Year: 1888

page_text: I, HUGH HAMILTON Managing Director of the Type Setting Syndicate of 2 Copthall
Buildings in the City of London do hereby declare the nature of this Invention which
has been communicated to me from abroad by the Thorne Machine Company of
32 Vesey Street New York City in the United States of America a Company incor-
porated under the laws of the State of New York and in what manner the same is to
bo performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The present invention relates to a type setting and distributing machine of the
character shewn and described in the Specifications of Letters Patent Nos. 14517
and 14518 of 1887 granted to The Thorne Machine Company and Joseph Thorno.
The improvements constituting the present invention relate particularly, however,
to the typo setting mechanism, and especially to the means for transferring the
type from the typo conveying belt to the composing stick, it being the object of
the invention to render this part of the machine more certain and reliable in its
operation and thus increase the practical efficiency of the machine as a whole.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the type conveying belt and the parts
immediately connected therewith of a machine of the character described in the
aforesaid Specifications showing also a portion of the composing stick, a portion of
the revolving, type carrying table and a portion of the composing case in section.
Figure 2 is a side view of the same parts.
Figure 3 is an end view looking from the loft of figures 1 and 2.
Figure 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of figure 1 but drawn to a larger
scale.
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page_text: parts being removed and other parts being shewn in section, the figure being
substantially a section taken on the line 5 5 of figure 6.
Figure 6 is a section drawn to a larger scale and taken on the line 66 of
Figure 2.
Figure 7 is a horizontal section taken on the line 7 7 of figure 6.
Figures 8 and 9 aro respectively outside and inside views of the cap plate removed
from the other parts.
A represents the composing case or cylinder, 40 the revolving, type carrying table,
3 the type conveying belt and 34 the composing-stick of a type setting machine
constructed and organized as shown and described in the aforesaid Specifications.
In the construction described and illustrated in the said prior Specifications the
type-conveying belt 3 passed at its forward end around a stationary pulley or roll
located beneath the end of the composing-stick and as the type arrived at the end
of the belt they passed into the control of a revolving lifting wheel or lifter by
which they were successively raised to take their places in the line of composition
where they were retained by suitable devices for that purpose.
In the organization according to the present Invention the revolving lifter or
lifting wheel is dispensed with and in its stead there is employed a reciprocating
lifter formed in part by the conveying belt itself and in part by a lifter proper
onto which the typo pass from the belt. For this purpose the pulley 26 around
which the belt 3 passes at its forward end is mounted upon a stud projecting
from the face of a head or plate 22 which is arranged to move vertically between
flanges 20 projecting from a depending plate 39. The plate 22 is provided upon its
face with a block 19 forming the lifter proper which is slaped to conform to the belt 3
as it passes around the pulley 26-and the upper edge of which is in line with and
forms a continuation of the belt. The lifter 19 is so situated that as it is carried
upward by the movement of the plate 22 it is caused to enter the end of the
composing stick 34 and raise the type into position to be caught and retained in
the stick by the retaining devices.
The plato or head 22 carrying the lifter 19 and the roll 26 receives a rapid
reciprocating movement from an eccentric or crank 12 upon the end of a short
shaft 13 which is mounted in a bearing formed on a plate 27 secured to the plate 39
and is provided with a pinion 14 which engages with a toothed wheel 15 mounted
upon a shaft 16 which is driven through a pulley 29 and belt 79 from the vertical
shaft 32 in the manner shown in the aforesaid prior Specifications.
In order to permit the belt 6 to have the rising and falling movement due to the
vertical movement of the roll 26, the forward portion of the guides 21 and also tho
plate 46 which supports the belt at that point aro pivoted as shewn at 11 so as to be
capable of oscillating vertically with the belt as it rises and falls.
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The cap plate 110 which forms the outer wall of the lower end of the composing
stick and also extends downward outside the lifter is provided with a slot in which is
pivoted a retaining hook 25 which is acted on by a spring 17 in such manner as to be
constantly pressed inward into position to catch and retain the type as they are
successively raised into the stick by the lifter. The extent to which the book 25 may
be pressed inward is controlled by an adjusting screw 18. Co-operating with the
hook 25 to retain the line of type in the stick is a spring 23 which is attached to the
body of the composing stick and lies in the slot of the plate 110 with its end just
above the shoulder 9 of the hook 25 (see figure 6). In order to prevent the
momentum of the type as they pass from the belt 3 onto the lifter 19 from projecting
them too far onto the lifter and yet arrest them without danger of marring or injuring
their faces, the plate 110 is provided with a spring 8 which is curved at its edge so as
to project in front of the type and arrest them by engaging with their corners as
shown in figure 7. In order to facilitate access to the lifter and to the type in the
lower end of the stick the plate 110 is pivoted at its upper end upon a stud 24 so that
it can be swung out to. a horizontal position or can be entirely detached from the
other parts. When in use it is held in position by a locking screw 28 which enters
an open recess 30 in the body of the stick. In order to regulate with great accuracy

page_text: the position which the lifter shall reach in its upward movement the plate 27 is made
capable of a limited adjustment upon the plate 39 and the plate 39 is provided with
an adjusting screw 31 by which the position of the plate 27 can be varied.
In order to insure the proper advancement of the type onto the lifter as they are
raised into the composing stick so that they will enter the stick squarely, there is pro-
vided a reciprocating follower 35 which is loosely pivoted upon a reciprocating rod 36
with its free forward end resting upon the belt 3. The rod 36 projects from an
arm 37 which in turn projects from a bar 38 having a rack 7 which is engaged by a
pinion 6 to the face of which is secured a second pinion 5 which is engaged by a
rack upon a bar 41 which is connected by a stud 4, passing through a slot in the
plate 39 with the reciprocating plate 22. From this it results that the follower is
caused to make one forward and back movement to each vertical reciprocation of
the plate 22 and lifter 19; and the parts are so timed that the forward movement
of the follower takes place simultaneously with the upward movement of the lifter
so that each type as it is raised by the lifter is at the same time advanced by the
follower (if not already sufficiently advanced) so as to enter the composing stick
squarely and in proper position.
In order to even up the line of type as it is advanced into the stick the bar 38
is provided with a second arm 42 from which extends a rod 43 which passes
beneath the composing stick and carries an evening plate 44 which as the bar 38
is reciprocated strikes against the faces of the type and thus evens up the line.
The plate 44 is provided with an inner face 45 of raw bide or other material which
will prevent the faces of the type from being injured.
The operation of the mechanism thus organized is as follows:-The type will be
ejected from the channels of the composing case A onto the revolving type carrying
table 40 and will pass thence onto the type conveying belt 3 and be conveyed
forward between the guides 21 and the separator formed by the oval shaped roils 10
the same as in the prior Specifications before referred to. As each of the typo a
arrives at the forward end of the belt 3 it will pass beneath the follower 35 which
will rise freely to allow it to pass and be projected onto the lifter 19 as shown at a
in figure 5, and upon the upward movement of the lifter it will (if necessary) be
advanced to the proper position by the follower and will be raised past the shoulder 9
of the hook 25 where it will be caught and retained and so the operation will be
repeated the line of type being advanced in the composing stick as the successive type
are added. If at any time two type follow each other in such close succession that
the second is in contact with the first when the latter is raised onto the stick, the
weight of the follower will be sufficient to press the second type downward when the
lifter and belt are lowered so as to permit it to pass forward and take its proper place
beneath the typo just lifted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
First: The combination with the type conveying belt 3 and the composing stick 34,
of the vertically reciprocating lifter 19 substantially as herein before described.
Second: The combination of the vertically reciprocating pulley or roller 26 and the
type conveying belt 3 passing around said pulley or roller substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Third-The combination with the vertically reciprocating pulley or roller 26 and
the type conveying belt 3 passing around said pulley or roller of the vertically
reciprocating lifter 19 forming a continuation of the belt, substantially as heroin-
before described.
Fourth-The combination with the vertically moving type conveying belt 3 of
the pivoted reciprocating follower 35 resting upon the belt substantially as hereinbofore
described.
Fifth The combination with the vertically reciprocating lifter and the composing
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page_text: stick of the pivoted spring pressed hook 25 and the spring 23 located inside the
book 25 with its end just above the shoulder 9 of the hook, substantially as herein-
before described.
Sixth-The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the means for
transferring the type from the type convoying belt to the composing stick substantially
as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated thin 12th day of ML 1000
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.