, the object being to
so construct the box that the type can with rapidity and facility be securely locked
in the box and as quickly released when desired. The invention consists of a
fudge box with a locking bar operated by means of an eccentric.
According to this invention the fudge box is made in the ordinary manner and
inside same and at one end or side is mounted an eccentric shaft carrying a locking
bar. The shaft is provided with a handle or lever by means of which a partial
turn can be given to it and the eccentric shaft moves the locking bar against the
types or slugs securely locking the same in the fudge box.
of the handle or lever releases the types or slugs. The face of the locking bar is
A reverse motion
preferably slightly roughened and is of shape to correspond with the ends of the
types with which it comes into contact.
Dated this 23rd June 1899
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicant.
1, WILLIAM DAVID RITZEMA, of Quarry Glen, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 fudge boxes for gripping and holding
slugs or bars used in linotype printing machines, the object being to so construct
the boxes that the type can with rapidity and ease be securely locked in position
in the box and as quickly released when desired. The essential feature of the
invention is the use of an eccentric movement for locking in the slugs or bars.
In carrying the invention into effect I proceed in or in about the following manner
making reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan of
the box with the slugs locked in position and Fig. 2 a part sectional side view
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of the box unlocked. I provide a fudge box a made in the ordinary manner and
inside it at one end or side is mounted an eccentric shaft free to rotate in a
locking bar 6.
The shaft is carried in the sides of the box by end projections d.
The shaft is furnished with a handle or levere by which it can be partly rotated
So as to move bar to the extent of the bars eccentricity and so securely grip
the types or slugs f between the locking bar e and the opposite end of the box a.
A reverse motion of the handle or lever releases the type or slugs. The face
of the locking bar c is preferably slightly roughened and is of a shape to correspond
with the ends of the types with which it comes in contact. The handle e shuts
down within the box when the types are locked and provided with a slight
projection by which it can be raised to unlock the types. To accommodate
the projection and prevent the handle projecting above the box a depression /
is made in one side of the box.
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: -
1. In fudge boxes the provision at one end or side of the fudge box of a locking
bar which can be moved into or out of contact with the types or slugs by the
action of an eccentric shaft free to turn in the sides of the box and within the
locking bar and having a handle or lever at one end by which it can be operated,
substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified by the accom-
panying drawings.
2. The combination with a fudge box of an eccentric shaft, a locking bar sur-
rounding the said shaft and free to move to and fro within the box and a handle
for operating the eccentric shaft, the whole substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of March 1900.
HUGHES & YOUNG.
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.