Improvements in Apparatus for Assembling and Distributing Printing Type Matrices, and for Casting the Type therefrom.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1896-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE FORTH GRAPHOTYPE COMPANY, a
Corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio, and
having its principal office at 26 South Water Street, Cleveland, Ohio,
United States of America, Manufacturers.]
Improvements in Apparatus for Assembling and Distributing
Printing Type Matrices, and for Casting the Type therefrom.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 machines for assembling and distributing printing type
matrices and for casting the type therefrom.
The invention comprises machines adapted to be used with a line of assembled
matrices, or with a line matrix (meaning a strip or block or impression material in
which a line of printing characters has been impressed) for the purpose of casting
a single type, bearing in relief on its printing edge the same characters as are
found in the matrix line ;-or to more briefly express it, the purpose of the
machine is to cast linotypes.
The machine, as organized and as hereinafter described, is especially designed to
be used in casting linotypes from a line of matrices which is spaced by spacers
having transversely movable wedges in the impression line. Such matrices and
spacers may be assembled in line in the clamp hereinafter described by hand or
by suitable mechanism; and the clamp containing the matrix line is placed in the
machine hereinafter described in .the manner stated. It will be apparent, however,
to those skilled in the art, that certain novel parts and combination of parts of the
mechanism shown, may be used either in the form herein described or with slight
modifications therein, to form linotypes from line matrices, or from assembled
matrix lines spaced by spacers differing from those referred to.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a matrix assembling and distributing machine
taken from the left side-in which are shown only four of the wires which connect
the key mechanism with the detent mechanism.
Figure 2 is a top view looking in the direction of the arrow by the side of
Figure 1. In this figure are shown only one series of magazine rods; a part of
the keys, three detent mechanisms and two of the wires which connect the detent
and key mechanisms.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the frame of the machine.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the front end of the machine viewed from the
right.
Figure 5 is a rear view, partly in section, of the right end of the rock shaft and
the vertical shaft and their connecting mechanism.
Figure 6 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view of the front of the
machine, the assembling rails being left out.
Figure 7 is a top view in the direction of arrow in Figure 1 of the front ends
of the assembling rails, the clamps for supporting them and the mechanism for
operating said clamps.

page_text: Figure 8 is a bottom view of the same parts.
Figure 9 is a front view of the same parts when viewed in the direction of the
arrow in Figure 4.
Figure 10 is a side view of the rear end of 'the machine showing a line of
matrices about to be introduced into the machine for distribution.
Figure 11 is a sectional view on line 10 of Figure 4 looking down on the inclined
front of the bed plate and the parts supported thereby.
Figure 12 is a similar view of the same parts showing the movable pieces in
different relative positions.
Figure 13 is a side view of the key board mechanism, a part of one of the
guide supports, and two of the detent mechanisms for holding and releasing the
matrices.
Figure 14 is a plan view of the same parts.
Figure 15 is a side view of one magazine rod, a bunch of matrices suspended
therefrom, and the detent mechanism in position for releasing one matrix.
Figure 16 is a transverse sectional view of one of the guide supports, and of the
plate of the next one toward the centre, and parts sustained thereby.
Figure 17 is a front view of the four lengths of matrices which hang on the left
side of the machine.
Figure 18 is a front view of the four lengths of matrices which hang on the
right side of the machine.
Figure 19 is a front view of the upper ends of the ten varieties of matrices which
belong to any one system.
Figure 20 is a vertical sectional view of the upper end of one matrix as it hangs
on the distributing rail.
Figure 21 is a view of the rear side of the upper end of one matrix.
Figure 22 is a side view of the spacer for which special provision is made in
the stick.
Figure 23 is a front edge view of the same.
Figure 24 is a section on line 24 of Figure 22 when the two sides of the said
spacer are spread by the wedge.
Figure 25 is a similar view of the same parts when in their ordinary condition.
Figure 26 is a perspective view of one complete assembling and distributing
system, disconnected from the machine.
Figure 27 is a bottom view of the distributing rail.
Figure 28 is a side view thereof.
Figure 29 is an end view.
Figure 30 is a side view of a part of said rail and the upper ends of several
magazine rods; showing their relative positions.
Figure 31 is a view of the left side of the stick with a line of matrices in its
embrace.
Figure 32 is a view of the rear end thereof.
Figure 33 is a bottom view of the said stick when open at one end.
Figure 34 is a view of the right side of said stick.
Figure 35 is a bottom view of the two parts of the stick and the operating
spring separated from each other.
Figure 36 is a top view of the stick when closed.
Figure 37 is a bottom view thereof when closed.
Figure 38 is a transverse sectional view through the middle of the stick.
Figure 29 is a top view of the stick open at the front end, as it is when the
matrices are being released from its grasp.
Figure 40 is a top view of the stick when open at its rear end, as it is when the
matrices are being assembled.
Figure 41 is a side view of the rear slide, which receives the stick, viewed from
the right side.
Figure 42 is a plan view thereof.
Figure 43 is a sectional view on line 43 of Figure 41.

page_text: rear view of yoкe connecting the rear ends of
Che guide
supports, and of parts adjacent thereto, especially the mechanism for delivering the
matrices singly onto the distributing rail.
Figure 45 is a sectional view on line 45 of Figure 44 showing one of the same
mechanisms.
Figure 46 is a perspective view of the clutch operating mechanism.
Figure 47 is a side view of a part of said mechanism.
Figure 48 is a side view of a part of the gear shown in Figure 47.
Figure 49 is a view of the left side of the cam disk.
Figure 50 is a rear view of said cam disk.
Figure 51 is a view of the right side of said cam disk.
Figure 52 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the right end of the main
driving shaft.
Figure 53 is a sectional view on line 53 of Figure 52, and
Figure 54 is a longitudinal vertical section through that part of the pick up rod
through which the pin passes.
Figure 55 is a side elevation of a linotype casting machine, viewed from the
right.
Figure 56 is a front elevation of the machine.
Figure 57 is a rear elevation thereof.
Figure 58 is a central vertical longitudinal section.
Figure 59 is a vertical section through the driving shaft in the plane indicated
by line 5-5 of Figure 57, viewed from the left.
Figure 60 is a side view of the front part of the machine, viewed from the left.
Figure 61 is a rear view of the mold and its operating mechanism.
Figure 62 is a top view of the slides and a part of the head, when the top plate
which retains said slides in position has been removed.
Figure 63 is a front view of the nozzle.
Figure 64 is a horizontal sectional view of the nozzle.
Figure 65 is a perspective view of the clamp with which this machine is especially
adapted to be used.
Figure 66 is a perspective view of the devices for conveying the finished type
bar from the mold to the gailey.
The principal members of the frame by which the operating parts of the machine
are supported, are shown in Figure 3. They consist of a bed plate A having a
downwardly inclined front a, said inclination being substantially the same as that
of the assembling rails. The bed is supported by legs a' which carry the bearings
for several shafts. Two brackets a³, a³, extend upward from opposite sides of the
bed A. These brackets support the key board M; and also a plate a', Figure 9,
which lies in a plane just below that of the keyboard. (This plate is not shown in
Figure 3.) Two standards as a Figure 3 extend upward and rearward from the
sides of the rear edge of the bed, said standards being bifurcated at their upper
ends. A central standard a extends upward from the middle of the rear edge of
said bed, and it is likewise bifurcated at its upper end, one branch extending
forward aud one rearward. The chief function of these three standards last named
is to support in their proper relative positions, the guide supports B. Each guide
support consists of a top plate b, Figure 16, a side plate which extends down-
ward from the outer edge of said top plate, and a plurality of brackets 62 which
extend downward from the inner edge of said plate b. Each of these brackets
extends from its point of connection with said plate b downward, then outward and
then upward, and a magazine rod is secured on the top of each upturned end
thereof. The construction of the guide supports is clearly shown in Figures 13, 14
and 16. These guide supports are arranged at increasing elevations above the bed
from the centre outward in both directions. They are substantially parallel with
each other and incline downward from their rear toward their forward ends.
There are as many of these guide supports as there are assembling and distributing
systems. In the drawing, eight are shown, four being placed on each side of the

page_text: centre standard a. The four guide supports on each side are connected at front
and rear by yokes Figure 3 respectively; and the guide supports thus united
are supported by being connected with the central standard a and the two side
standards a, ao.
In the machine as shown there are eight distributing and assembling systems.
Each complete system consists of a pick up rod H, Figures 2, 26, a distributing
rail C, an assembling rail J, teu magazine rods I, intermediate of the distributing
and assembling rail, and mechanism for retaining the inatrices on the magazine rod
and for releasing them singly therefrom. The number of systems which each
machine must contain depends upon the number of characters which it is desired.
to use, and the number of magazine rods which form a part of each system. In
the machine shown it is obvious that eighty characters including spacers are
provided for.
Except for the grouping of the front and rear ends of all of the systems in one
vertical plane, and inclined incidentally in the means for supporting said systems,.
the systems are entirely independent of each other, and except for the fact that the
different systems are at different elevations and that they are curved to bring their
middle portions at different distances from the centre of the machine, they are
exactly alike, wherefore a description of one will answer for all.
The pick up rod H at its rear end lies in a vertical longitudinal plane passing
centrally through the machine, and it is supported by being attached to the top
side of a finger h projecting rearward from the bracket a', Figure 1. The pick up
rod is bent to one side or the other of the said plane and then curved so that its
forward end lies just beneath the rear end of the distributing rail C; aud the front
part of the pick up rod is secured to the top of the upturned end of a finger 6
Figures 44, 45, which projects outward from a bracket 6 which is secured to the
yoke b.
The distributing rail C is a thin strip of metal which is secured to the under side
of the plate b, Figure 16, of the guide support B, by means of a longitudinal rib c
which extends centrally from the upper side of said distributing rail.
The assembling rail J is preferably made of thin steel very smooth on its upper
surface. Its rear part is substantially parallel to the distributing rail of the same
system, but it lies in a lower plane. It is secured to the top of little brackets j,
Figures 2, 16, which are secured to the outer edge of the plate 6' of that guide
support which is next nearest to the centre. The brackets which support the two
inner assembling rails are connected, directly with the central standard a. The
assembling rail is then bent toward the centre of the machine, and a part of the
front end, slightly longer than the length of the line of matrices to be assembled,
lies in the vertical plane which passes longitudinally through the centre of the
machine. The ten magazine rods are supported on the tops of the upturned
edges of the brackets 2, Figure 16. Their rear or receiving ends lie below the
distributing rail, from which point they extend obliquely downward and inward
(that is toward the centre of the machine) and their front or delivery ends lie
above the corresponding assembling rail, and at such a distance therefrom that
they do not interfere with the downward movement on said rail of matrices which
are dropped thereon from any magazine rod behind them. Each system, from the
rear end of the pick up rod to the front end of the assembling rail, has a continuous
downward inclination, whereby the matrices will slide by gravity from one point to
the other when permitted so to do. The rear ends of all of the pick up rods are
grouped in one vertical plane, and lie in this plane for a distance slightly greater
than the length of an assembled matrix line; and, in the machine illustrated in the
drawing their upper edges are approximately half an inch apart, one above the
other. The rods diverge from this plane alternately in opposite directions, and
extend therefrom different distances. For example, the upper rod extends to and
co-operates with the outer distributing rail on the left; the rod next below it
extends to the outer distributing rail on the right; and the third rod extends to

page_text: the left and co-operates with the distributing rail next to the first named, and
so on.
At the front of the machine, the front ends of all of the assembling rails are
grouped in one vertical plane one above another, occupying the same position
relative to each other as do the corresponding pick up rods at the rear.
The front ends of the assembling rails are upheld in their proper relative
positions, while the matrices are being assembled, by two grooved clamping
arms P, P, Figures 4 to 10 which are secured to the under side of the two pivoted
levers p, p. These levers are pivoted to the under side of brackets as which
project forward from the plate a and operating pins psecured to the rear ends
of said levers project upward through suitable clearance slots a³ in said plate, and
engage with cam slots r in the slide R.
Two other levers p p are pivoted to the under side of said plate a; and,
projecting downward from the front ends of said levers, are the grooved clamping
arms "P which are adapted to grasp the assembling rails behind an assembled
matrix line, and support said rails while the inatrices are being removed. On the
rear ends of said levers are two pins p³ ³ which project upward through cam
slots in the slide R.
The slide R lies on plate at and is held and guided by the guides 2. The slots r
and are so formed that as the slide is moved forward, the levers ppl are rocked
so as to cause the rails to be grasped between the rear clamping arms PP, and
then the levers p p are rocked so as to cause the front clamping bars P, P, to
separate and release said rails. When the slide is moved backward the motion
of the said levers is reversed. To operate the slide, I provide a rock shaft 3
which is mounted in suitable bearings on the plate a. Two arms rigidly secured
to the rock shaft have slots in their lower ends, through which slots the rod
passes, which rod is rigidly secured to the slide R. The rock shaft is operated
by means of the handle .
Detent mechanism operated by finger keys is provided to act in co-operation
with each magazine rod to retain the matrices thereon and to release them singly.
Two vertically movable slides k¹ k2 Figures 13, 14, lying one against the other
are secured to the front edge of each bracket 62 by means of a little screw k³,
which passes through vertical slots in said slides. The upper ends of said slides
are pivotally connected, on opposite sides of its axis of oscillation, to the rocker k
which is secured to the end of the rock-shaft K. The rock shaft K is mounted.
on the top of the plate b; and a coil spring & surrounding and connected with
said rock shaft exerts its force to turn the shaft so as to hold the two slides kk2 in
the relative position shown at the right of Figure 13,-that is to say, with the
lower end of the front slide below the lower end of the rear slide. When the
slides are in this position, the lower end of the front slide is directly in front of
the upper end of the front matrix which hangs on the adjacent magazine rod,
whereby said front matrix is prevented from sliding forward on the magazine rod.
Thus the front matrix and all the other matrices behind it on the same magazine
rod are retained on said rod. When the rock shaft K is rocked by means of the
corresponding key and the connecting mechanism, the rear slide is moved down in
front of the second matrix, and the front slide is raised so as to permit the front
matrix to slide under it, as shown in Figure 15.
By reason of the downward inclination of the magazine rods, each matrix hangs
a little lower than the one behind it, as shown in Figure 15, so that the rear
slide may descend in front of the second matrix, as described, without touching
the front matrix.
The rock shaft K is actuated in opposition to its spring by the following
mechanism, viz.-A vertically movable key rod m passes through a boss m¹³,
Figure 13, on the key-board M; and the key rod is forced upward by a coil
spring m³ which is compressed between said boss and the key piece m².
The lower end of the key rod is pivoted to an angle lever m* near the angle

page_text: thereof. One arm m³ of said lever rests upon a shelf me which is suitably
supported beneath the key-board. A second shelf m lies above the said end of
this lever. The other arm me of the lever is connected by means of a rod or
wire m with an eye on the rocker k. For convenience in construction the
rocker to which the slides are connected is made in the form of a disk, which is
secured centrally to the end of said shaft K.
When the key m² is pressed down, the front arm m³ of the angle lever is moved
toward a horizontal position, because as its pivot is moved down the end of said
arm does not move down but slides forward bearing against the shelf me. This
causes the other arm m³ of said lever to approach a vertical position, its end
necessarily moving forward in so doing. This draws on the rod m³, and causes the
rock shaft K to be rocked with the result before described, of raising the front
slide k and lowering the rear slide 2, thereby releasing one matrix. When the
key is released, the springs k and m³ restore the detent and key mechanisms to the
position shown at the right of Figure 13. As the key rod m moves upward it
draws up the pivot of the lever m; but the end of the front arm m³ thereof bears
against the under side of shelf m', which prevents the upward movement of said
end, the result being that the end of the other arm m³ moves backward to the
position shown by full lines in Figure 13. The position of the same parts when
the key is depressed is shown by the dotted lines in said figure.
The distributing rail C Figures 16, and 26 to 29, consists of a thin flat strip of
metal. A thin longitudinal fin c projects centrally from the upper side of said
rail, and being secured to the under side of plate b, serves to support said rail.
At intervals notches c¹ are cut in the said rail in pairs from both sides, and these
notches increase successively in depth from the rear end forward, whereby the
notched parts of said rail are widest at the rear end and grow gradually narrower
toward the front. The notches are placed at regular intervals; and the receiving
ends of the several magazine rods I lie below and just a little behind the corre-
spording notched part of the rail, whereby a matrix falling from the rail at one of
the notched parts, is caught by its assembling hook on its own magazine rod.
Below the distributing rail is a stop rail c², which may be made as an integral part
of the distributing rail; but it is preferable to make it separately, and the two
rails are soldered together. This rail is narrowest at its rear end and abruptly
increases in width at points just in front of the notched parts of the distributing
rail, thereby forming, on both sides of the longitudinal central line, shoulders c
which are narrowest at the rear and increase in width successively from back
to front. These shoulders and their relative size are the essential features of what
I have called the stop rail, the other features of the construction shown being
preferable for convenience in construction. A longitudinal fin c is secured
centrally to the under side of the distributing rail, and its function is to prevent
the sidewise swaying of the matrices as they slide down the distributing rail. The
matrices E, which are employed in this machine consist of (1) a body e in the
edge of which the character depression e' is formed; and (2) a stem which is
offset a little to one side of the body for two reasons; first, so that the centre of
the assembling hook and the opening into the distributing eye may be in line
with the centre of gravity of the matrix, whereby the latter will hang vertically
whether it is hanging by its distributing eye or its assembling hook; second, so
that when the matrices are assembled in line there will be a space between the
stems of those belonging on the right and those on the left side of the machine,
as shown in Figure 32.
Each matrix has near its upper end an inverted assembling hook e which may
be entered from that side of the matrix which is opposite to that toward which
the stem is offset. A part of the matrices belong on one side and a part on the
other side of the machine, and the assembling hooks are entered from the right
side of the matrices which belong on the left-side of the machine, and from the
left side of the matrices which belong on the right side of the machine. These

page_text: assembling hooks are below the distributing eyes, in such relation thereto that, as
the matrices suspended by said hooks slide down one of the pick up rods, the
corresponding distributing rail will enter the distributing eye.
The matrices employed in the machine are of as many different lengths as
there. are assembling and distributing systems, in the present case eight. Four
lengths have their assembling hooks on the right side (see Figure 17) and four
have them on the left side (see Figure 18). All the matrices of each system are
of the same length, but they differ in the shape of the distributing eyes. There
are as many different kinds of distributing eyes as there are magazine rods in
each system, in the present case ten (see Figure 19). The distributing eyes are of
different shapes, so that each matrix will strike the proper shoulders c³, and will
fall from the distributing rail at the prescribed notched part thereof so as to be
caught on its own magazine rod.
The upper part 3 of the eye is equal in width to the width of the distributing
rail. The openings through the tops of the matrices are of different widths
corresponding to the widths of the notched part of said distributing rail adjacent
to the several magazine rods.
Below the part e of the eye which receives the distributing rail is a part
which embraces the stop rail on the under side of the distributing rail, and the
sides of this part of the eye form shoulders e, e, which are different distances
apart, corresponding to the different widths of the shoulders of the stop rail.
The lower part of the eye is narrow, a mere notch e which receives the fin c on
the under side of the distributing rail.
The upper edge of the part 3 and the lower edge of the part of the eye are
bevelled as shown in Figure 20, so that the matrix may hang vertically from the
inclined distributing rail.
The spacers which are shown in Figures 21, 22, 23 and 24, each consist of two
thin plates e ell secured together, at points above and below the wedges..
A transversely movable wedge el is held between said plates,-said wedge being
so placed that it lies in the plane of composition when a spacer is assembled as
a part of a matrix line. In shape and in the form and arrangement thereon of the
distributing eye and assembling hooks, the spacers are like the matrices, and are
assembled and distributed in the same way. The spacer is shown in order to better-
explain certain features in the construction of the stick in which a line of matrices.
and spacers is assembled and removed from the machine.
The machine shown does not form the slug or linotype,-but means are provided.
whereby an assembled line of matrices may be taken from the machine, to a.
suitable casting machine, and then returned to the machine, the line being held.
together in a suitable clamp or "stick."
The "stick" G is shown in Figures 31 and 40 inclusive. It consists of two.
parts. 9, gl adapted to grasp the matrices between them, and so connected that
they may be spread apart at either end as if hinged at the other end.
The part g has two vertical shoulders g², g, the distance between which is equal
to the standard length of line. An ear 9 on the part 9 passes loosely through
a. slot in the part 9', and a leaf spring 9, which is fastened near its middle
to said ear, bears against the part g. This spring prevents the complete
separation of the two parts, although it permits of their being separated enough
to allow the matrices to pass between them, and it draws them and holds them
together when they are not separated by some superior force. On the part g¹.
is a ledge or shelf 3 on which the lower ends of the matrices rest.
On the part g near the bottom and at both ends are the hemispherical bosses 9;.
and on the part g' are corresponding sockets 97 into which said bosses set..
These balls and sockets act as hinges whereby the two parts of the stick may
be opened or spread apart at either end.
In the part 9 is a horizontal slot 98 which uncovers the impression line on the
assembled matrices, so that said matrices may be used to close the face of a.

page_text: mold. In the other part g¹ is a similar slot 9 through which the wedges in
the spacers may be operated, and the end pieces of the stick are notched, as
at go in line with said slot 9 so that the spacers may enter the stick.
On the part g is an alignment rib g" which enters the alignment depression e³ in
the matrices; and in each end of the part y' is the spherical socket g¹³.
When in position to receive the matrices as they are assembled, the stick rests
upon a slide D, Figure 6, which is movable longitudinally in suitable ways
formed on the inclined front part a of the bed. O. the top of this slide and
at both ends thereof are the two blocks d, d', the distance between said blocks
being equal to the length of the stock. Projecting from the blocks d and d¹ are
the spherical heads of the two spring actuated pins d² d³ Figures 11, 12 respectively,
which spherical heads are adapted to enter the sockets g, 12, Figure 32 in the
stick, thereby holding the stick in the proper position on the slide. An ear d
Figure 6 on the under side of the slide D passes through a suitable clearance
slot a in the inclined front of the bed, and this ear is pivotally connected to one
end of the link 1, the other end of said link being connected with the arm l', which
is secured to the rock shaft L. This rock shaft is actuated by means of the arm [2
which is secured thereto, and has at its end a pin 3 which operates in a cam groove n
in the side of a disk N on the shaft n³.
In the top of the inclined front of the bed plate is a groove alo, Figures 3, 11, 12,
which forms the lower end of the stick returning viaduct X, Figures 1, 2.
Communicating with the lower end of this groove is a transverse groove a",
Figure 12, the top of the slide D being flush with the floor of said groove.
A transversely movable slide O Figure 11, mounted in suitable ways slides in said
groove, passing the lower end of the groove a¹0. A stud o Figure 6 on the under
side of said slide passes through a clearance slot a¹³ Figure 3, in the bed, and a
link o, Figure 1. which is pivoted to said stud at one end, is pivoted to the forward
end of lever o at the other. The lever is pivoted to the frame, and its rear end
has a friction roller o³ which bears against a cam 2 on the left side of said disk N,
whereby said lever is operated in opposition to a spring of, which surrounds the
pivot of said lever and acts constantly to hold the end of the lever against the
cam n.
On the top of the slide O are two brackets of of Figure 11, to which is attached
the ends of a buffer spring o. The normal position of the slide O is as shown in
Figure 11, in which this buffer spring lies across the lower end of the stick
returning viaduct X.
Mounted in suitable bearings beneath the bed are two shafts n' and T Figures 1, 4,
which are connected by means of two gears n* and t. The shaft T is constantly
driven, and the pinion t is loosely mounted thereon. A clutching device is provided
for connecting said pinion to the shaft at will.
In the form shown this clutching device is constructed as follows, viz. -The end
of the shaft T is hollow and a rod t' Figures 46 and 52 passes into said shaft and
screws into a bar t2 which extends transversely through a slot in said shaft. On
the edge of the gear t facing said bar are two pins t, t. Behind the bar t² a coil
spring is placed in the shaft and it thrusts endwise against said bar.
On the projecting end of the rod are two nuts to t between which the end of a
lever U is placed. This lever is pivoted to a bracket a¹ and its forward end is
connected with a link u having a shoulder u' thereon which is adapted to be engaged
by the lower end of the lever V. This lever V is pivoted to the block e, which is
Bwivelled to the frame. A spring which is secured to the frame and to the
lever U acts to draw the lower end of the lever V in two directions, viz., toward
the left against a stop a and backward against the bracket a". The lever is
therefore normally held in a position to engage with the shoulder u¹ on link u. The
end of the link u is adapted to enter a notch n in the side of the gear n'. A friction
wheel u is mounted in the end of said link u which rides on the side of said gear
when the end of the link has been withdrawn from said notch no, and the gear n
is revolved.

page_text: The upper end of the lever U is bevelled and the arm on the rock shaft is
adapted to engage with said upper bevelled end of said lever V and draw it to
the left. The lower end thereof moves to the right striking the shoulder u¹
thereby moving link u and the lever U so that the rod t is moved with the
shaft T, causing the bar to enter between the two pins, thereby connecting
the gear t with the shaft T. On the hub of the gear n is a pin n° which is
adapted to strike the bevelled end of the arm which is rigidly secured to
the lever V, when said gear is revolved. This causes the block to turu on the
pivot which connects it to the frame, with the result of moving the upper end of
lever backward out of engagement with the side of the arm ; and the spring vl,
moves the upper part of lever to the left behind the end of the arm where it is
held until the arm r' is moved out of the way.
When so held the lower end of said lever is in a position where it will not be
struck by the shoulder ul as the link u is moved to the left by the action of the
spring Consequently the end of the link u enters the notch n in the side of the
gear n', the gear being released from connection with shaft T and the gear n
being stopped by this movement.
t
A wedge Q, Figure 11, is secured to the bed above the rear end of the grouve
path travelled by slide D. It is in such position that its point enters between the
two parts g, g', of the stick as it is moved backward by said slide and moves the
rear end of the part g away from the part g' which is held in fixed position by
the pins d² d³.
At the front end of the machine an' arm S
of the inclined front of the bed. On the
adapted to enter the stick from the rear side
together.
Figure 11, is pivoted to the top side
end of the arm is a curved finger s
and press the matrices therein close
A coil spring surrounding the pivot of said arm S exerts its force to swing
said arm forward as described. The arm is moved backward and held back by the
following mechanism viz. :-A rock shaft Figure 4, is mounted on the side of
the bracket a Figure 3. To its lower end an arm is rigidly secured, which arm
is connected by means of the link s with the arm S. On the upper end of this
rock shaft is an arm & Figure 5 which engages with a cain 8 on the rock shaft r³,
Figures 5 and 9, whereby, as the. rock shaft 3 is rocked as the first step toward
the removal of an assembled matrix line, the cam 8 moves so as to permit the
described movement of the rock shaft s' and arm S by the influence of the spring s!.
When the rock shaft is returned to its normal position, the cam causes the
reverse movement of the rock shaft s² and the consequent backward movement of
the pivoted arm S.
a Figure 3 represents a thin bar connected at its rear end to the standard.
It extends forward directly below the lowest assembling. rail, aud when a line of
matrices is assembled, this rail lies in the space between the shanks of the right
and left matrices.
a", a Figures 1 and 2, represent two curved guides which are secured at their
forward ends to posts a and at their rear ends to the front of the outer edges of
the yokes,. These guides are so curved that they lie always outside of the
path in which the matrices travel in going to the composition point. These guides
and the bar al guide the matrices, which would otherwise tend to sway sidewise,
into the stick.
Secured to the bracket a", Figure 1, at the rear end of the machine is a plate a
which lies below and parallel to and extends backward beyond the rear ends of
the pick up rods. A longitudinally movable slide W see also Figures 10, 41, 42, 43
is mounted on said plate, and said slide is moved by a handle w extending from its
under side through a slot in the said plate. In the upper face of said slide is a
transverse groove to, into which the stick may be placed from the side, and moved
transversely until the spring pins te, to engage in the sockets g in the ends of
said stick. When the slide is moved forward, carrying with it the stick and the
assembled matrix line in its grasp, the assembling hooks on the several matrices
B

page_text: engage respectively with the pick up rod forming a part of the system in which it
belongs.
Secured to the top of the plate a" is a wedge Q', which lies above the forward
end of the path travelled by slide W, and as the slide is moved forward this wedge
enters between the two parts g g' of the stick and separates their forward ends so
that the matrices may slide on their pick up rods out of said stick.
Figure 10, represents a spreader which is secured to the bracket a' below the
rear ends of the pick up rods H. As the slide W is moved forward, this spreader
enters the space between the shanks of the matrices belonging on the right and
left sides respectively of the machine. The spreader increases in width toward its
forward end, whereby as the matrices slide down the pick up rods, the spreader
turns toward the right the matrices which belong on the right, and toward the
left the matrices which belong on the left side of the machine. This spreader acts
upon the lower parts of the matrices, which may tend to stick together, and
separates them, the upper ends of the matrices being separated by the pick up rods
themselves.
A. rock shaft Figure 2 extends transversely across the machine at the rear end
thereof, being mounted in suitable bearings. Attached to said shaft and extending
rearwardly therefrom are as many arms h5 as there are pick up rods.
Pivoted to a bracket 66 Figures 44, 45, adjacent to each pick up rod is a lever h.
One end of this lever is connected by means of a link with one of said arms h³.
The other end of said lever is connected with a pin 4, which passes vertically
through a hole in the pick up rod H. Just in front of this hole is a shoulder on
the upper side of the pick up rod; the matrices as they slide down the pick up rod
are stopped by said shoulder from going any farther. The rock shaft is actuated
by means of a pitman 40 Figure 1 connecting the arm A on shaft with a crank
pin z on the driven gear Z.
Each time the pin 4 is moved up through the pick up rod it engages with the
under side of the book of the foremost matrix and thus lifts said matrix so that
it slides off of the end of said pin and over the said shoulder h, and thence down
the pick up rod to the distributing rail. This causes each matrix to slide down
the distributing rail alone out of contact with any other matrix, and thus the
proper distribution of said matrices is insured. If a number of matrices were
allowed to slide down in contact, the pressure against the front matrix of those in
the rear might prevent the front matrix from dropping at the proper time, and
thus the distribution might be impeded.
X and Y Figure 1 represent two "stick "viaducts of which the former inclines
downward from rear to front, and the latter inclines in the opposite direction.
The rear end of the viaduct Y lies as near as practical to the machine in which the
slugs are cast; and the rear end of the viaduct X lies near to the rear slide W.
"Its forward ends corresponding with the groove a Figure 12, in the bed before
. referred to.
The forward end of viaduct Y Figure 1 is near the composition point of the
machine.
I will now proceed to describe the operation of the different parts of the matrix
assembling and distributing machine hereinbefore described, as a matrix line is
assembled and distributed.
Before beginning the assembling of a line, the slide D Figure 11, is at its rear
position. A stick G is held on said slide, and is hold open at its rear end by the
wedge Q. The stick in the described position is shown in dotted lines in said
Figure 11. The front ends of the assembling rails are held between the front
clamping aims P, P, Figure 1, the rear clamping arms P¹ P' being swung out of
the way as shown in Figures 2, 7 and 8. The position of the rock shaft and
of all the different parts of the driving mechanism is shown in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 7.
The operator presses down the keys corresponding to the matrices he wishes to
assemble. This actuates the several detent mechanisms, thereby releasing the
marices one by one from the several magazine rods. They fall by gravity from

page_text: said rods onto the assembling rails. beneath their delivery ends, and then slide
down said rails to the front or composition point of the machine, entering between
the two parts of the stick.
When the stick is full, the operator grasping the handle Figure 9, rocks the
rock shaft by moving said handle forward and upward. The arm S Figure 11
is moved forward because the cam has been moved so as to permit the spring
to so move it. The finger on said arm S presses against the rear matrix, thereby
forcing them all compactly together.
The slide R is also muved, thereby closing the rear clamping arms against the
assembling rails and then opening the front clamping arms to permit the removal of
the matrices from the ends of the assembling rails..
The arm strikes the bevelled upper end of the lever V thereby moving it to
the left. The lower end consequently moves to the right striking the shoulder ³
Figure 46 on link u thereby, first, withdrawing the end of said link from the
notch n in the gear n; and second, moving the lever U so as to clutch the gear t
to the revolving shaft T. The revolution of the gear t revolves gear and one
of the first effects of the movement of said gear n is to cause the pin n° to strike
the arm on lever V, thereby moving the lower end of said lever forward. The
upper end thereby becomes disengaged from the side of the arm , and the
spring moves it behind the end of said arm where it is held until the arm is
moved away. by the reverse movement of the rock shaft.
The revolution of the shaft n' revolves the disk N which is secured thereto.
The engagement of the arm 12 with the cam groove n in the side of said disk
causes the rock shaft L to be rocked, thereby moving the slide D toward the front
of the machine. By this movement of the slide, the full stick G is moved forward
thereby withdrawing the matrices from the ends of the assembling rails. In
moving forward, the stick leaves the wedge Q and thereupon the stick is closed by
its spring 9. While the slide D is moving forward the slide O is moved to the
left by the spring, and the movement of the cam n. This uncovers the lower
end of the stick returning viaduct X, and the stick, which has been resting against
the buffer spring o, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 11, slides down to the lower
end of said viaduct against the stop post a. The relative positions of the two
slides D and O, and the full and empty stick at this juncture, are shown in
Figure 12. The continued movement of the cam n by acting on the lever of
causes the slide O to move to the right, whereby the empty stick is forced against
the full stick. The full stick is pushed by the empty stick into the space to the
right of the slide D; and the empty stick takes its place on said slide D, the
spring pins d d entering the sockets gt in said empty stick.
During this movement of the slide O the slide D'has remained stationary, but
immediately after the empty stick has been engaged by the spring pins on slide D
said slide begins its backward movement. In this movement the wedge Qenters
between the two parts of the stick, thereby opening the rear end thereof, as shown
in Figure 11. When the slide reaches this position, the gear has completed one
revolution and the end of the link w, which has heen riding against the side of the
gear, enters the notch w therein, thus stopping the gear, and permitting the
disengagement of the clutching bar with the pins on gear t.
The rock shaft is then moved to return the slide to its original position, when
all of the parts are in condition to co-operate in the assembling of a new line as
before.
The full stick is placed by hand in the inclined viaduct Y down which it slides
to the rear end of the machine.
The operator at the casting machine takes it, uses it to make a linotype, and then
returns the matrices, to the machine for distribution in the following manner.
The stick is put into the groove to in the top of the slide W and pushed over
until the spring pins to enter into the sockets 91. Then the slide is moved
forward by its handle W. The wedge Q' enters between the two parts of the stick
and the front end of the stick is opened. As the stick moves to this position, the

page_text: assembling hooks e of the different matrices slip over the ends of the proper pick
up rods, and the separator 3 passes between the stems of the right and left
matrices. When the stick has been opened as described the matrices slide down
the pick up rods passing to the right or left, and bring up against the several
shoulders or stops hon said pick up rods. The rock shaft is in constant
operation and at each upward movement of each of the pins 8 due to such,
movement of the rock shaft, one matrix on each pick up rod is lifted to the level
of said shoulders and permitted to slide down to the distributing rail.
The distributing rail enters the eye of the matrix before the end of the pick up
rod is reached.
The matrix slides down the distributing rail until the shoulders e' strike the
corresponding shoulders c³ on the stop rail.
At this point the notches c¹ in the distributing rail are of such depth that the
matrix may drop from the notched part onto that magazine rod which has its
receiving end beneath the rail at this point. The matrix slides down the magazine.
rod against the bunch of matrices hanging thereon, and it is then ready to be
again assembled in its order.
When the matrices have been released from the stick the stick is taken from
the slide and placed in the inclined viaduct X, down which it slides to and against
the buffer spring of where it is again ready to be used as described.
Referring to Figures 55 to 66 1 represents the frame of the machine, which is
of suitable form for supporting the parts of the mechanism in the described relation
to each other.
At the rear side of the machine. the driving shaft 2 is mounted in suitable
bearings, and it carries five cams 21 22 23 24 and 25, which operate different parts of
the mechanism as hereinafter described.
The melting pot 3 is supported by the side brackets 4, 41 and the rear bracket 4*.
Below the melting pot is a gas burner 5, by means of which the type metal in the
melting pot is melted. In the melting pot is a cylinder 31 in which a piston 32
operates. A channel 33 extends from said cylinder to the nozzle 34, which nozzle
is located just behind the mold; this nozzle has a flat front face, through which is
a row of small perforations 3 in line with the type slot in the mold. When the
mold is moved against the nozzle, said nozzle closes the rear edge of the type slot
into which molten metal flows through the perforations 35. The channel in the
nozzle is fan-shaped, being widest just behind the perforations; and the height of
the channel is substantially equal to the width of the type slot in the mold.
Because of this fan-shape of the channel in the nozzle, the molten metal enters the
slot in the mold through all the perforations 35 at substantially the same time; and
the result is the formation of a homogeneous slug. In the cylinder 3' are one or
more holes 36 through which the molten metal flows from the pot into the cylinder,
when the piston is raised; the piston in descending closes these holes. The piston
rod 3' is connected with a lever 6 which is pivoted to the brackets 7; this lever is
moved in the direction to force the piston down into the cylinder, (and thus causes
the molten metal to flow through the channel 33 to and through the perforations in
the nozzle) by means of a powerful spring 8, which is compressed between the rear
end of the lever and a projection from the bracket 42; the lever is moved in the
contrary direction by the cam 22 acting on a bar 9, which is pivoted at its upper
end to the rear end of said lever 6. The driving shaft passes through a slot in the
lower end of the bar 9, and a pin 91 on said bar engages with the periphery of said
cam; the cam is so shaped that the bar 9 is moved down slowly, and then allowed
to raise very suddenly, as the spring 8 abruptly operates the lever 6.
Secured to the brackets 10 10 which project forward from the front of the frame
is the head 11. Extending longitudinally through said head is a cylindrical hole
in which is mounted the mold shaft 12; and the mold 13 is secured to the rear end
of said shaft. The shaft is longitudinally movable in its bearings in the head, and
it is subjected to a constant force drawing it by a coiled spring 14, which surrounds
the forward projection of said shaft and thrusts against the front side of the head

page_text: and a nut 15 on the front end of the shaft. This spring tends to hold the mold
against the rear face of the head. By reason of the described movement of the
mold shaft, the mold is axially movable to and from the nozzle. A gear segment 16
Figure 61 is secured to the mold shaft, and preferably said segment is an integral
part of the mold as shown; and this gear segment is in mesh with the gear
segment 17. This segment is pivoted to the rear side of the head and it has a
downwardly extending arm 17, which is connected by a link 17 with an arm 17*
on the rock shaft 18. "This rock shaft is mounted in suitable bearings and has on,
its rear edge a crank arm 18'; and on this crank arm is a pin 182, which enters
the cam groove in the periphery of the cam 2, whereby said rock shaft is rocked.
A longitudinally movable slide 19 is mounted in a longitudinal groove in the upper
side of the head, between the two flanges 19. A lever 20, which is pivoted to the
under side of the head, extends up through a vertical slot in said head, and the
upper end of said lever arm, which is rounded, extends into a recess in the under side
of the slide 19. As the lever is rocked, the slide is moved backward and forward,
toward and from the nozzle 3. A bar 21 is pivotally connected with the lower
end of said lever and extends back to the driving shaft, which shaft passes through
a slot 21 in said bar. A pin 22 on said bar (shown in dotted lines on Figure 59)
enters the can groove in the side of the cam 23 whereby said bar and the lever 20
to which it is attached is operated, with the result of moving the slide. On the
rear end of the slide 19 are means for holding the matrix line for presentation to
the mold. As before stated, the machine is organized with especial reference to
casting a linotype from a line of matrices which are held in a clamp 23, substantially
like that shown in Figure 65. When this clamp is held in a slide its ends lie in
the vertical grooves 24-24, Figure 62 wherein it is held by the fingers 25. The
impression line on the matrices is then in line with the type slot in the mold.
In the top of the slide 19 is a longitudinal groove, in which the spacer-operating
slide 26 lies and moves. This slide is directly behind the ends of the spacer
wedges-that is to say, in the plane of the impression line. This slide 26 is forced
forward by a spring 27 which lies in the barrel 27' and the barrel is screwed into
the front end of the slide 19. The spring thrusts endwise against the end of said
barrel and a flange 28 on the front end of the slide, thereby exerting a constant
force to move the slide 26 forward upon and independently of the slide 19.
A lever 29 is pivoted to the slide 19. Its inner end is rounded and enters a
transverse slot in the side of the slide 26. The outer end of the lever extends
outside of the slide 19 to a position where, as the slide 19 is moved forward, the
end of the lever will strike the pin 30 secured to the head. This will cause the
lever to move so as to draw the slide 26 back upon slide 19 in opposition to the force
of the spring 27.
The mold 13 oscillates on its pivot back and forth between its vertical position
as shown in Figures 58 and 61, and the horizontal position as shown in Figures 55, 56
and 60, making a quarter of a revolution at each movement. A type slot 32
extends through the mold, and this slot is of exactly the dimensions of the type to
be formed. When a linotype is being east, the front of the said type slot is closed
by the nozzle 3. A. block 33 is secured to the left side of the head, and in it is
formed a vertienl slot 34, which, when the mold is in its horizontal position, is
directly in front of the slot 32 in the mold so that the slug in the mold may be
pushed into slot 34. 35 represents an inclined chute which is secured to the frame
of the machine just forward of the block 33 and below the slot 34 so that when a
type bar is pushed forward from the slot 34 it will fall into said chute. The rear
side of the chute is substantially straight and vertical, but the bottom and the front
side are formed of one piece which gradually curves upward as shown. The
front side of the chute also curves toward the rear side from the upper to lower
ent of the chute until, close to the galley, the distance between the two sides is
only slightly greater than the thickness of the type bar. At the upper end of the
chute the distance between the two sides of the chute is slightly greater than the
height of the type bar,

page_text: Secured to the frame of the machine, in the upper end of the chute, is a plate 36
having a bevelled upper edge. Above this hevelled plate is a bracket 37 which
extends to the left of the slot 34. When a type bar is pushed out of the slot, its
lower end engages with the inclined upper edge of the plate 36, wherefore said
lower end slides downward and outward on said inclined surface into the chute.
The upper end of the type bar is prevented from falling outward by the bracket 37
which lies outside, that is to say, to the left of the upper end of said type bar.
The lower end of every type bar, therefore, first enters the chute, and said type
bar when it first enters the chute lies on one side. As it slides down the chute,
the type bar is gradually turned by the curved bottom and side of the chute until
it rests upon its lower edge, and in this position the type bars leave the chute and
enter the galley 38 which is secured to the side of the frame.
Mounted on the inner side of the bracket on the left side of the machine, is a
longitudinally movable ejector slide 10 which is adapted to move forward into the
type slot 32 when the mold is in its horizontal position, and thereby push the slug
out of the type slot into the slot 34. This slide is operated by a lever 39 which is
pivoted to the frame of the machine, and has its lower end connected by a pivot to
the longitudinally movable bar 39. The driving shaft passes through a slot 39º
in this bar, and a pin 393 on the bar enters a cam groove in the side of the cam 21.
Projecting into the galley, through its rear end, is a reciprocating slide 40 which
is held by a bracket 40 to the side of the frame, and its rear end engages with and
is operated by the cam 25. The purpose of this slide is to push forward out of the
way of each new type as it slides down the chute, all of the type which have
accumulated in the galley.
Secured to the right side of the mold is a scraper 402, which as the mold moves
to its horizontal position sweeps across and in contact with the face of the nozzle,
thereby cleaning it. Secured to the bracket 10 is a shearing knife 403, so placed
that the rear face of the mold just touches it as the mold is swung to its horizontal
position. This knife trims off the lower edge of the slug which is then in the mold.
A supplemental gas burner 41 is supported by straps 41" below the nozzle, aud
thereby the metal therein is prevented from freezing.
A longitudinally movable pin 131 passes through a hole in the top of the mold
and enters the type slot a very short distance, say a thirty-second of an inch, and
it is forced downward into said slot by means of a spring 132; this pin lies in the
type slot as described when the metal to form the linotype is injected therein, and
this pin prevents the movement of the linotype in said type slot until the pin is
removed. Pivoted to the top of the mold is a lever 42, one arm of which is
pivoted to the upper end of the pin 13. The other arm of this lever 42 is adapted
to engage with a bevelled block 43 secured to the bracket 10 on the left side of
the machine, when the mold is moved to its horizontal position, thereby with-
drawing the said pin from the type slot.
The main shaft 2 is driven by means of a shaft 44 the two shafts being operatively
connected by means of bevelled gears 45-46. A crank 47 on the forward end of
the shaft 44 affords the means for revolving the shaft.
In forming a linotype in the machine shown in Figures 55 to 66, as heretofore
described, the parts operate as follows: The clamp containing the assembled line
of matrices is placed in that end of the slide 19 which faces the mold in the
grooves 24 behind the fingers 25. The operator by revolving the crank shaft 47
revolves the driving shaft. The cam 23 thereou first operates through the described
mechanism to move the slide 19 backward toward the nozzle; the first effect of
this movement is to release the lever 29 from its engagement with the fixed pin 30
whereupon the spring 27 forces the slide 26 backward against the rear ends of the
spacing wedges, thereby expanding the line of matrices. When the slide 19 is
farthest from the nozzle, the mold 13 is in its horizontal position; as the slide 19
begins its movement toward the nozzle, the cam 22 operates the rock shaft 18,
thereby through the described intermediate mechanism, swinging the mold to its
vertical position, in which position it is held until the type is cast.

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continuing its rearward motion strikes the mold and moves it towards and into contact
with the nozzle, the mold shaft sliding in its bearings to permit this action.
cam 23 now permits the spring 8 to operate the plunger to force the molten metal
out through the perforations in the nozzle. The continued motion of the driving
shaft causes the slide 19 to move from the nozzle, and the lever 29 is brought into
contact with the pin 30 and the slide 26 is thereby drawn forward. As the slide 19
is thus moved forward, it moves away from the mold, withdrawing the matrix line
from contact therewith, and the mold is thereupon drawn away from the nozzle by
the spring 14 surrounding the mold shaft 12. The cam 22 now again operates the
rock shaft thereby through the intermediate mechanism swinging the mold to its
horizontal position. The lever 42 engages with the bevelled block 43 on the
bracket 10 and the pin 13' is withdrawn from the mold. The cam 2' next moves
the ejector slide 10 forward, thereby pushing the type out of the mold into the
slot 34. If a type before this operation were in the slot it would be pushed out'into
the chute 35. The slide 40 just before the last described movement of the ejector
slide 102 has been moved forward by the action of cam 25, thereby pushing the
linotypes in the galley forward to make room for that just pushed out of the slot 31.
This completes the operation of the different parts of the machine, which parts
are now in readiness to repeat the described operations.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
.
1. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a matrix having in its upper
end (1) an inverted assembling hook which may be entered from one side of the
matrix, and (2) a distributing eye which is above the assembling hook and has an
opening through its upper side, which opening is directly over the middle of the
assembling hook, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2. In a matrix assembling, and distributing machine, a series of matrices each
having near its upper end (1) an inverted assembling hook which may be entered
from one side of the matrix, and (2) a distributing eye above the assembling hook,
which eye has an opening through its top side directly over the middle of the
assembling hook, the said eyes being of the same width on all of the matrices, and
said openings being of different widths on the different matrices, substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
3. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a series of matrices each
having an inverted assembling hook which may be entered from one side of the
matrix, and a distributing eye above the assembling hook, which eye has (1) an
opening through its top side, which openings are of different width on the different
matrices; (2) one division just below said openings adapted to receive the
distributing rail, which divisions on the different matrices are of the same width,
and (3) a division below the first division adapted to receive a stop rail, which
division is of different width on each different matrix, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
4. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a matrix having (1) near
its upper end an inverted assembling hook which may be entered from one side of
the matrix, and (2) a distributing eye above said assembling hook, having an
opening through its top side, which distributing eye is bevelled at its upper and
lower edges, whereby the matrix may bang vertically on an inclined distributing
rail, passing through said eye, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
5. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine a matrix consisting of a body
part in which the character depression is formed, and a stem which is offset to one
side of the body, said stem having through its upper end an inverted assembling
hook which is entered from the opposite side to that toward which the stem is
offset, and a distributing eye above the assembling hook, which eye has an opening
through its upper side directly over the middle of the assembling hook, substantially
as aud for the purpose specified.

page_text: 6. The combination of a series of assembling rails having their forward parts
grouped in one plane one above another, a pair of separable clamping fingers
adapted to grasp the front ends of all of said rails, a second pair of separable
clamping fingers adapted to grasp all of said rails a short distance back from
their ends, and mechanism for separating either pair of fingers and for clasping
the other pair at the same time, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
7. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a series of assembling rails
having their forward parts grouped in one vertical plane, a pair of pivoted levers
having clamping fingers which are adapted to grasp the front ends of all of the
assembling rails between them, a second pair of pivoted levers having clamping
fingers adapted to grasp all of said assembling rails back from their ends,
and mechanism for operating said levers, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
8. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a series of assembling rails
having their forward parts grouped in one vertical plane, a pair of levers having
clamping fingers adapted to grasp all of said rails, a second pair of levers having
clamping fingers adapted to grasp all of said rails, a slide having cam slots, pins
on said levers entering said cam slots, and mechanism for moving said slide,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
9. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a series of assembling rails
having their forward parts grouped in one vertical plane, a pair of pivoted levers
having depending clamping fingers adapted to grasp the front ends of all of said
rails, another pair of levers having depending clamping fingers adapted to grasp
all of said rails back from their ends, a slide having cam slots, pins secured to
said levers projecting into said cam slot, a rock shaft and mechanism connecting
said rock shaft and slide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
10. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a series of assembling rails
grouped in one vertical plane at their forward ends, a longitudinally movable slide
below said ends, and a wedge placed above the rear end of the path of said slide,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
11. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, the forward ends of a
series of assembling rails, a longitudinally movable slide beneath said forward
ends, a transversely movable slide adjacent to the first named slide and mechanism
for operating said slides, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
12. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, the forward ends of a series
of assembling rails, a forwardly inclined viaduct; a transversely movable slide
movable across the lower end of said viaduct, a longitudinally movable slide beneath
the forward ends of said assembling rails, and a fixed wedge placed above the rear
end of the path travelled by the slide last named, and mechanism for operating
said slides, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
13. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a longitudinally movable
slide located below the forward ends of the assembling rails, the two blocks secured
to the top of said slide, spring pins mounted in said blocks, and a fixed wedge
placed above the rear end of the path of said slide, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
14. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, in combination, a forwardly
inclined viaduct extending from the back to the front of the machine, a slide
movable transversely across the lower end of said viaduct, and a buffer spring
secured to said slide, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
15. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, the combination with the
frame of the machine of two oppositely inclined viaducts X and Y which are
fixed to said frame and extend from points near the front ends of the assembling
systems to points near the rear ends of the distributing systems, said viaducts
being adapted to convey a stick full of matrices by gravity the one from the front
to the rear and the other from the rear to the front of said machine substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
16. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a series of assembling

page_text: rails having their front parts grouped in one vertical plane and diverging there-
'from rearward into different vertical planes, and a bar al rigidly secured at its rear
end to the frame and extending therefrom toward the front of the machine and
lying beneath and in the same vertical plane with the front parts of said assembling
rails, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
17. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, two shelves, a bent lever
having one end lying between said two shelves, detent mechanism and the other
end of said lever, and a key adapted to move the middle part of said lever,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
18. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a downwardly inclined
magazine rod, a bracket having an upturned end on which said magazine rod is
secured, a rocker, two vertically inovable slides mounted on said bracket having
their lower ends extending over said magazine rod, and having their upper ends
connected with said rocker on opposite sides of its axis, and mechanism for
actuating the rocker, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
19. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination a magazine rod for
supporting the matrices, two slides which lie against each other and have each a
slot through which a single guide screw passes, the lower ends of said slides being
extended over the magazine rod, a rocker to which the upper ends of said slides
are connected on opposite sides of its axis, and mechanism for actuating said
rocker, substantially as aud for the purpose specified.
20. In a machine for assembling and distributing matrices, in combination, a
downwardly inclined distributing rail having notches in its sides, a downwardly
inclined assembling rail placed below the distributing rail and nearer to the centre
of the machine, and a series of downwardly inclined magazine rods having their
receiving ends beneath the distributing rail and behind the several notched parts
thereof and having their delivery ends over the assembling rail, substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
21. In a machine for distributing matrices, in combination, a distributing rail of
equal width from end to end having a series of notches arranged in pairs in both
sides thereof, which notches are deepest at the rear end and decrease in depth
successively from rear toward the front, and means for supporting said rail,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
22. In a machine for distributing matrices, a distributing guide consisting of a
distributing rail of equal width from end to end having a series cf notches arranged
in pairs in its sides, which notches decrease in depth from rear to front, a longi-
tudinal fin secured centrally to its top side whereby it may be suspended, a stop
rail below the distributing rail having shoulders arranged in pairs which are
narrowest at the rear end and increase in width forward, substantially as and for
the purpose specified.
23. In a matrix distributing machine, a downwardly inclined distributing guide
consisting of a distributing rail of equal width from end to end having notches in
its sides arranged in pairs and made deepest at the rear end and decreasing in
depth successively toward the front end, a stop rail on the under side of the
distributing rail having shoulders arranged in pairs at increasing distances apart
from the rear to the front end, the several shoulders being placed just in front of
the notches in the distributing rail, a central fin secured to the top of the
distributing rail, whereby the guide is supported and a central longitudinal fin
below the stop rail, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
24. In a matrix distributing machine, in combination, a distributing rail, and a
pickup rod having its forward end beneath the rear end of said distributing rail,
and means for supporting said distributing rail and pickup rod, substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
25. In a matrix distributing machine, in combination, a distributing rail, a
pickup rod having its forward end below the rear end of the distributing rail, and
a finger secured to the machine at a point inside the said pick-up rod, and having
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page_text: its outer end upturned and secured to the under side of the pick-up rod near the
forward end thereof, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
26. The combination of a series of pick-up rods which are grouped in one plane
at their rear ends and diverging therefrom into different planes, a series of fingers
secured at their forward ends to the fixed framework and extending rearwardly
therefrom, having their rear ends upturned and secured to the under side of said
pick-up rods whereby the rear ends of said pick-up rods are supported, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
27. The combination of a pick-up rod having a shoulder on its upper side, a pin
movable vertically through said pick-up rod just behind said shoulder, a rock
shaft and mechanism connecting said rock shaft and pin whereby the latter is
reciprocated up and down, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
28. The combination of a series of pick-up rods grouped in one plane at their
rear ends, a bracket below said rear ends, a longitudinally movable slide mounted
on said bracket, and adapted to hold the stick, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
29. The combination of a series of pick-up rods grouped in one plane at their
rear ends, a bracket below said rear ends of the pick-up rods, a longitudinally
movable slide mounted on said bracket, means for holding the stick on said slide,
and a wedge fixed above the forward end of the path of said slide, substantially as
and for the purpose specified..
30. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a stick composed of two
parts adapted to grasp a line of matrices between them, combined with means,
substantially as described, for connecting said parts whereby they may be spread
apart at either end, for the purpose specified.
31. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a stick composed of two
parts adapted to grasp a line of matrices between them, one part having a tongue,
the other part having a slot through which said tongue passes, in combination with
a spring secured to said tongue and bearing against the other part, substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
32. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a stick composed of two
parts, one part having two end shoulders which define the length of the line of
matrices which may be held in the stick, the other part having a ledge on which
the matrices rest, a tongue on one part which passes through a slot in the other
part, a leaf spring secured near its middle to said tongue, both parts of said stick
having longitudinal slots in their sides, and bosses in the face of one part near
both ends and corresponding sockets in the meeting face of the other part which
receives said bosses substantially as and for the purpose specified.
33. In a matrix assembling machine, a stick composed of two parts adapted to
grasp a line of natrices, one of said parts having sockets in its outer ends, one
of said parts having a tongue and the other a slot through which said tongue
passes, and a spring secured to the end of said tongue, substantially as and for
the purpose specified.
34. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, a lever pivoted to the
bed adjacent to the composition point having a finger which is adapted to be
swung against the rear matrix, a spring for swinging said lever in one direction,
a substantially vertical rock shaft, a link connecting said rock shaft and lever,
a horizontal rock shaft, a cam secured thereto and mechanism making an operative
connection between the upper end of the vertical rock shaft and said cam,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
35. The combination of the assembling rails grouped in one plane at their
forward ends, two pairs of clamping fingers adapted to alternately grasp and
release said rails, a rock shaft 3 and connecting mechanism between said rock
shaft and clamps, with a slide movable beneath said assembling rails, a revoluble
shaft and mechanism connecting said slide and shaft, a clutching device connecting
said shaft with a motor, and mechanism intermediate of the clutching mechanisni
and rock shaft 3, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

page_text: 36. In a matrix assembling machine, an assembling guide, a series of magazine
rods, matrices adapted to hang therefrom, and means for transferring the matrices
singly from any magazine rod to said guide, substantially as specified.
37. In a matrix assembling machine, an assembling guide a magazine rod
supported with its delivery end above the assembling guide, and a series of
matrices each having a hook by means of which it hangs from the magazine rod
and which is adapted to enter on the assembling guide when disengaged from
the magazine rod, substantially as specified.
38. In a matrix assembling machine, an assembling guide, a series of downwardly
inclined magazine rods, all arranged with their delivery ends directly over the
assembling guide, matrices having hooks by which they are suspended on said
magazine rods, and detent mechanism adapted to release said matrices singly,
whereby when released the matrices fall by gravity onto the assembling guide,
substantially as specified.
39. In a matrix assembling machine, a downwardly inclined assembling rail,
a series of downwardly inclined magazine rods, all arranged with their delivery
ends above said rail, matrices having hooks by which they are suspended on said
magazine rods and detent mechanism adapted to retain said matrices thereon and
to release them singly, whereby the action of gravity causes the matrices when
released to drop onto the assembling rail and slide to the composing point,
substantially as specified.
40. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a distributing coil, and an
assembling rail, arranged to one side and a little below the distributing rail,
combined with a series of magazine rods, the delivery ends of which are all above
the assembling rail, the receiving ends being adjacent to and at different elevations
with relation to the distributing rail, substantially as specified.
41. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a distributing rail, an
assembling rail, a magazine rod having its delivery end above the assembling rail
and its receiving end adjacent to the distributing rail, and means for supporting
the magazine rod from its underside, substantially as specified.
42. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, a distributing rail, and
assembling rail, a substantially U-shaped bracket, a superior support to which one
arm of said bracket is secured and from which it depends, and a magazine rod
secured to the top of the other arm of said bracket, having its receiving end
adjacent to the distributing rail, and its delivery end over the assembing rail,
substantially as specified.
43. In a matrix distributing machine, in combination, a pick-up rod, a distributing
rail, a inagazine rod, and an assembling rail, all arranged with respect to each
other substantially as described whereby a matrix having two hooks is adapted to
engage with each of said parts and be transferred successively from one to the
other in the order named in moving from the rear to the front of the machine,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
44. In a matrix distributing machine, in combination, a series of distributing
rails, a series of associated pick-up rods having (1) selecting portions which lie in
the same vertical plane, (2) separating portions which diverge and lie in different
vertical planes, and (3) supporting portions which extend toward the central line
of the machine, each extending over the rods and rails, which lie nearer said
centre, and a fixed support to which said supporting portions are secured,
substantially as specified.
45. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, the combination of
assembling guides which lie in one plane at their delivery ends and diverge there-
from into different planes, distributing guides which lie in one plane at their
receiving ends and diverge therefrom into different planes, and magazines
intermediate of said distributing and assembling guides, substantially as set forth.
46. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, in combination, a series of
distributing guides which lie in one vertical plane at the rear of the machine and
diverge therefrom into different vertical planes, a series of assembling guides which

page_text: lie in one vertical plane at the front of the machine and diverge therefrom into
different vertical planes, and mechanism intermediate of each assembling guide
and its corresponding distributing guide, whereby the matrices are transferred
from the latter to the former, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
47. In an assembling and distributing machine, in combination, a series of
assembling rails grouped in one vertical plane at the front of the machine, and
diverging therefrom into different vertical planes, an equal number of associated
distributing rails lying in different vertical planes, a series of magazine rods
intermediate of each assembling rail and its associated distributing rail, a series of
pick-up rods each of which lies for some distance adjacent to its associated
distributing rail, all of which pick-up rods converge at the back of the machine
and lie in one vertical plane, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
48. In a matrix assembling and distributing machine, in combination, a series of
assembling rails, means for supporting the rear ends of said rails, and movable
mechanism for supporting and releasing the front ends of said rails, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
49. In a matrix assembling machine, the combination of a series of assembling
rails permanently supported at their rear ends, mechanism for holding and releasing
their front ends, a removable clamping device, and means for holding the said
clamping device beneath the composing parts of all of said rails, substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
50. In a matrix assembling machine, in combination, independent matrices, a set
of assembling rails adapted to guide the matrices to the composing point, and
means for holding and releasing their front ends, with a spring clamp consisting of
the pivoted bars and rods which are adapted to engage with said matrices, and
mechanism for holding said clamp open during the time the front ends of said rails
are being held, substantially as set forth.
51. A spacer for a matrix line, consisting of two plates connected at top and
bottom, and a transversely movable wedge block lying between said plates and
adapted to spread them apart, said wedge block being as high as the thickness of
the slug to be formed, substantially as set forth.
52. A spacer for a matrix line, consisting of two plates secured together at two
points a suitable distance apart, and having transverse grooves in their meeting
faces, with a wedge block which lies in said grooves and projects outward from
between said plates, substantially as set forth.
53. A spacer for a matrix line having a body composed of two similar plates
secured together at their ends, said plates having grooves in their meeting faces, a
stem, and two books secured thereto, combined with a wedge block which lies in
said grooves and projects from between said plates, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
54. A spacer for a matrix line, consisting of two plates secured together at two
points a suitable distance apart, each plate having on its inner face an inclined
transverse groove located at a point corresponding with the characters assembled
in the impression line and a transversely movable wedge block lying in said groove
and projecting from between said plates, substantially as set forth.
55. A spacer for a matrix line, consisting of two plates which are secured
together at two points a suitable distance apart, said plates being transversely
grooved on their meeting faces at a point corresponding with the characters in the
impression line, combined with an arrow headed wedge block which has also two
wedge surfaces near its rear end, lying in said grooves, and shoulder on said plates'
adapted to engage with the rear ends of said arrow shaped head, substantially as
and for the purpose set forth.
56. In combination with a stationary nozzle and mechanism for forcing molten
metal to and through said nozzle an oscillating pivoted mold axially movable to
and from said nozzle, a slide adapted to sustain a line of matrices for presentation
to the mold, and mechanism for moving said slide toward the nozzle, thereby first
bringing the matrices against the mold and then moving the mold against 'the

page_text: nozzle, and away from the nozzle to return the slide to its first position, and
mechanism for withdrawing the mold from contact with the nozzle, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
57. In combination, a stationary nozzle and mechanism for forcing molten metal
to and through said nozzle, a slide adapted to support a line of matrices, a mold.
shaft movable longitudinally in its bearing, a mold secured thereto and adapted to
lie between the slide and the nozzle, mechanism for moving said slide toward the
nozzle, bringing, 1st, the matrices against the mold, and, 2nd, the mold against the
Dozzle, a spring surrounding the mold shaft and exerting its force to withdraw
the mold from contact with the nozzle, and mechanism for oscillating the mold.
shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
58. In combination, a stationary nozzle and mechanism for forcing molten metal
to and through said nozzle, a slide movable toward and from said nozzle, a pivoted
mold axially movable to and from said nozzle and adapted to lie between it and.
said slide, a second slide mounted on the first and independently movable in the
same directions, and mechanism for independently moving said slide, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
59. In combination, a stationary nozzle and mechanism for forcing molten metal.
to and through said nozzle, a slide movable toward and from said nozzle and
adapted to support a line of matrices, a pivoted mold axially movable to and from,
said nozzle and lying between it and said slide, a second slide mounted on the first
slide and independently movable in the same directions, a spring adapted to move
the second slide in one direction, a lever pivoted to the first slide and engaging at
one side of its pivot with the second slide, and a fixed stop adapted to engage with
said lever on the opposite side of its pivot, substantially as and for the purpose.
specified.
60. In combination, a pivoted mold having a type slot through it, mechanism for
oscillating said mold, a sliding pin mounted in the mold and entering said slot,.
a lever pivoted to the mold and engaging at one end with said pin, a bevelled
block adapted to engage with the other end of said lever and thereby move the.
lever so as to withdraw the pin from said slot, and a spring for moving said pin in.
the opposite direction, substantially as and for the purpose specifiel.
61. In combination, a longitudinally movable mold shaft, a mold having a type
slot through it secured to said shaft, a gear segment secured to said shaft, an.
oscillating gear segment in mesh with the gear segment first named, a rock shaft
and mechanism connecting said rock shaft and the last named gear segment,.
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
62. In combination, a fixed nozzle and mechanism for forcing molten metal to.
and through the same, a slide movable toward and from said nozzle, and having,.
on the edge opposed to said nozzle, fingers adapted to temporarily retain on said.
slide a clamp full of matrices, an oscillating pivoted mold between said slide and
nozzle and axially movable to and from said nozzle, substantially as and for the-
purpose specified.
63. In combination, a fixed nozzle, mechanism for forcing molten metal to and.
through said nozzle, a slide adapted to support a matrix line movable toward and
from said nozzle, au oscillating pivoted mold having a type slot through it, movable-
axially to and from said nozzle lying between the nozzle and slide, a fixed slotted
block 33 and an ejector slide movable into and out of the type slot and adapted to
force the type therefrom into the slot in the block 33, and an inclined chute placed.
at one side of the slotted block 33 and adapted to receive a type as it is pushed
out of the slot in said block 33 and mechanism for moving the movable parts.
herein mentioned in the manner substantially as described.
64. In combination, a fixed nozzle, mechanism for forcing molten metal to and
through said nozzle, a slide movable toward and from said nozzle, a pivoted mold
axially movable to and from said nozzle a pivoted lever engaging in a vertical
slet in said slide, a bar connected with the lower end of said lever and a revolving:
cam for actuating said bar, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

page_text: 65. In combination, a pivoted mold, a gear segment secured thereto, a pivoted
gear segment in mesh with that first named, having a rocker arm rigidly connected
therewith, a rock shaft having a rigid arm, a link connecting this arm with the
said rocker arm, a cam, and a second arm secured to the rock shaft engaging with
said cam, substantially as and for the purpose specified..
Dated this 30th day of June 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.