BE512227A - - Google Patents

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  MACHINE FOR COMPOSING, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING PATRICES.



   The present invention relates to an improved machine for composing, printing and dispensing patrices, in which patrices are released according to characters in a reserve magazine by the manipulation of a keyboard, and then assembled in line with elements of the patrices. 'spacing or spacers, the line thus composed during a cycle of the machine being justified and inked prior to the printing operation., then moved horizontally at the end of the way to come into contact with an elevator bar which lifts the line at a higher level from where the patrices and spacers are transferred and returned to the dispensing mechanism to their respective magazine channels.



   The word "patrice" as used herein denotes a type of die intended for the direct printing of a cliché in the form of a sheet of paper or the like intended for subsequent use for lithographic printing in offset or in printing. hollow,
The subject of the invention is a machine of this type, equipped with composing devices and comprising an elongated receiving channel in which the patrices and compressible spacers are assembled in line under the influence of these devices, a stop placing the compound line in printing position, and an operable assembly to advance the compound line in said channel until it is stopped by the stopper and also to proceed with the justification of the line of patents by compressing the spacers therein before the printing operation.



   The machine comprises composition devices and receiving channels in which the patrices are composed in line under the influence of said devices, and comprising a sliding block, a line stop finger carried by this block, a push bar can be operated

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 to advance the composed line and justify it in the printing position - a stopper that can be manually adjusted according to the length of the lines to be composed in order to stop and maintain the sliding block during the justification and printing operations, and a hand-operated device for actuating the push bar.

     A normally open switch can be placed in the electrical circuit of the main clutch.
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 palg and the device that can be operated by hand may consist of a hand lever which can be actuated to close said switch as soon as the justification of the compound line has been performed, so as to start the machine
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 According to another characteristic of the invention, the machine comprises a horizontal push bar, with reciprocating movement,

     a device controlled by hand for actuating said bar to effect a-
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 advancing the compound line and justifying it in the printed position means an elevator receiving during a cycle of the machine a vertical reciprocating movement in order to transport the line from the composition level to the distribution level, a device for actuating said elevator ;, and an automatically controlled device for actuating the push bar to advance the composed line from the print position on the elevator.

   The latter may comprise a ribbed bar intended to support the patrices by means of their combinations of teeth, a sliding block, a line stop finger articulated on said block, a device supporting this finger independently of the block in its vertical position. during the operations of composition, justification and printing of the line and a device associated with the support device so as to allow the
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 finger to swing down, away from the path of the patrice leading the line, when the latter comes into contact with the 1-9 elevator bar.



  The machine comprises a magazine ;, an elevator intended to transport a line composed, after printing / at the distribution level, a retractable slide associated with the distribution mechanism and which can be actuated to move the patrices and the spacers of the composed line to from the elevator, prior to final distribution, and introduce them into their corresponding warehouse channels,

   and a support formed by longitudinal guides on which said block slides and capable of being moved away from its normal position when
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 that one wishes to have access to the elements or to the patrices during the distribution The support of the block can be articulated on one of the ends of the frame of the machine so as to be able to be brought to its normal position and to be moved away from it, and the machine may include a device which can be actuated at will to effect these movements of the support.
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  According to another characteristic of the invention, the machine comprises a magazine provided with channels in which the patrices are stored according to their characters, said magazine comprising an upper section and a lower section offset from one another, and a sec - shorter intermediate tion, communicating with them
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 The subject of the invention is also a circulating patrice for a composition and printing machine, said patrice having on its anterior and posterior edges ears projecting upwards and downwards, the character being arranged on one of said protruding ears.
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  An embodiment of the machine according to the invention will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
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 fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is an end elevation, partly in section and broken away, of the machine; fig. 3 schematically represents the devices making it possible to close and interrupt an electric circuit by actuating a key of the keyboard, in order to free a patrice from the reserve store;

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 the channel 3A is a vertical section along the line 3 3A of the figo 3;
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 Fig. 4 is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the devices electrically operated from the keyboard, for releasing the magazine locking pawls;

   
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 FIG. 4A is a vertical section of a detail, showing the unlocking pawl and the push button which actuates; Fig. 5 is a front elevation, partly in section and arra-
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 head of the mechanisms of composition, advance of the line and command of patrices; FIG. 6 is a side elevation of the main clutch and its control mechanism, schematically showing the electrical circuit making it possible to automatically start the operating cycle of the machine;

   figo 7 is a plan view from above showing the star wheel device, and partly cut away in order to show more clearly the mounting of the push bar and of the control device by hand actuating said bar as well as said wheel; FIG. 7A is a front elevation of the elements of FIG. 7, the front wall of their support bracket being removed in order to be able to show the push bar and its control device;, shown in solid lines;

   fig 8 is a front view of a line of patrices advanced and justified in printing position by the push bar, and also showing the cam-operated device intended to complete the active stroke of said bar , as well as the cam and spring control device intended to ensure the return stroke of the push bar;
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 the fridge 9 is a side elevation of a group of solenoids and the connections they control in order to free the patrices from the several store channels;
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 fig. 10 is a perspective view of the elements of the rod 9; fig 11 is a plan view of the elements of figs 9 and 10;

     Fig. 12 is a front view showing the cam operated lever and cables for operating the elevator as well as the cam and spring operated levers and connecting rods for bringing the ink cylinder to its position normal and away from it; Fig 13 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing the elevator in its position for receiving a line of patrices, in which it rests against the side walls of the horizontal support bracket as well than the cam operated counterweight levers that operate the elevator;

   Fig. 14 is a front view, on a larger scale, of the control bar of the distributor and of the elements which are directly associated with it;
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 the fig l.A is a vertical section along the line 14A-14A of the fig 14;
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 Fig. 15 is a relatively small scale front view of the cam operated counterweight lever and cables for actuating the grout to the distributor;
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 figo 16 is a partial view of the lever of figo 15 and of its control cam; Figo 17 is a vertical section of the store support device in normal position and of the device used to move the pa =

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 trices horizontally from one vertical section of the store to another;

   Fig. 18 is a detail showing the slider moving finger about to transfer a line of compound patrices suspended from the grooved elevator bar, onto a similar bar terminating at the dispensing mechanism;
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 fig. 19 is a detail, on a relatively small scale, showing the position of the weight in the guide column when the elevator is in the lower or line receiving position and showing in dotted lines the elevator in its upper position. ., the patrice line being in contact with the finger of the distributor slide;

   FIG. 20 is a front view, showing the position which certain elements are brought to occupy when the push bar completes its active stroke in order to advance a line of patrices in contact with the bar of the elevator; Fig. 21 is an end view, showing certain elements of the inking and printing mechanisms in their normal position and indicating in dotted lines the positions they occupy during the operations
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 inking and printing; figo 22 is a vertical section taken along line 22-22 of fig. 5. also showing the adjustable stop device for supporting the slide block and line stop finger in the correct position during justification operations? inking and printing;

   fig. 23 is a detail front view, showing on a larger scale a line justification spacer;
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 the flg. 24 is an end view, partly in section, of the spacer of FIG. 23; Fig. 25 is a front view, partly broken away, of a line composed of patrices and spacers., before its justification;
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 fig 26 is a similar view of the line composed of fig 25, but after it has been justified, and fig 27 is a vertical section of detail through the anterior and posterior walls of the elongated support bracket of the push bar, showing the receiving channel of the patrices and the slides of said bar.
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  The patrices = !. and the spacers y. are stored in a channel magazine A mounted in the frame of the machine, the latter (figso 1 and 2) generally comprising two vertical uprights! ts 9 raising from a rectangular base J. a fixed horizontal cross member fi on the upper ends of the uprights for supporting the dispensing mechanism, and a second pair of shorter vertical uprights 7, also rising from the plinth 5, and connected respectively at their top to the
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 main uprights ± by intermediate horizontal tie rods 80 The distributor mechanism, like that used in commercial linotype machines, consists of an elongated grooved bar, a group of threaded rods.
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 teex 9 (fig.

   1) constantly rotating in order to advance the patrices along the bar, and a channel-shaped magazine entrance 10 associated with the dispensing mechanism to direct the patrices as they leave the bar to enter in their respective channels.
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  The patrices have various thicknesses depending on their character and they feature ears protruding upward ZI and downward z2, as well as the usual V-shaped notch X3 with jagged edges. However, according to the present invention, the protruding ears of the patrices have the same thickness as the body and their X4 characters are formed on their posterior upper ears instead of 1) being on the posterior edges.
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 so that they can easily be inked in order to get a snap during the operation of the machine.

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 The characters of the patrices can have different lengths in order to be able to adapt to various styles of typography without hindering the circulation of the patrices in the present machined, The spacers y, (fig. 23 and 24) are formed of two side elements y1 and
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 yg opposite9 of shape and size similar to the patrieesp between which is disposed a spring 1 in the form of a blade cut out in H and fixed by a single rivet on y2.

   The spacers X also include two upper alignment axes, and lower y4 which project sideways on Isolation v2 and pass through corresponding openings.
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 your 5 drilled holes in the elements y .19 their heads being normally applied in shallow recesses milled in the openings under the inaction of the tension of the spring 3 L.9 together is such that the two zips x, and i are held elastically spaced some distance apart by spring v3 but can be compressed towards each other when justifying a line, as will be seen later.



  To allow the compression of the spacers v. the individual patrices x also present as can be seen on the figs. 4,
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 25 and 26e an upper pair x 5 and a lower pair e6 of transverse openings large enough to be able to receive the heads of the alignment pins v4 of the spacers when the latter are compressed.

   
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 As seen in dotted lines in Fig. 29 the magazine A is supported in a vertical position in the machine frame in order to minimize any possible wear of the pattern characters which might otherwise occur, and to cushion the fall of the patrices from
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 from the distributor mechanism to the discharge devices which are arranged as usual near the lower end or discharge of the ma- .gasin9 the latter (figo 17) is made in three sections,

   namely two vertical sections A1 and A2 offset with respect to each other and connected by a horizontal intermediate section A3 communicating with the two first
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 mièreso The patrices released by the distributor bar and entering the upper vertical section Al are stopped by the previous patrices already contained in this section :, but in the absence of these patrices, those which follow fall only on the relatively short distance which separates this bar from the horizontal section A3 of the magazine.

   From this point the patrices are pushed end-to-end forward one after the other along the horizontal section of the magazine to a position where they are directly above the lower section A2, d 'where they can continue their downward journey to the evacuation position, where they are stopped by the evacuation devices.



   The device intended to thus advance the patrices in the horizontal section A3 of the magazine A comprises a series of horizontal slides B moving back and forth (figo 17) placed directly behind said section and mounted in the transverse bar of an oscillating element B1 in the form of a caliper, supported by means of pendant arms B29 by a constantly driven horizontal shaft C The sliders B are controlled by a corresponding series of pivoting levers,

   B3
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 rising from an oscillating shaft B4 and controlled by another caliper B5 which is fixed at its opposite end on the oscillating shaft between the side arms of caliper Blo The oscillation of the shaft B4 is communicated to it by a cam C1 keyed on the shaft C and in contact with an anti-friction roller b at the lower end of an arm B6 suspended from the oscillating shaft.
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 binder B4o The cross bar of 1 bracket B5 is fitted with a series of tension springs B7 connected to the levers B3 for controlling the bucket sliders and which;

  , under the rotation of cam C1, print their stroke
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 active while the crossbar, when it comes into direct contact with the control levers, prints the sliders their return stroke., A coil spring B5, surrounding the swing shaft B4 and anchored to one of the hanging side arms of caliper B1, keeps roller b constantly in contact with cam C1,

   so that the slide control assembly can be supported by said cam in the normal position
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 shown in figea 170 The bracket B1 and the elements it supports are maintained in their normal position shown in figo 17 by a cli-

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 hand-operated locking quet B8 mounted on a pivot b2 in a fixed console 12 of the machine frame and which is in contact with a
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 stud b3 projecting laterally on one of the caliper side arms.



  To remove and replace the magazine A, the latter is mounted according 1'9invention so as to be able to oscillate or tilt backwards and forwards from its normal vertical position, shown in dotted lines in Figo 2o. , the magazine A (figo 17) is supported on a third bracket D having a transverse bar Dl which is in contact with the underside of the horizontal intermediate section A3 of the magazine and two pendant side arms D2 arranged in the vicinity of those of the caliper B5 and also mounted on the horizontal shaft C.

   To locate the caliper D in its active position, at least one of the side arms D2 (fig. 1 and 2) has a tab ± intended to come at this time to the con-
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 tact of a corresponding stud 11, projecting on the frame of the machine. Thanks to this arrangement, it is possible to make the magazine oscillate towards 1: 7 backwards and its support towards a position (not shown) where it can be conveniently removed. and replaced when desired.

   In this case, however, one must first release the caliper Bl and the elements that it supports, including the reciprocating slides B, by removing the pawl B8 from the stud.
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 b39 then tilting it away towards the base
The devices for evacuating the patrices out of the magazine A comprise (fig. 4 and 4A) respectively an A4 single-action pawl pivoting on a rod! An A5 tension spring intended to normally maintain the pawl in its active position and a pusher A6 intended to tilt the click against the tension of the spring A5, towards
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 its inactive position. The actuation of the push-buttons A6 takes place electrically by devices controlled from the keypad 9 and which include solenoids F for selecting the patrices (freeze.

   9 and 10) arranged in pairs along the lower end of magazine A and divided into groups of eight, with one solenoid for each corresponding number of patriceso discharge devices o Solenoids F directly control operation of a series of levers Fl mounted on a common horizontal pivot rod f, and the various pairs of solenoids of the same group are arranged in the same vertical plane, two pairs above and two pairs above below the axis of said rod, in order to perform their function more easily and to be at the same time supported inside a housing 14 the length of which does not exceed the width of the magazine at its end
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 evacuation.



   In order to establish the correct connections between the solenoids F and the levers Fl that they control each of these levers has horizontal arms F2 and vertical arms F3, which are provided with projections f1 ending in the form of the cores of the various solenoids. F2 of the F1 levers go to Career from the rod !:

     and are long enough to come into contact with the upper face of the arms
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 the shortest of a series of oscillating levers F4.9 which are divided into sets of eight, which can be moved individually, backwards, so that a lever F4 chosen in advance of a series can actuate by 1 intermediate one of a series of vertical pushing elements F5., The pusher A6 of the corresponding magazine evacuation device.

   More explicitly, when a solenoid F of any group is energized by lowering a key on the keyboard E, the arm F2 of the lever it controls is forced down. so as to lift the rear end of the corresponding oscillating lever F4, against the tension of a tension spring f2, and to bring it to a position where it can come into contact with the corresponding push element F5 and activate it,

    when the group in which said oscillating lever is included is moved to careero
The F4 swing levers of the various groups are mounted on
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 their individual pivot rods f and they are normally held in their horizontal position of figo 9 by the tension springs 9 of

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 so that with the exception of that which is actuated as has just been described by the associated lever Fla, they escape from the lower ends of the thrust elements F5 during their backward movement.

   This movement of the various groups of levers F4 is controlled by separate solenoids F6, arranged at the rate of one for each group of selector solenoids F of the patrimony in operative relation with angled levers F7 which are respectively connected to the pivot rods f3. oscillating levers. Angled levers
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 F7 (figo 9) 9 as well as the thrust elements F5. are suspended respectively from pivot rods S, 4, 5 and provided with their individual tension springs f6 and f intended to apply them elastically against stops fg and Zg in their normal vertical positions.



   Keypad E (figso 3 and 3A) is fitted with ordinary mercury rocker switches G, which can be operated by lowering
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 the respective keys Elfl as well as the key E2 of the spacers whose conductors g are connected to a common bus bar Gl from which it is possible to establish electrical circuits through the solenoids F and F6 in view, first of all to choose , then secondly to perform the
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 release of patrices !, and spacers g for the composition of a line. These circuits (figo 3) also include a constantly rotating pulsator H and provided with spaced conductive elements hfl a shunt H1 associated with said pulsator;

  , and a circuit switch H2 comprising a solenoid H3 and a normally closed switch H4 which it controls. The elements are arranged so that when a key is lowered in the usual way, a current (indicated by the arrows in fig. 3) coming from
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 This of the generator passes through the bus bar G.9 the shunt Hl and the pulsator H so as to excite the troissolenoids Ii3 F and F60 However, the operation of these solenoids is synchronized so that they can perform their particular functions in a predetermined order of succession,
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 cgest = to = say that the solenoid F first conditions certain elements as described above with a view to action.nex the suitable pawl A4:

  , then the solenoid F6 actuates said pawl to ensure the evacuation of the parcel out of the store A, and finally the solenoid H3 of the circuit breaker with the switch H4 in order to temporarily cut off the circuit.

   In addition $) in the event that a key E1 or the key E2 of the spacers are kept down too long, the circuit will remain interrupted until
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 that the key is released, thus preventing an entire column of patrices from escaping out of the store Naturally, the pulsator only works to control the evacuation of patrices one by one from the store,

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The patrices x and the spacers y- evacuated from magazine A descend along the guide channels of a slide 15 to fall on an inclined belt conveyor 16 which directs them towards a horizontal receiving channel 17 located at left of the keyboard E and in which they are composed in line under the action of a star wheel I constantly rotating against a vertical finger Jl of a retractable sliding block J.

   The anterior and posterior walls 18 and ± 3 of channel 17, are part of a console
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 elongated 20 (figSo 1 and 5) of the frame of the machine and they have a shape suitable for supporting and guiding the patrices and spacers by their protruding ears.

   After a line of patrices has been composed, it is pushed to the end by a device which will be described later, along channel 17, away from the star wheel II. to a position where it is suitably justified for the inking and printing operations; in order to locate and maintain the lines composed during these operations, the front wall 18 of the channel 17 is provided with a stop device K (fig. 12 and 22) which is arranged in a longitudinal slot 21 of this wall and. in which it can be adjusted according to the length of the lines to be composed. The stop device K (figo 22)

   includes an inner slide k1 and a neck
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 outer slider 9 a knurled knob k3 to tighten the device in its various adjustable positions and a stop 3g fixed so as to be able to pivot between its ends on the inner slider 19.9 so that it can be tilted to and from the deviation from its activated position Device K also includes (figo 12) a pair of electrical switches

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 ordinary k5 blade, which can be operated consecutively to form electrical circuits to a corresponding pair of signal lamps L1 and L2 (one red and the other green)

   placed in a highly visible location for the purpose of informing the machine operator when the compound lines advanced to the print position are too short to fit properly
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 justified To facilitate the adjustment of the stop device K for lines of various lengths, the anterior face of the wall 18 has a scale 22 arranged above the slot 21 and which can be read in combination.
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 sound with an index k4 carried by the outer slide k of the device o Normally,

    the stop k4 is arranged and maintained in its active position shown in broken lines in figo 5 by means of a
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 lift K1 arranged below the rear wall of the console 20 and coming into contact with an anti-friction roller k7 fixed on an arm of the stopper The plate K1 (figo 5) is guided so as to be able to perform a vertical movement limited by pin and slot connections k8 of the machine frame and can be actuated during the operation of the machine by means of
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 two swinging levers Z and 3a from a cam Ml mounted on the main cam arm Mo
The sliding block J (figso 5 and 22)

   is mounted in slides
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 horizontal res located just below the channel II receiving the patches of the console 20 of the frame and the vertical finger Jl 9 line stop of said block is articulated on the block so that it can be tilted down or up, towards and away from its vertical position.



  However, normally or until the proofing and printing operations have been completed, the finger Jl is maintained in a vertical position by the contact of an anti-friction roller .1 which it carries, with the wall. lower of 1) one of the slides 2.o At one end, the block J has a rim it directed downwards and provided with a spout and an offset tab i3, the rim being disposed on the path of the stopper. pivoting k4 of the device K and the tab constituting a means by which the block can be returned to its original position in the vicinity of the wheel by
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 star 1.

   The flange 11 'also has a stud .i4 projecting downwards and intended to actuate the elastic blade switches k5 just before the sliding block is stopped by the stop device K in order to locate a compound line in the printing positiona In the present machine (figso 7 and 7A) the star wheel I is wedged on the front end of a horizontal shaft 12 journaled in
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 spaced bearings 24- and driven constantly through a clutch (not shown) by a suitable gear such as a spur wheel
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 11 keyed to shaft 1 and a pinion 14 meshing with it.

   The shaft 12 may perform limited end movement to move the star wheel rearward prior to moving a compound line to its printing position, and the device used for this purpose generally comprises a lever. N mounted on a vertical axis n, projecting from the fixed console 20, a horizontal connecting rod Nl moving back and forth and fixed to the rear face of said console and an oscillating cam segment N2 controlled by said connecting rod in order to '' operate lever N at 1 Against Inaction of a tension spring nia More particularly, the
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 lever N (-figo 7) has two divergent arms! 12 and ni of different lengths, the longer arm 112 being connected at its free end to the shaft 12.

   and the shorter arm na carrying an anti-friction roller a4 in contact with the cam segment N20 The latter (figo 7A) is mounted on a stud n5
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 projecting laterally on the console 2S and it comprises an arm n directed downwards and relatively short (shown in dotted lines) entering a bevelled recess n7 formed in the upper edge of the horizontal connecting rod Nlo The arrangement is such that when the connecting rod Nl moves at the end
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 in one direction the cam segment N2 turns in the dextrorsum direction (fig. 7A) and actuates the lever N against the tension of the spring n1, so as to move the star wheel 1;

   and Conversely, when connecting rod N1 moves in another direction, the cam segment rotates in the sinistror sum direction and allows spring n1 to return lever N and star wheel I to their promising or normal positions.

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  The connecting rod N1 is actuated in synchronism with other elements.
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 movable elements of the machine that we are going to describe9 and this by means of a device which comprises a hand lever 0 conveniently arranged in the vicinity of the keyboard E and a vertical swinging arm 01 which is controlled by the = hand sink and connected to the neighboring end of the connecting rod
In the normal position, the star wheel I is located as usual and as previously mentioned, in the path of the x patches and y spacers so that they can stack against the vertical finger of the sliding block J when they pass from the slide 15 into the horizontal receiving channel 17.

   After the line is completely composed) the wheel 1 is removed as described above in order to allow the line to advance at the end along the channel 17 under Inaction of a bar-lice F animated by a reciprocating movement (fig. 5, 7) and which comprises front 21 and rear P2 plates, arranged along the bar and able to slide in the guides of the console 20 mentioned above o At its front end, the push bar P has a articulated Pl spout
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 on it and held in its inactive position of fig 79 against the tension of a flat spring p-3D by a rounded protrusion at the free end of the shaft 12.

   of the star wheel. The side plates g1 and:! L2 of the bar P (figo 7) extend somewhat beyond 1 j) at the end of the latter so as to receive between them an anti-frie roller = tion: B4 and ;, in the vicinity of this roller, the bar P, for reasons which will appear later, has a tab P2 directed downwards. The bar P (fige.5 and 7A) also carries a pawl in the form of a hook P3 .action-
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 born by a spring and articulated on a console Pue at the horizontal alignment of an offset tab 13 formed on the edge i1 of the sliding block Jo The console P4 (figo 5) is located below the front edge of the push bar P and is intended for , by coming into contact with any console 25 fixed to the rear wall of the elongated main console 20,

   to stop the push bar in the normal or retracted positiona At this time the hook P3 is kept inoperative against the tension of its res-
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 exits through an adjusting screw 26 mounted transversely in the bracket 2c According to the present invention, the active stroke of the reciprocating pdus- night bar P takes place in two stages, the first under the action of the lever. main 0 before the machine has started to start, so as to advance a composed line to the printing position in which it is stopped and justified under Inaction of the P bar against the cam-controlled stop of the device K;

   and the second
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 by a hand lever Q controlled by cam and spring ;? which rises from a fixed pivot rod 27 and which is intended to operate at the start of the machine cycle, so as to complete the active stroke of the push bar. However, this second movement follows the automatic release
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 of the sliding block J under the effect of the movement of the stop towards its inactive position and advances the line of patrices, whatever its length, along channel 17, to come into contact with a horizontal bar
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 ribbed Rl of the elevator R (figs.

   8 and 0) 0 The lever arm Q is controlled by a cam Ql acting against voltage Q2 fixed at one end of the arm Q and anchored at its other end to a fixed plate g (figo 8) The cam Q2 is in contact with a roller g1 fixed on the rear face of the lever arm Q and, thanks to this contact, maintains the latter in its position
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 normal, against the spring tension until the machine has been started. At its upper end, the lever arm Q, comprising
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 me the swinging arm 01 is in contact with the roller pi.

   arranged at the end of the push bar P in order to ensure the flexibility of the latter's operation when it begins to perform the second part of its
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 stroke, the shape of the cam Ql being such as to allow the arm Q c3.9 to oscillate slowly from its normal position (figo 5) to come into contact with the roller 9 while the line of patrices is still in position d 'impression.



   Note (fig. 20 and 22) that the bottom wall of the posterior slide 23 of the push bar P and the slide block J is cut near the left end of the support bracket 20 and only two

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 sections of rail 20 and go, horizontal and in end-to-end contact, replace it over this length.



   The rail section 28 is fixed to the rear wall of the console 20, while the other rail section 92 is hinged to it at one end and at its other end supports the upper corner of a third rail section 30. which occupies a position tilted upwards above
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 under section 6il and which is fixed on the same wall of the console Oo When the anterior patrice of a compound line;

  , during the active stroke of the push bar P, comes into contact with the bar Rl of the elevator, the sliding block J (figo 20) is stopped by a stop pin 31, and the finger support roller vertical Jl of this block passes over and slightly beyond the fixed rail section 28 (shown in dotted lines) to allow this finger to swing down, out of the way and below. the line of patrices.

   The bar P can go to finish its active race
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 independently of the block J. until it meets a second stop axis 9 so that the last patrice of the compound line can come into contact with the bar Rl of the elevator: Following this operation, the hook P3 located at front edge of the bar P engages behind the offset lug 4 of the slider J, before the return stroke of the bar o
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 The hand lever 0 (figs.

   1 and 5) is articulated on the swinging arm 01 so that it can swing down and up, towards and 1'6 "away from the position indicated in dotted lines (figo 5) 9 and between its ends it has an anti-friction roller 2 intended to come into contact with bevelled surfaces II and 3 arranged at a certain inclination and formed respectively on a fixed part 3 of an angle iron 3j and a vertical finger:

  it articulated at its lower end on the frame of the machine A tension spring 1a!) fixed on the finger 37 and anchored on a
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 end of the bracket 2 ¯5, is intended, under normal operating conditions, to hold the finger 32 against a pin ± 2, the beveled surface of this finger being in line with the corresponding bi- surface.
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 seautée 33c An ordinary electrical switch e.

   controlled by the finger 119 and a switch 4l with elastic blade located below the switch 40 and actuated by a stud o1 projecting on the lower edge of the hand lever 0 are arranged (figo 6) in the same circuit, so that they can control, by means of the devices described below, the starting of the machine cycle
The swing arm 01 (figo 5)

   Rises from a pivot o2 in the fixed console 20 and at its upper end it has a head
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 te o3 in contact with the roller 24 mentioned above which is located at the rear end of the push bar Po A tension spring 02 fixed on the swinging arm 01 at a point located above the pivot o2 and anchored to the wall of end next to the console 20, maintains the swinging arm and the hand lever 0 in their normal position shown in fig.
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 59 this position being determined, as can be seen, by the contact of the anti-friction roller o of said lever with a short vertical tab or projection formed at the upper end of the fixed bevelled part 35.



  During the composition of a line, the push bar P is also held in its normal or withdrawn position against the console 25 by a latch or pivoting pawl S carried by the longer arm of an angled lever S1 and coming to the side. contact from below the lug P2, directed downwards, of the push bar.

   The pawl S is held elastically in its active position against a stop pin by a tension spring relative to
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 Very light Si and it can be moved against said spring (figo 8) 9 away from the tab P9 by means of an oscillating lever S2 articulated between its ends on the fixed bracket 20 and one arm of which is in contact with the pawl S, its other arm being connected by a tension spring s2 to the
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 hand lever Ofl A link by pin and slot s3 limits the oscillating movements of the lever 52, and the spring p2 is sufficiently extensible to allow free operation of the hand lever o.

   The elements are arranged such that when the hand lever 0 starts to move downwards the lever S2 is actuated to release the pawl S from the tab P2 of the push bar P ,, so that the latter can be ac-

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 timmée by the continued movement of the lever 0 in the manner and for the purpose already described.



   The angled lever Si (figs 7 and 8) is located near the lever arm Q and it is mounted on the same pivot rod 27, but it can be actuated immediately after the bar = pusher P has finished its travel. so as to bring the pawl S into contact with the tab P2 of the
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 harre = pusher This active movement of the lever Sl takes place against a tension spring S3 under Inaction of a cam S4 mounted on the main shaft M (pin 8) and in contact with a follower s4 roller cam, carried by the shorter arm of said lever. The spring S3 is fixed on the longer arm of said lever and it is strong enough to ensure the return stroke of the push bar;

  , under the control of cam S4
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 and by the intermediary of the pawl So
It follows from the above description that when the hand lever 0 is lowered and the roller 2, which it carries comes into contact with the bevelled surface 33, the pawl S is released first of all from the tab P2 of the bar = -pusher in order to release the latter and that the star wheel is then withdrawn by the lever N and the connecting rod N1 so as to allow the nose Pl of the bar to engage behind a line of pa-
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 sorted composed in the receiving channel 17o At this moment, the head Q3 of the vertical oscillating arm 01 was brought by the hand lever 0 into contact with the anti-friction roller of the rear end of the bar,

   so that when the hand lever continues to be lowered, and the roller o carried on the bevelled surface of the vertical finger 37 has come to rest against its vertical surface, the line of patrices is first of all stopped due to the contact of the sliding block J with the pivoting stop k4
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 of the device K9 then came to the justification position for 1.91m-pressure, prior to the closing of the lower electrical switch 41 by the pin a, of the hand lever and the starting of the machine's operating cycle .

   If the compound line is too long to be justified, the finger 37 is moved away from its stop pin, against Inaction of the spring 39, when the roller 9, going down with the hand lever 0 rolls on the bevelled surface 34, thus opening the upper switch 40 to prevent the starting of the machine. On the other hand
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 in the event that the compound line advanced to the printing position is too short to be justified, the i4 axis of the slide block J only actuates the first reed switch of the stop device K and causes the red lamp Ll entertainment, excluding that of the green lamp 12.

   When the compound lines have a suitable length of justification, the green lamp except during a momentary flash of the
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 red lamp, stays on until the characters in the lines of patterns have been inked and pictures have been obtained by means which will be described below.
When the cycle continues, the pivoting stopper k4 of the adjustable device K is actuated by the cam-controlled lifting plate Kl ,, so as to release the sliding block J and thus allow the line of patrices to advance. further under Inaction of the push bar P. to come into contact with the bar R1 of the elevator, this last operation being carried out,

  as described above by the lever arm Q under the control of the Qlo cam At this moment, the pawl S has been brought into contact with the tab P2 of the bar = 'pusher and the parts occupy the position of fig. 20 ,
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 cest2a that is to say that the block J is stopped by the stop pin 1 the hook P3 is in contact with the tab i3 of the edge of the sliding block ,, and the finger Jl of the latter is kept in inactive position the roller being opposite the inclined rail section 30 fixed to the rear wall of the console 20.



   Push bar P can now start its re-stroke =
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 turn under the influence of spring S3 when the roller Soo- of the elbow lever SI rolls on the projection of the cam S4. During this operation, the support roller of the line stop finger Jl of the sliding block J comes first

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 in contact with the section of inclined rail 30, which lifts it beyond the section
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 swivel rail g2, functioning as a switch to lead it to the bottom wall of the horizontal slide 23.

   By following the finger Jl is straightened and again kept in vertical position when the push bar P continues its return stroke The hand lever 0 must be kept in a horizontal position in order to bring the head of the oscillating arm.
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 lantg O1 on the path of the roller R4. at the rear end of the push bar P and to stop the latter, against the tension spring S3, in the position of figo 8 where the nose P1 of this bar is in front of the projection 1 of the The front end of the shaft 12 of the star wheel o The hand lever O can then be raised, firstly in order to release the lever N for withdrawing the star wheel via the links described above and allow this lever to return the wheel to its operating position;

   then immediately after in order to allow the
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 spring S3. by means of the angled lever S1 and the pawl 51 'to return the push bar P to its normal position against the fixed console 25, in which the hook P3 is forced to move away from the sliding block J. to come into contact adjusting screw 26.

   At the same time as the hand lever 0 is raised the small swing lever S2, following the release
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 of its spring 9 is ineffective and therefore allows the pawl S (figo5) to remain in contact with the tab P2 of the push bar Po
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 The machine cycle then continues until the compound line is lifted by the bar R of the elevator to the distribution level and pushed of the latter into a distribution box (not shown) where patrices and spacers are separated from each other
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 and fed to the main distribution mechanism for discharge according to their character, above their respective store channels Se In this way, there is a sufficient time interval, before the end of the cycle,

   to perform the composition of the new line of patrices., which is an advantage that will be appreciated by specialists in composing and moulero type machines
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 The main clutch and its control devices comprise (figo 6) two facing clutch elements 42 and 43, the first of which is wedged on a drive motor shaft (not shown) while the second is formed on a sleeve. 44 which slides by means of splines on the camshaft M so that it can be brought into or out of engagement
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 with Isolation 42¯c The axial movement of the sleeve 44 takes place by means of an automatically controlled vertical lever ± g, oscillating by its lower end on a fixed bracket 46.

   and provided between its ends with an anti-friction roller 4 (shown in dotted lines) penetrating into an annular groove 48 closed in the sleeve. A tension spring! it fixed on the-
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 vier 4j ensures the engagement of the clutch, and a cam 0, disposed in the vicinity of the sleeve 44 and wedged on the camshaft M.

   disengages 1) clutch against the tension of said spring The cam 50 has a single projection 51 and the lever 45 is also provided with a second roller
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 anti-friction which is located on the path of the projection .2l and which is fixed on an arm 2-side projecting from said lever o To keep the clutch disengaged while the machine is at rest, the lever 45 presents at its upper end, a pawl 54 which is articulated to it and which comprises a head 55 forming a shoulder which at this time is applied against the underside of a fixed bracket 56.

   A relatively light tension spring attached to the other end of the pawl 54 and anchored to the
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 lever 45 ..:. tends to make the pawl oscillate upwards and to hold it elastically in its active position of fig. 60
The arrangement is such that by slightly lowering the head of the
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 pawl 54-p against its spring, it moves away from the console 6 and allows the spring! it through the lever 45, to slide
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 the sleeve 44 in the proper direction on the camshaft 1> 1 to ensure the engagement of the clutch element with the control unit 42. thus starting the cycle of the machine. Consequently, the roller 5-2 is brought into the path of the protrusion there.

   and the head of the pawl 4, slides

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 on the undersurface of the console 56 without ceasing to be in contact with it.
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  Then, when the projection 2!> Due to the fact that the shaft M continues to rotate 9 comes into contact with the roller U, the sleeve 44. is moved against the tension of the spring 49 to return to its original position and disengage l clutch at the end of the machine cycle, the pawl again coming into contact with the console î6-.

   In order to prevent the camshaft M from continuing to rotate when the clutch is disengaged at the end of the cycle, the assembly
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 ble (pin 6) also includes a fixed disc 5-8 - drilled with a series of concentric notches or openings located at different distances from the axis of 1) shaft and 1-9 clutch element AI includes two or more pairs of studs 59 which are resiliently mounted therein and which are intended to enter the openings when said member ceases to engage with Control Insulation 42.



   The operation of the pawl 54 as described above
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 is ensured by 1gexcitation of a solenoid 0 whose core 21 ends just above the head of said ratchet As figo 6 represents it diagrammatically, the solenoid is included in the same electrical circuit as the two switches éQ and 4 which are controlled by the operation of the hand lever 0 in the manner already described so that when the lever 0 is lowered to advance and justify at the printing position a
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 line of paoerices composed it closes the circuit of the solenoid at the same time as it activates the lower switch 411.

   Consequently, the. pawl is moved away from the console J6 by the thrust of the core 1 and allows the engagement of the clutch under Inaction of the spring 49, in order to start the operating cycle of the machine. It should be noted in this regard that although the drawings do not show any device for momentarily stopping and restarting the machine during a cycle (as may be necessary for well known reasons) it is possible to easily design a hand control device for actuating
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 the lever 4 independently of the cam 10 and at the same time preventing the pawl Sa from moving away from the console 60. Reference will now be made to FIGS.

   1 and 129 as well as in figo 21p which show the respective elements of the inking and printing devices and the devices which serve to control them. The inking devices (Figs 12 and 21) comprise a group of three ink supply cylinders 9 T19 T2, arranged one above and in contact with one another and journaled between their ends in the ink supply. side plates T3 of a support T4 arranged and fixed between consoles 62 of the frame of the machine.

   A T5 belt pulley, wedged on the shaft of the upper cylinder T of the group, drives the cylinders at the speed necessary to transfer the ink to a T6 ink cylinder of smaller diameter, which can be driven by a movement of back and forth in the vertical direction and which is normally kept pressed against the lower cylinder T2 and guided
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 in windows t cut in the side plates T3 of the support T40 The vertical movements of the ink cylinder T6 are communicated to it by a horizontal oscillating lever T7 in the form of a Y (fig. 12 and 2l) connected at its rear end by a pair of rods T8 to the journals of this cylinder and articulated in a bracket ± directed forward from the front wall of the bracket 200 At its front end,

   the oscillating lever T7 is connected by a vertical, relatively long connecting rod T9, to another oscillating lever T10 (figso 1 and 12) placed below the con-
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 sole ZO and the camshaft M9 and the rear end of which is fixed on a fixed support 64.

   The T7 lever (figo 1) is actuated by a spring
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 tension Tll and controlled by a cam T12 mounted on 19 camshaft M and in contact with which rolls a roller t2 carried by said lever o Except for a deep recess 13 made on its edges, the cam T12 is concentric with the shaft M and occupies normally the angular position shown in pin 12, so that shortly after the machine has started to perform its
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 cycle, taxae lateral pair of the recess comes, under the effect of a partial rotation of the cam 1.9 in contact with the roller t2,

   allowing the spring Tll to lower the inking cylinder T6 the distance necessary to

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 transfer a layer of ink to the characters x4 of a justified line of patriceso Then, when the other side of the recess t3 comes into contact with the roller t2, the ink cylinder T6 is returned to its original position against the lower cylinder T2, where it is held against the voltage
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 of spring Tl4 by cam Tu until the machine has finished its cycle
Immediately after inking, a printing cylinder U is momentarily advanced from the rear to print the line ,, from the characters of the patrices,

  on a sheet of paper or similar material u stretched over the cylinder Uo The printing cylinder U (figo 21) has journals u1 which are supported and guided in their movements in horizontal slots:! il .. cut in the opposite plates of the support fixed T2.

   These movements of the cylinder U are carried out under the control of an oscillating shaft U1 mounted in the fixed support T2 and provided at its ends
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 opposites of a pair of vertical arms U2 connected respectively to the cylinders u of the cylinder capacity The rear walls of the slots ti serve to locate the cylinder in its normal position of the pin 21, in which it is held elastically by a tension spring. which is connected to one of the vertical arms U2 of the shaft U1 and anchored at a suitable point on the frame of the machine
The rotation of the shaft U1 is controlled by a cam U4 wedged on the camshaft M and having a single projection u2 as well as a lower concentric portion u3 which, when the machine is at rest, is opposite. an anti-friction roller u4 cam follower,

  fixed on the lower end of a U5 elbow lever directed downwards from the Ulo oscillating shaft. Therefore, at the appropriate time of the machine cycle and when
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 As the protrusion g2 of the cam ü4 comes into contact with the roller 14., the oscillating shaft U1 rotates in the desired direction to bring the cylinder U forward against its tension spring U3.

   against the characters of the compound line of patrices Then, when the projection u2 of the cam U4 exceeds
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 the roller J.l4, the spring U3 causes the cylinder to return backwards under the control of the cam U4 until it is stopped in its normal position by the contact of the journals u1 with the rear walls of the windows. your o
It remains to describe the devices for moving the dispenser.
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 teur and that by which during a machine cycle 19 the elevator R is first lowered to receive a line of patrices which is supplied to it in the manner described above and then raised to bring this line to the level of the distributor. 'R elevator (figso 13 and 18)

   is arranged behind a hollow metal column 63 and comprises, in addition to the ribbed bar Rl, a body R2, from which an arm R3 directs towards the rear, and a horizontal plate R4 articulated on the free end of this arm and on which is fixed the bar Rlo Column 63 has in cross section the shape of a rectangle and it is supported at its upper ends.
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 upper and lower by consoles and 6, bolted respectively on the beam! à of the distributor and on the elongated console o In the present machine, the elevator R slides in the rear wall of the column 63 so that it can be lowered and raised for the purposes mentioned,

  the downward movement being ensured by a cam R5 via the links described later ;, and the upward movement being ensured, for safety reasons which need not be mentioned, by means weighing 66,
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 under the control of the cam R5a The weight 66, is hidden inside the column 63 and it is suspended from one end of a ribbon or wire cable which is wound on a pulley 68 and of which 19 other end is anchored on the
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 periphery of a much larger pulley Q2.

   The two pulleys 68, and 69 are wedged on shafts 68a and a journaled respectively in the upper 64 and lower brackets fii, and at a given point between the risers 19 R is fixed to the cable 62. so as to be able to be driven in opposite directions by the rotation of the pulley 69, the required distance
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 eaire to bring it either to the distribution level or to the reception level of the patriceso line

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The R5 cam (figso 12 and 13)

     is wedged on the camshaft M and in a position such that it can come into contact with a cam follower r1 located at one end of an oscillating lever R6 articulated on a fixed console 70 (figo 1) and which acts at its opposite end on
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 a lever Ruz 'articulated on the frame of the machine about an axis perpendicular to that of the lever R6. At its free end the lever R7 (figo 13) is connected by a cable R8 to a relatively small pulley R9, located at the
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 immediate vicinity of the pulley and wedged on the same shaft Ûaa.

   The arrangement is such that at the desired moment of the machine cycle9 the oscillating lever R6 is actuated by the cam R5 so as to lower the articulated lever R7 and, by means of the cable R8 fixed to the pulley R9, to turn pulley 69 in the correct direction to pull 1) elevator R towards
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 down against the Inaction of the weight 66, until the horizontal plate R4 of the elevator comes to rest on the side walls of the frame.
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 nal lz of reception and transfer of the lines of patriceso Puisa after which) a line of patrices has been advanced by the push bar P until it comes into contact with the bar Bl of the elevator,

   and that the un-raised portion of cam R5 has been brought into contact with roller t19 the weight 66 can be operated through the cable 67. to raise the elevator R to the distribution level from which the patrice line is moved. - horizontally to the final dispensing position.



   This last operation takes place towards the end of the ma-
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 chine and is coupled by an alternative slide V (figso 19 149 15 and 16) which has, as usual, a vertical offset finger V1 intended to come into contact with a compound line and which is mounted in slides. V2 of a horizontal support bar V3. However, in the present machine, the active or displacement stroke of a row of the slide V is effected by a weight 71, and its inactive stroke is effected by a lever V4 acting against the weight and articulated in a console
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 fixed J2,, 0 The lever V4 (figo 16) is actuated by a cam V5 fixed on the camshaft M and coming into contact with a roller v carried by said lever.



  Like the weight used to lift the elevator R. weight 1 is suspended by a cable 11 passing around a pulley Z4 and anchored on the periphery of a much larger pulley 75. o The two pulleys 74 and 2i are mounted on individual axes v and y 2 projecting forwardly from separate consoles V6 and V7 suspended from the opposite ends of the horizontal bar V3, said pulleys being arranged relative to one another. 'other such that the strand of the cable 73 which is between them is parallel to the slides V2 and very close to the lower edge of the bar At its front end, the slider V is connected by a conso-
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 the A the horizontal portion of the cable., ', a and at the end of its active stroke, the slider is stopped very close to the smaller pulley 74 (pin 14).

   
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  The large pulley 7i (figo 15) is connected to the free end of the lever V4 by a cable 76. which is anchored on a small pulley Ma solid with the pulley 12 and journaling on the same axis! 2 When the le- V4 is actuated by the V5 cam, the pulley 75 turns in the direction if
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 nistrorsus against the Inaction of the weight 19 thus removing the slider V just before the distributor R is stopped at the distributor level during its upward movement o Then, when the projection of the cam V5 passes beyond roller v on lever V4 (figo 16)

  the weight 71 can act and gives the slide V its active stroke.
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 a line of patrices supported by the elevator R thereof is moved horizontally to a position from which the patrices and spacers can be supplied, by devices not shown, to the main distributor mechanism for release ., depending on their individual character, above their respective store channel.



     , It often happens that the V-slide and finger have to be removed by hand from their normal position in order to be able to push the patrices on the elevator bar, then slide them out of the way and to purposes described above after releasing the slide o For

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 facilitate this operation in the present machine, the support bar V3 of the slider V is articulated at one end on an axis V3 in a fixed console 77,

   and held in its horizontal position by an arm 78 protruding from a swing shaft 79 and which is in contact with a tab V10 directed downwards from the opposite end of the bar V30 The swing shaft 79 is mounted in the vertical upright adjacent to the frame of the machine and is provided with a crank 80 which can be actuated at will to rotate the shaft a limited number of degrees in opposite directions o When the crank 80 is lowered ( of 45 for example) from its normal position in fig.

   14, the arm 78 rotates by a corresponding angle under the effect of the rotation of the shaft 79 and moves away from the underside of the tab v10, allowing the bar V3 to occupy the inclined position shown. felt in dotted lines, in which the finger Vl of the slide can be pulled against the action of the weight 71, along the slides V2 and away from the path of the patrices slipped on the bar R1. Then, when the crank 80 is raised, the bar V3 is brought back and held in its normal horizontal position by means of the arm 78 of the swing shaft 1) and the finger V1 is released so that it can operate as described above. -above.



   In conclusion, it may be mentioned that, although the general principles concerning the handling of the patrices of the present machine from their assembly to their distribution closely approximate those adopted in the handling of the dies in machines of the commercial linotype type;

  , the justification of the lines of compound patrices is provided automatically by the line dispensing device when the lines are stopped in the printing position., and the product of the present machine consists of a printed sheet of paper or other suitable material, of desired length and width and capable of subsequent use for offset or intaglio lithographic printing. As a result, it is no longer necessary to provide the complicated mechanisms of justification., Of molding of block lines and of ejection, as well as the safety devices associated with them,

   so that the present machine both from the point of view of its construction and its mode of operation is relatively simple and presents many advantages, obvious to those skilled in the printing industry.


    

Claims (1)

ABSTRACT. Machine for composing and printing lines of patrices equipped with a composing device, characterized by the following points, separately or in combinations: 1 - It comprises an elongated receiving channel in which the patrices are composed in lines with compressible spacers under the action of said device, a stop fixing the composed line in its printing position, and an assembly which can be actuated in view. to advance the compound line in said channel until it is stopped by said stopper, and also to justify the line by compressing the spacers which are contained therein, prior to 1 ) print operation. 2 - Said assembly comprises a push bar capable of receiving a reciprocating movement, arranged so as to come into contact with the rear end of the compound line, and the composition device comprises a star wheel constantly rotating and able to move axially from its active position in order to allow the operation of said bar. 3 - The machine includes a hand control device intended to perform the axial movements of the star wheel as well as the active stroke of the push bar. 4 - The push bar is mounted in slides located just below the receiving channel and can be actuated so as to advance the compound line contained in said channel to the printing position ;, and a hand lever controlled by cam performs the movements <Desc / Clms Page number 17> star wheel axial 5 - The push bar has a beak actuated by a spring, able to move laterally against and away from the posterior end of the compound line and controlled by the axial movements of the star wheel o 6 - = Un sliding block also mounted in said slides, includes a vertical line stop finger against which the patrices are dialed in line under Star wheel inaction. 7 = - The machine includes a stop device which can be adjusted by hand, depending on the length of the lines to be composed, in order to stop and maintain the sliding block during the justification and printing operations, and a hand control device for actuating the push bar. o 8 - 'The machine comprising a normally open switch is placed in the electrical circuit for controlling the main clutch; the manual control device specified under 7 comprises a hand lever which can be actuated in order to close said switch immediately after the justification of the compound line has been carried out, then to start the operating cycle of the machine 9 - The stop device comprises a stopper which can be brought towards and away from its active position, and a device which can be actuated during the cycle of the machine makes it possible to bring said stopper towards its inactive position in such a way. to automatically release the sliding block immediately after the printing operation. 10 = 'The machine comprises an elevator capable of raising and lowering during a cycle of the machine in order to transport the line from the level of composition to the level of distribution ;, a device for operating this elevator and an automatically controlled device for actuating the push bar in order to advance the line composed of the printing position on the elevator 11 = The elevator comprises a ribbed bar supporting the boards by their serrated walls and comprising a sliding block, a line stop finger articulated on said block, a device making it possible to support this finger independently of the sliding block in its vertical position = normal during composition operations, justification and printing and a device complementary to said support device for tilting the finger downward under the action of the patrice leading the line when the latter is advanced in contact with the bar of the line. elevator. 12 - A device with cam and spring control operates during the cycle to return the push bar to its normal position and a device carried by said bar returns the sliding block to its normal position. 13 - The push bar is mounted so that it can slide in horizontal guides 9 and the sliding block is mounted in the same guides, the lower wall of one of the guides serving as a support for the line stop finger when it is in the vertical position. 14 - A device is used to automatically return said finger to its normal vertical position when the push bar begins its return stroke. The device for moving the stopper of the adjustable device to its inactive position comprises a cam-operated plate movable vertically and of a length desired to perform its function in any adjustment position of said device. 16 - The machine comprises two signal lamps of different colors and a pair of ordinary reed switches carried by the stop device and controlled by the sliding block in order to light one <Desc / Clms Page number 18> or the other lamp, so as to inform the operator of the machine if the composed lines have a suitable length for justification or if they are too short for this purpose 17 - A weight communicates to the elevator its upward movement and a cam actuated device acts against this weight to impart its downward movement to the lift. 18 = The machine includes a magazine an elevator to transport to the distribution level a line composed after the printing operation, a slide associated with the distribution mechanism and functioning to move the patrices and the spacers of the compound line from the elevator in their respective store channels, prior to their final distribution, and a support consisting of longitudinal slides along which the said slide slides and which can be moved from its normal position when it is desired to have access to the elements or patrices during distribution o 19 - = The slide support is articulated to one of its ends in the machine frame so that they can be tilted to and from, away from its normal position and a device that can be actuated at will is provided in order to effect these movements of the support 20 - This device comprises a pivoting cam intended to come into contact with the underside of the other end of the support of the slide, and a hand lever for rotating said cam by a certain number of degrees in the direction of the slider. 'one or the other senso 21 - A weight communicates its active travel to the slide and a device is automatically activated during the cycle of the machine in order to momentarily withdraw the slide against Inaction of said weight. 22 - The machine comprises a group of ink supply cylinders and an inking cylinder associated with them but which can be moved from its normal position in order to apply the ink to the characters of the patrices in the machine. the line justified a printing cylinder can then be temporarily moved against the inked characters in order to perform a printing operation., and a separate device which can be operated automatically during the cycle of the machine for controlling the movements of the inking cylinder and the printing cylinder respectively so that they take place in a suitable order of succession. 23 - The patrices store includes channels in which they are stored according to their character and is formed by an upper section and a lower section offset with respect to each other and connected by a section shorter. 24 The lower section is provided near its discharge end with a series of discharge pawls intended to control the discharge of the patrices it contains. 25 - An automatic device is used to end push the pads from the upper section along the middle section to a position in which they can descend along the lower section until they are stopped by said clicks 26 - The automatic device comprises a series of reciprocating slides arranged so as to come into contact with the patrices, supported at the entrance to the intermediate section of the store; , a constantly rotating cam, and links controlled by said cam to actuate said sliders. 27 - Said connections comprise a corresponding series of levers actuated by springs and connected to the slides ;, and an oscillating bracket which can be actuated directly by the cam and controlling the operation of said levers. <Desc / Clms Page number 19> 28 = The patrices have on their anterior and posterior edges protruding upper and lower ears, their character being located on one of said ears. 29 - The patrice has a serrated V-notch at its upper end and its character is located on its posterior upper ear. EMI19.1 30 - The total thickness of the patrice is determined by the width of its character. 31 The spacers comprise two elements opposite between EMI19.2 in which a spring is interposed to keep them elastically spaced9 and studs projecting laterally on 1) one of said elements and passing through openings made opposite in the other element, and the doors are pierced with corresponding openings in which can EMI19.3 pass the studs during the justify a line operation. 32 - Said elements of 1gespaceur have upper and lower protruding ears, a flat spring is interposed between them and the studs are provided with a head at their free end. 33 - The devices for discharging patrices out of the store are electrically controlled by means of devices comprising a series of levers mounted on a common pivot rod and divided into groups, a name- EMI19.4 Corresponding bre of groups of solenoids intended to actuate said levers with a view to l9wacuat.on of the chosen patrice and a separate higher potential solenoid, associated with each group of solenoids to ensure the proper control of the evacuation devices. 34 - The evacuation devices are controlled by thrust elements subjected to the inaction of springs and in contact with which come a series of oscillating levers mounted on individual pivot rods and actuated by the levers controlled by said levers. groups of so- EMI19.5 lénoîdesg a device actuated by the higher potential solenoid moving at the end these different groups of oscillating levers in order to activate said thrust elements. 35 - This device comprises angled levers connected respectively to the pivot rods of the various groups of oscillating levers and actuated directly by the higher potential solenoids 36 - Each of the evacuation devices comprises a pawl subjected to the Inaction of a spring and a pusher facing the thrust isolation unit in order to actuate said pawl. 37 - The machine comprises a keypad fitted with rocking switches containing mercury be actuated by lowering the keys of the keyboard in order to close individual electrical circuits through the EMI19.6 evacuation device control devicesj) and a synchronization device arranged in these circuits for controlling the release of the patrices out of their respective channels of the store, in an order determined. EMI19.7 over 38 = The electrically controlled devices include automatic control devices to interrupt a circuit in the event that a key is held down too long in appendix 17 drawings.