CERTAIN NEW AND USEFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN TYPE SETTING MACHINES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and
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Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antan, Paris,
France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent,
for the Invention of "CERTAIN NEW AND USEFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN
TYPE SETTING MACHINES." -A communication from Augustus Corey
Richards, residing in the City, County, and State of New York,
United States of America, Merchant.
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Sealed the 18th January 1876, and dated the 26th July 1875.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henrı Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition
and Declaration, on the 26th July 1875, pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue
de la Chaussée d'Antan, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "CERTAIN NEW
AND USEFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN TYPE SETTING MACHINES," communicated to me
by Augustus Corey Richards, a person resident in the City, County, and
State of New York, United States of America, Merchant, and have
petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, admini- {
strators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and
made solemn Declaration that it is a communication.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do
hereby declare that the following Complete Specification, under my
hand and seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the Inven- 1
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, reference
being had to the accompanying Drawings and to the figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in an endless apron in combination with con-
verging guides and with a series of type channels, from which the
desired types are discharged successively by suitable mechanism in such
a manner that by the combined action of the carrying apron and the
converging guides the types are deposited in the proper position in a
channel provided for their reception. When the converging guides are
made in the form of belts the inner branches of these belts are sub-
jected to the action of flanged rails, which hold them down close to the
carrying apron, and also prevent them from canting over With the carry-
ing apron the converging guides and the receiving channel is combined
an oscillating finger, which serves to raise each type as the same reaches
the receiving channel to an upright position. A vibrating stop compels
the types to pass successively into the receiving channel. The channels
or cases from which the types are taken are placed at the upper end of
the carrying apron, and each of them is provided at its lower end with
a sectional supporting lip and with a swinging gate, the bottom end of
which is bent inward to catch between thic sections of the supporting lip,
and to force out that type which rests on said lip; said gates are operated
by keys acting on rocking bars.
This Invention is illusiated in the accompaning Drawings, in which
Fig. 1 represents a plan or top view.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section.

page_text: Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the parts represented by Fig. 3, Fig. 5
is a side view of the same in a different position
is a side view of the same in a different position
Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are different views of the type cases.
Fig. 10 is a longitudinal section of the keyboard
Similar letters indicate corresponding parts
In the Drawing the letter A. designates a frame which forms the
bearings for two rollers B, B, round which extends an endless apron C.
The frame and apron are by preference placed in an inclined position,
as shown in Fig 2 With said apron are combined two belts D, D,
which run over pulleys E, E, situated above the apron and close to its
surface, so that the edges of the belts move in close proximity to the
surface of the apron
In order to prevent the inner strands of the belts
from rising and from canting over flanged rails a are applied, which
catch over the upper edges of said belts The pulleys E, E, are so
arranged that the belts D, D, converge towards the receiving type
channel F situated at the lower part of the apron C. Instead of tho
belts D, D, two stationary converging guides may be used, which are
made of glass or other smooth material, but the belts are preferable.
The converging belts D, D, are geared together with the carrying
apron C, so that they may move at a different velocity. If a typo is
dropped upon the upper part of the carrying apron it is carried down
until it comes in contact with one of the converging belts, and by the
action of this belt the type is turned, so that it lays close against the
inner surface of said belt and that it moves down towards the
receiving type channel in the required position. On reaching the
lower end of the carrying apron said type slides down over an
inclined plane 6 (best seen in Figures 4 and 5), which is fastened in
front of and close to the lower roller B. Beneath this inclined plane is
situated a finger c, which receives an oscillating motion by a cam d,
and which is arranged at the mouth of the receiving type channel F.
When this finger is turned back to the position shown in Fig. 4 a type
sliding down over the inclined plane 6 is received by the outer edge of said
finger, and as the finger rises to the position shown in Fig. 5 the type is
brought in an upright position, and at the same time it is forced into the
receiving type channel. With the inclined plane 6 is combined a stop e,
which receives a vibrating motion by a cam ƒ (see Fig 5), the motion of
which is so timed that no type is permitted to slide down over the inclineḍ

page_text: plane while the finger c is in its forward position, and when the finger
has turned back to the position shown in Fig 4, and a type has dropped
down the stop e immediately closes, and thereby the types are compelled
to slide down over the inclined plane in succession, and an undue accu-
mulation of types at the mouth of the receiving channel is avoided.
The cams d and fare mounted on a shaft g, which is geared together
with the lower roller of the carrying apron (see Fig. 1), and the finger c
oscillates on a rod h, while the stop e has its bearing on a rod 2. The
cam & acts on a pin ; secured in the tail end of the finger, and this pin
is held in contact with the cam by a spring k². The cam f acts on a
pin secured in the tail end of the stop e, and a spring m serves to keep
*said-pin in-contact with the surface of the cam (see Figs. 3 and 5).
The types to be set are taken from a series of cases G, which are
placed at the head of the carrying apron on an angular or a circular linc,
so that the distances from the several cases to the mouth of the receiving
type channel are as near as possible alike, and that the time required for
each type from the moment when it has been discharged from its case
until it reaches the receiving type channel will be uniform or nearly so.
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The type cases consist of narrow channels just wide enough to receive
the types. One side of each case is somewhat shorter than the other, and
at the bottom end of the long side is formed a sectional lip n pro-
jecting towards the short side, the distance from the upper surface of
said lip to the bottom edge of the short side of the case being a little
larger than the thickness of the types contained in the case, so that if
the types in a case are permitted to sink down upon said lip the lowest
type can be pushed out beneath the edge of the short side of the case.
To the outside of the long side of cach case is attached a gate o, which
swings on a pivot p (Figures 7 and 8), and the bottom edge of this gate
is bent inward to form a sectional lip q, the sections of which when the
gate is closed project between the sections of the lip n of the case (sec
Fig. 9). The lip q of the case is thicker than the lip n, so that when
the gate is being closed the lowest type in the case (which at that time
rests upon the hip n will be pushed out, and then the remaining types
are supported by the lip 9 (see Fig. 7). If the gate is then thrown
open the types in that case sink down upon the lip n (see Fig 8). On
the edge of each gate is formed a fork r (Fig. 6), and with this fork
engages a finger 8, which projects from a rock shaft k that extends from
the inner side of the key board H (see Figs. 1 and 10), and is acted upon

page_text: by one of the keys K. This action may be direct, or the keys may be
made to act by means of bell-crank levers u upon slides v, which engage
with cranks or fingers formed on or secured to the rock shaft k, as shown
in Fig. 10. The gates are closed by means of springs w, which may be
Imade to act on the slides or on the rock shaft k. Whenever one of
the keys is depressed the gate of the corresponding type case is thrown
open, and when the key is released the gate closes, and the lowest type
in the case is thrown on and deposited on the carrying apron C As this
apron moves downward towards the mouth of the receiving typo
channel the type deposited thercon moves in the same direction, and
whenever it comes in contact with one of the converging belts or
guides it is turned in the proper position to enter the receiving type
channel.
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In operating the machine care must be taken to depress the keys in
succession, and at suitable intervals, so that no accumulations of types
will take place over the stop e, or over the mouth of the receiving type
channel. If this precaution is taken cach type will be deposited in the
receiving type channel in the proper position without fail, and the
operation of setting types can be carried on with great rapidity.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner of carrying it into effect, what I claim is,—
1. The combination of an endless carrying apron with converging
guides and with a series of type channels or cases, from which the
desired types are discharged successively, substantially as herein shown
and described.
2. In combination with the endless carrying apron and the converging
belts D, D, I claim the flanged rails a overlapping the inner strands
of said converging belts, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
3. In combination with the carrying apron the converging guides, and
with a receiving guide channel F, I claim the oscillating finger C for
receiving the types from the apron and depositing them in the receiving
type channel, substantially as shown and described.
4. In combination with the carrying apron the converging guides and
the receiving type channel, I claim the vibrating stop e to prevent an
accumulation of types at the mouth of the receiving type channel, sub-
stantially as set forth.

page_text: 5 In combination with the carrying apron I claim the gates o, pro-
vided with sectional lips 9 and the sectional lips n at the bottom edges
of the long sides of the type cases G, substantially as shown and
described.
6 The combination of the keys K and rock shafts & with the gates o,
sectional lips q and n, and type cases G, all constructed and operated
substantially in the manner set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have
hereto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of July, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five:
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