US1002220A

US1002220A - Line-casting and type-composing machine.

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Publication number: US1002220A
Application number: US59651010A
Authority: US
Inventors: Baylus Cade
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-12-09
Filing date: 1910-12-09
Publication date: 1911-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 1928-09-05

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B. GADE. LINE QASTING AND TYPE COMPOSING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1910. RENEWED DEG. 9, 1910. 1 902 220, Patented Sept. 5,1911.

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Be it known that I, BAYLUS Game, 21 citizen of the United States, residing at Shelby, in'the county of Cleveland and State of North Carolina have invented new and useful Improvements in Line-Casting and Type-Composing Machines of which the following is a'specification.

My present invention'relates to improvements in line composing" and type-casting machines of the class wherein type bars are cast fromana-trices which areselected, by.

manipulation of the keyboard and are composed upon an assembling rail, the type bar eing cast directly from the line of composed The present invention is an improvement upon the composing and line casting Inachine as disclosed in LettersPate'nt, ,No. 920,021, I

and it has for itsobject primarily to simplify. and improve the construction of the machine whereby the capacity of'the machine may beincreased, the machine may be operated with greater facility, and better results may be obtained.- To these ends, the invention provides an improved operating mechanism for the machine including a keyboard and pneumatic devices controllable from the keyboard for performing the various operations necessary, such as the selection of the matrices, the release of the matrix carriers so that they may more toward the assembling and casting point, the clamping of the composed matrices on the assembling rail, the justification and restoring of the matrices and also the matrices at the completion operation.

of each casting I Another object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of matrix carriers which are preferably acted upon constantly by conveying means which tends to impart a circulating movement to such matrix carriers, in combination with selecting devices operative from the keyboard, matrixdiold- '-1llg and releasing means for successively holding each set of matrices inoperative relat-ion with tlieselecting devices andreleas ing such matrix carriers after the desired matrix therein has been selected, thecirculating means also serving to automatically the selecting operation. 1 p I 7 Av further 'objtct of l'lie invention is to granted tome on April 27, 1909,-

elevation of the completion 'of, each casting" providean improved form of matrix carparts of the carrier being normally retained in a predetermined position so that theme trices will appropriately register with the selecting means by a catch which catch, however, is automatically released after a matrix in this particular carrier has been selected.

To-these and: other ends,-, the invention consists in certain improvements, and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a line composing and type casting machine constructed in accordance with my present invcnt-ion; Fig. 2 represents the machine shown in Fig. -l in side elevation as viewed from the right, the right hand end of the frame, however, being broken away parts of the machine more clearly; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine as shown in the two preceding figures; Fig. 4 is a detail. diagrammatic View showing in plan the matrices, the circulating means or conveyor, the matrix selecting means, and a device for an tomatically permitting the selected matrix to move intoengagement with the assem bling rail; Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic View of one of the units of the machine including a part of the keyboard, the corresponding matrix selecting device, and the releasing de- -vice ,for the matrixcarriers; Fig. 6 is a'view showing in' detail the construction of the row. of matrix selecting devices; Fig. 7 is l "detail view of the assembling rail, the matrix clamp which is cooperative with the rail,- and one of .the keys of the keyboard so as to' show certain whiclrthe elevator operates to, restore the matrices to normal position with respect to their carriers; F 10 is a, perspective view of one ofthe matrix carriers. showing the matrices in normal position thereon F 1g. 11 is a detailview of the assembling rail showing wedge being shown in section; Fig. 13

' ceiving or transmitting is a detail view showing a portion of one of the matrix carriers'in elevation, one of the matrices beingshown in position upon the assembling rail which latter is represented in section, the matrix justifying and restoring devices are shownin ele'yation, and the casting mold is indicated' in dotted lines; and Fig. 14 is ing the manner in which justification of the matrices is effected.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown oneembodiment of a line composing and type casting machine. It will be understood, however, that this embodiment of the invention is shown essentially as an example and that certain modifications and changes may be made in the structure and .in-the relative arrangement of theparts in carrying the invention into effect, whereby the invention maybe applied to the best advantage accordingto the circumstances of each particular case.

In the present instance, the machine comprises generally a frame 1 which may be of any suitable shape and dimensions to accommodate the different mechanisms of the machine. A pair of

vertical shafts

2 and 3 are journaled preferably in the upper portion of the frame and one of these shafts is driven by suitable gearing, such as the bevel gear 4 from a power shaft 5, the latter being provided with pulle s 6 or other power-remeans.

In the present instance, the various mechanisms of the machine, are actuated by compressed air which air, however, is-under the control of a keyboard 7. Compressed air may be received from any external source. In order, however, that each machine may be self-contained or complete in itself, I prefer to'equip each machine with an air pump or compressor 8 which may be driven from the power shaft 5 by any suitable means, such for instance as an eccentric 9, and the compressed air from the cylinder is conducted by a pipe 10 to a suitable reservoir or chamber 11,-the latter supplying compressed air to the keyboard through one or more pipes 12. A relief valve 13 is shown upon the pipe 10 in order to relieve any undue or excess of pressure that might be developed by the pump or compressor.

The

shafts

2 and 3 form part of a conveyer for effecting a circulating movement of the matrix carriers. In the present instance, the circulating means is in the form of a pair of endless bands 14 and"15 which may be composed of thin steel or other suitable flexible material, and these bands are power shaft 5.

a detail sectional view showmaintained in parallel relation by means of stepped pulleys 16 and 17 which are mounted respectively on the

shafts

2 and 3. The endless bands receive a constant motion from the pulley 17 which is driven from the According to the present invention,

a bar or frame, is used. Each matrix carrier or frame contains a set of matrices which set includes the necessary matrices to make up a font. The matrices of each carrier or frame are capable of being selected and shifted relatively to the carrier or frame into a position to be assembled upon an assemblingrail for the casting operation,

and each matrix carrier or frame with its font of matrices is supported and suspended upon the traveling bonds. The number of matrix carriers used may be determined by the length of the line to be composed or by other conditions. Each matrix carrier in the present instance is composed of a head 18 which is provided on its under side with a pair of upwardly extending'slots 19- and 20 in which the

bands

14 and 15 respectively ma be seated a vertical guide or shank 21 which is rigidly secured in a suitable manner to the head,.and a shiftable matrix frame 22 which is capable of vertical movement upon and with respect to the vertical shank 21. The shiftable matrix-carrying frame 22 consists in the present instance of a head 23 which embraces the shank 21 as a guide and a vertical bar 24 whi-ch is rigidly attached to the head, this bar being provided with a number of slots 25 which are arranged preferably horizontally therein and correspond in number to the number of matrices of the carrier, and each matrix in the present instance embodies a head 26 bearing a charactor 27 in intaglio upon its upper face. and the head of the matrix is supported by a bar 28 which is slidable horizontally in the respective slot 25 in the bar 24.. The bars 28 of the several matrices one side of the vertical shank 21 of the matrix carrier while the heads of the matrices are arranged in front of this shank. The lowermost slot 25. in the bar 24 is provided in the present instance with a combined spacer and justifying wedge which consists of a head 29, the lateral sides of which. are tapered, and this head is carried by a bar 30 which is slida-ble horizontally in the lowermost slot 25 in the bar 24. The tapered head 29 is preferably of a height less than that of the matrix, it being provided on the under side with a rib 31 which 'is adapted to rest upon the assembling rail 32 so as to support the wedge surfaces at the proper elevation, and the opposed lateral faces of each matrix are undercut or grooved as at 33' (Fig. 14), these undercut or grooved portions having a taper corresponding to lie immediately at v a plurallty of matrix carriers, each in the form of.

I the taper of the wedge whereby this wedge rices assembled upon'the rail 32 when inserted between any two adjacent matwill have a nrm seating 'upon the respective matrices, as

shown diagrammatically in Fig. 14. The

matrices as before stated characters of the are in intaglio thereon, and the depth 'of the character faces of the matrices is such that the taperportions of the characters, when the matrices are assembled upon the-rail, willbe at a level below the top of the spacing wedge 29 as shown in Fig. 12. f

In; order to provide a close joint or seal between the mold-3'4 and the matrices, each matrix face has its front and rear edges beveled as at 35 and 36, and the mold 34 has correspondingly beveled surfaces 37 which scat upon the beveled surfaces upon the line "of matrices and thereby serve not only to prevent escape of'any of the casting metal, but registration is thereby effected bet-ween the mold and the line of assembled matrices. The under side of the mold rests upon the top of the spacing wedge 29 and thereby prevents the escape of casting metal at this point. Each matrix frame 22 is normally held in a predetermined elevated position e which is shown in detail in Fig.

with respect to the-carrier, this result being accomplished in the present instance by means of a latch 38 which maybe attached to one of the parts, it being pivotally mounted at 39 upon the'head 23 and is-provided with a. projection 40 adapted to snap over and become looked upon 'a shoulder 41 formedas apart of tli red 18. The latch is moved into and normally held in locked position by means of a spring 42, and the free end'of the latch is provided with an upturned releasing L'O]B0l3l01143 the operation" of which will be hereinafter described. One of the lateral faces of the carrier head 18 is beveled as at 44 for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

In composing the matrices, according to the present invention. the several matrix car riers are brought into a position one behind the other by means of the traveling bands, which bands have a frictional engagement withand support the matrix carriers, as illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 4. When the matrix carriers are in this position, the foremost carrier occupies such a position'that the several matrices are in register or operativerelation with a series ,of selecting devices which are controlled by the keyboard 7. This foremost matrixcarrier is held in operative relation to the selecting devices by means of an escapement 5, the supporting bands sliding past the matrix carrier while the same is held by the escapement. This escapement embodies a pair of oppositely movable pallets 45 and 4.6 which are suitably guided upon a' portion of the machine frame 1' and are so related that one means embodies a lever 47 which crfumed at 48 upon a relatively fixed part of ger so that when such of these palletsengages and forms an ob struction for the forward face of the foremost carrier head 18 while at the same time the pallet-'46 is in a slightlyretracted position, but as'the forward pallet 45 moves toward retracted position, the pallet 46 will move into .a. position to engagethe second carrier-head and thereby hold back the following matrix carriers while the foremost carrier is permitted to move with the'traveling hands into a position to permit the selected matrix in this frame to drop upon the assembling rail. While the matrix carriers are held back by the escapement, the traveling bands slip or slide in the seats 19 and 20 of the carrierheads. The bevel surface 44 at the rear side of each carrier head permits 'the rear pallet 46 to move into position in the machine frame, and a pair of

links

49 and 50 operatively connect this lever to the respective pallets. Set-screws 51' may be provided for appropriately adjusting the throw of the escapement, these set-screws being arranged in the present instance to cooperate with the lever 47 at opposite sides of its pivot or fulcrum. A tension'spring 52 7 acts upon the escapement lever 47 to return the same and yieldingly holdit in the position shown in Fig. 5. According to the present invention, the escapement lever 47 is actuated by a pneumatic or fluid-actuated motor which in the present instance is in the form of a cylinder 53 which may be rigidly supported upon a bracket 54 forming a part of the machine frame, and a ger 55 ismounted to reciprocate in the cyl inder and its end bears upon that end of the escapement lever 47 opposite to the spring 52. A pipe 5.6 serves to conduct fluid pressure to the cylinder and in rear of the plunfluid is admitted to the cylinder. the plunger will be forced 'out ofthe cylinder and bearing upon the escapement lever will rock the latter so ast-o retract the forward pallet 45 and move the rear pallet 46 into position to engage 'the second matrix carrier of the set. The pallets should immediately reverse their position after the foremost matrix carrier has piston or plunbeen released, and any" suitable'means may be provided for accomplishingthis result.

To the present instance, the reversal of the pallets is effected by the spring 52, and in order to permit the escape of the fluid in rear of the plunger 55, a valve 57 is provided which controls an escape port 58, this valve having a pair of opposed stops 59 between which an arm 60 operates. This arm 60 is permitted a limited movement relatively to the valve and between the oppose stops 59 to the plunger, it having one end rigidly engaging the stem 61 of the plunger and is adapted to alternately engage the opposed stops 59 whichare spaced longitudinally of the valve stem.

Normally the parts occupy the position shown in Fig. 5, the valve 57 closing the vent .58. Air upon entering the cylinder will force the piston downwardly, thereby actuating the escapement and during the first part of the movement of the plunger,

the valve 57 remains in this position until a further movement of the plunger brings the forward side of the arm 60 into such a position as to engage the lower stop and thereby draw the valve 57 irito a position to open the vent 58, the fluid in rear of the plunger being thereby vented to the atmosphere and permitting the plunger to be returned to the normal position shown in Fig. 5 under the action of the spring 52. The final retracting movement of the plunger causes the arm 60 to engage-the upper stop 59 and thereby move the valve 57 into a position to close the vent 58.

The selecting devices which are con-- trollabl by the keyboard .andserve to move the selected matrix in each carrier into position to drop upon the assembling rail consist in the present instance of a vertically arranged bar-63 which is secured upon the machine frame in vertical position and is just outside of the path of the matrix carriers as they travel with the bands as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 4. -This bar forms cylinders for a plurality of pneumatic' motors that are oi? a number preferably corresponding to the number of matrices of each carrier. A convenient way of constructing these motors is to bore the'bar 63 so as to form a vertical series of cylinders or chambers 64, and a plunger 65 is fitted into each of these chambers and has a stem 66 which extends through an opening in the rear side of the bar, the stem of selected matrix rearwardly in its frame.

each plunger being arranged to register with and -to press against the bar 28 of a corresponding matrix and thereby push tlip shoulder 67 may be formed upon each stem for the purpose of limiting its stroke, and a compression spring 68 may surround the stem and serve as means for retracting the plunger after it has properly operated upon the selected matrix. A vent opening 69-v may be formed in advance of the plunger to avoid compression of any air at this point,

and a pipe 70 communicates with the opposite end of the chamber or cylinder in rear of the plunger, this pipe' 70 serving to convey fluid pressure to the chamber to actuate the plunger. The fluid supplied to. each is controlled by an appropriate key or the keyboard. In the vpresent instance, 71 represents a key of the keyboard which has a stem. 7 2 which operates in a valve casing 73. This casing receives fluid under pressure from the pipe 12 leading from the reservoir 11, the casing having a stem 72 of the key has a port 75 which when the key is, depressed, forms a continuous communication for. the compressed fluid through the passage 74 and thereby admitscompressed fluid to the matrix selecting-device; When, however, the key is in elevated position, it will interrupt the flow of fluid through the passage 74: and will present a'vent passage 76 to the passage 74 which communicates with the pipe 70 and-thereby permits of any fluid pressure remaining in rear of the plunger to escape the atmosphere whereby this plunger 65 may be returned to normal retracted position as shown in Fig. 5 underthe action of the spring 68.

In. order that the escapement may be actuated from the same key of the keyboard and automaticallyimmediately after the selecting device has pushed the selected matrix into position to drop upon the assembling rail. I conduct fluid from the cylinder 64 and utilize the plunger 65 therein as a controlling valve for the plunger of the escapement In the present instance. this result is accomplished by providing-the cylinder or chamber 64 with a port 77 which is in advance of the point at which the pipe communicates with this cylinder whereb after the plunger 65 has moved a distance sufiicient to move the selected matrix in position to drop upon the assembling rail. such plunger will uncover this port 77 and thereby permit fluid pressure to proceed to the pneumatic motor for theescapement. The ports 77 of the several matrix selecting devices communicate with a common passage 78 which in turn communicates with the pipe 56 leading to the escapement motor.

The casting point is beyond or at oneside of the matrix selecting devices. the casting taking place while the matrices are assembled and clamped upon the assembling rail 32 as shown in Figs. 11, 12 and 13.

After each matrix carrier is released by the escanement and is removed from the range of the selecting devices andcarried o the casting point by the traveling bands or conveyer, the projection 43 of the latch upon the respective matrix carrier is enpassage 74 while the i 70 matrix selecting device through the pipe 7 0 stationary part of the machine. The re- 19 rices inalinement during the casting'oper'ation. In the present instance, the clamp involvesa relatively fixed member 80 which is secured to one end of the'assembling rail and a relatively movable member 81, the line of matrices being arranged between the two members of the clamp and movement of the member 81 serves to firmly secure tlie matrices. This ,member .81 is preferably inclosed Within a supporting casing 82 one end of which may rest upon the adjacent end of the assembling rail while its' opposite end is attached to a fluid pressure cylinder 83, the latter containing a piston 84 which is attached to the movable clamp member position. The clamp is preferably controllablefrom the keyboard and in the present.

sure to the pipe. 86 toforce the piston- 84 to the left in Fig. 7 andthereby clamp the line of matrices, and when the key is elevated under the action ofits retracting spring 91, an escape groove 92 will be placed in communicationwith the pipe '86 and will'thereby vent the air-from the rear of the piston 84: and will permit the clamp to open. In order that the clamp mayremain in closed position for a: period sufiicient to enable the casting operation to be completed, a latch 93 may be provided for 'holdingthe key 88 in depressed position.

After a line of matrices-has been brought into position upc the assembling rail, the line may be justified by means-of the tapered spacers 29, the shanks 30 of which are longer than theshanks 28 of the matrices, and these elongated shanks 30 of the spacers are arranged to be engaged by a justifying bar 94 which,-according to the present invention, is actuated by a pneumatic motor 95,' t he latter receiving motive fluid through a pipe 96 and is provided with agsuit-able controlling key upon the keyboard. After the casting operation has been completed, the matrices and also the spacers or justifying devices may be all re turned to their normal position with respect to their supporting frame by means of a.

81, and a spring such as 85 may serve to normally hold the member 81 in-retra-cted v bar 97 ,which is arranged in rear of the as sembling' rail and adapted to reciprocate above the assembling rail, and this bar may also be actuated by a pneumatic motor 98, this motor receiving motive fluid from a fipipe99 and this pipe is also provided with a controlling: key upon the keyboard.

In F ig ll, I have-shown an adjustable stop 100 at one end of the assembling rail which is adjustable by the screw 10O 'and permits the machine to be adjusted for lines of different lengths.

After the-matrices and spacers have been restored to the normal positions with respect'to .the frame 24, these frames are all returnedto their normal elevated position and are held in such position by the latches 38.. This result is accomplished in the pres- ;ent instance by means of an elevator 101 which is mounted to movevertically upon suitable guides 102 formed -as a part of the machine frame, the elevator engaging the lower ends of the fraines'i24, and this elevator may be actuated through the lever- 103

and'the links

104 and 1 05 by a plunger 106 and cylinder 107, the latter receiving fluid pressurethrough the pipe 108 under the control of a suitable key upon the keyboard. I j a a While theline of matrices restupon-the assembling rail, the carriers are held by means of .a detent 109 which engages the head18 of the foremost carrier. This de tent normally occupies the position shown in Fig. 1 and is' provided with a pn-umatic motor l10;.by means ot-rvhich itnnay be retracted after-the elevator has restored the matrix frames :to normal elevatedposition, this motor in the present instance being supplied with motive fluid through a .pipe'lll- 1. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of-a plurality of matrix carriers each having a series of trans versely shiftable matrices spaced longitudina'lly thereon, matrix selecting means for shifting ,said matrices transversely, and

means for shifting said matrix carrl'ersin'a direction transverse to their length to posl tion them successively inoperative relation to said selecting means.

2. In a line composing andtype casting machine, the combination of a pluralit I it matrix carriers, each having a series 0 m dividually movable; matrices spaced longi tudinally thereon, matrix selecting devices spaced to correspond with the spacing of "165 and under the control of asuitable key upon I machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers each having a series of individually movable matrices spaced longitudinally thereon, matrix selecting means operative upon the movable matrices of each carrier, means for shifting the matrix carriers in a direction transverse to their length to position them successively in operative relation to the selecting means, and an assembling rail arranged to receive the selected matrices by a further transverse movement of the matrix carriers.

4. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers, matrix selecting means, acontinuously moving conveyer freely suspending the matrix carriers and operative to introduce the matrix carriers to said selecting means, to remove the matrix carriers from the selecting means,'and for returning them to the selecting means.

5. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers, matrix selecting means, a traveling device for freely and frictionally suspending and-conveying the carriers to an operative position with respect to the selecting means, and a device for successively positioning the matrix carriers in operative relation to said selecting means.

,6. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers, a traveling band for freely and frictionally suspending and imparting circulating movement to the matrix carriers, selecting means arranged at one point with respect to the path of movement of the I matrix carriers, an assembling rail located beyond the selecting means, and a releasing device for successively positioning the matrix carriers in operative relation to the selecting means and for permitting the1 selected matrices to assemble upon said ra1 7. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of an endless continuously moving band, a plurality of matrix carriers suspended, on said band, each having a plurality of matrices, matrix selecting means, an'escapement for successively positioning the matrix carriers in operative relation to the selecting means, and an assembling rail to receive the selected matrices.

8. In a line com osing and type casting machine, the combination of an endless travell ng conveyer, a plurality of ma rix carriers operativelyrelated to theconveyer, each carrier being provided with a series of vertically movable superposed matrices. matrix selecting means, an escapement for successively positioning and releasing the matrix carriers with respect to the selectin means, an assembling rail to receive an 'aline the selected matrices, and an elevator to restore the matrices to normal position with respect to the carriers.

9. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of an endless traveling conveyer, a plurality of matrix carriers suspended thereon, each carrier bearing a series of matrices which are movable vertically and arranged in superposed relation, matrix selecting means, an escapement for successively positioning and releasing the matrix carriers with respect to the selecting means, a key-board cotiperative with the selecting means, and means for actuating the escapement immediately subsequent to the actuation of each unitof the selecting means.

10. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers, each carrier being provided with a set of superposed vertically movable matrices, means for imparting movement to the matrix carriers in a direction transverse to their length, a series of selecting devices, corresponding to the matrices of each carrier, a key-board'operatively associated with the selecting devices, an escapement for successively positioning. an releasing each matrix carrier with respect to the selecting devices and a pneumatic motor controlled by one of the selecting devices of the series for causing releasing movement of the escapementafter one of the selecting devices of the series has completed its operation.

11. In a line composing and'typecasting machine, the combination of a traveling conveyer, a plurality of matrix carriers suspended thereon, each carrier having a vertically movable matrix supporting frame, and a latch for retaining the matrix sup-- porting frame in normal elevated position,

matrix selecting means, a device for successively positioning and releasing each matrix carrier with respect to said selecting means and a device to cooperate With the latch of each carrier after its release to permit the matrix supporting frame of the carrier to drop and thereby carry the selected matrix into casting position.

12. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a traveling member, a plurality of matrix carriers adapted to be shifted by said member, each carrier embodying a vertically movable frame containin a series of superposed matrices, a matrlx selecting means, an assembling rail, a device for successively positioning and releasing each of the matrix ative to restore the matrix containing frames vice, a latch for normally retaining the ma each matrix. carrier being provided 'With' a Ilatch for retalning the matrix containing means whereby the selected matrices may machine, the combination of a travelingcarriers with respect to said selecting means,

frame 1n normal elevated position, a device for releasl-ngsaid latch'as the respective matrix carrier is released from the selecting drop upon the assembling rail, a stop for arresting the movement of the matrix carriers While the selected matrices rest upon the assembling rail and an elevator oper-j to normal elevated position.

13. In a line-composing and type casting member, a set of matrix carriers adapted to be shifted thereby, each matriX' carrier embodying a vertically shiftable frame containing a setof laterally movable matrices in superposed relation, a latch forv holding the matrix containing frame in'normal elevated position, a set of vertically spaced matrix selecting devices, an escapement for successively positioning and releasing each lnatrixcarrier with respect to theselecting devices, the selecting devices being arranged to shift the selected matrix laterally, a device for releasing the latch of each ma-' trix carrier to permit the respective matrix containing frame to drop and thereby carrythe selected matrix to the assembling rail, a device for restoring the selected matrices to normal position with respect -to the matrix containing frames, and an elevator operative subsequently to the matrix restoring devicefor returning the matrix con-' taining frames to normal elevated position.

14. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix'carriers, each embodying a vertically movable frame containing a series of vertically spaced matrices and a justifying detrix containing frame in elevated position,

"selecting means, an escapement for successively'positioning and releasing each matrix i carrier with respect to the selecting means,

a device for releasing the latch of eachmatrix-carrier as the latter is released from the selecting means whereby the matrix containing frame is permitted to drop, an assemblin rail to receive't-he selected matrices, a

.tion with respect totheir frames. and. an elevator-for returnin the matrix containing frames to normale evated POSllZlOIL,

15. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a pair of end-- less traveling bands arranged in parallel relation a plurality of matrix carriers, each carrier having a head arovidedwith seats to rest upon the said )ands, a vertically movable frame, containing a set of vertically spaced matrices and a latch for normally holding the matrix containing frame in elevated position, selecting dev1ces arranged to cooperatewith the matrices of each carrier, an escapement for successively positioning and releasing each matrix carrier with respect to the matrix selecting devices and an assembling rail to receive and aline the selected matrices.

16. In a line composing and type casting machine, the combination of a plurality of matrix carriers, :1 series of pneumatically actuated matrix selecting devices, a pneumatically actuated escapement for succes sively positioning and releasing each matrix carrier with respect to the selecting devices, the escapemcnt being automatically controlled by any one of the selecting devices of nesses.

. BAYLUS OADE. Witnesses i CLARENCE A. BATEMAN, (J1me. S. HYEn.

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