US1063337A - Type-setting machine. - Google Patents

Description

J. S. DUNCAN.

- TYPE SETTING MACHINE. v

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1910.

Patented June 3, 1913.

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J. S. DUNCAN. TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1910.

fatented June 3, 1918.

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aws? wa /M subject matter-in ing or other Another object IS the provision of a-Ina-' parts of th the type,

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Tl.YPESETTING MACHINE.

Apolicat'ion filed July 25; 1910. Serial No. 572,590.

To cZZ whom'z't may concern.

citizen otetheUnited States, Chicago, in the county of 6001; t Illinois, have invented certain and State new and useful Improvements in Type setting Ma ahines',. of

This invention setting machines and more a machine for setting metal type in holders; one of its principal objects being to pro; vide. a machine adapted for easy unskilled labor to of simple construct-ion and rapid operation by setup addresses or other holders tornse in address printing machine s.

chine of-this character in which the transferring mec ianlsin shall be so constructed ferred from the storage channels 0: 3 a container to a type holders Additional objects and advantages of the v invention will become apparent as it is better understood from vthe following description when taken in connection with the ac companying drawings ferred embodiment thereof.

On the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevationof a machine embodying my inven tion, certain parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; andFig. 3 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the c 'iage registering and locking teeth. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the Working end of the type setter and the groove in which it Works; Fig. 5 is an enlarged-fragmentary view-showing the relative arrangement and theconnection betweenthe key leverand the ejector lever.

Referring to the drawings, 4' is a, main frame forming a support for the operative e machine and having a bed 5 in an inclined position thereon, and provided on -its forward face with a lurality of. parallel type channels 6. Eacli channelis open at its upper end for the reception of and has one side 7 bent inwardly at its outer edge to prevent the type from being" dislodged until the type reaches the lower end of the channel. The lower ends Specification of Letters Patent.

residing at which the folloyving is a specirelates in general totype particularly 1. to

at individual type may be readily trans illustrating a pre= Patented V 'l-each channel adjacent the lower end there- Be it known that 1i, J'osnm-r S.-DUNOAN,,

! of, is provided Wit-hen openin 9 through which an ejector, hereinafter escribed5 is operation.

A carnage is adapted to travel back and to-receive the type and the. transferring m mechanism for discharging the type into saidholder. -The'carriagetrave1s on three tracks one of which, 10, is preferably ar- I adapted to be operated to discharge the type trol'n the channels during the transferring June a, rare yjt'orth below the channels and carry a holder ranged substantially at a right angleto the face ofthe bed Sand at the bottom of the frame 4. Abar l. is fastened to the main frame preferably-at an inclination correspondin to that of the bed and a channel plate 12 is fastened to the lower edge of rthe bar 11 and extends substantially parallel to the track 10. projects in front to form a track 12 the channel plate 12 I another track 15.

The movable carriage comprises a frame 13 upon which are mcunted the rollers, 14 "adapted to travel upon the track 12', the rollers 15 which travel in the channel track 15, the roller 16 which travels on the forl snflicien'tly and the underface of is recessed tovform ward face which travels on the rear ]'0 and is carried by ward from the carriage frame. era, 14, 15. 16. and 17, support and guide the carriagefraine in its rnbvements hack and forth on'the track adjacent. the type channels. y i

The novable carriage is provided with a relatiyely movable frame 21 adapted to'receive and hold a with a plurality of grooves 25 into which the type are transferred from the channels.

t The type holder may be of any preferred construction, preferably having a plurality "of type grooves, of such a character that it- I may be employed in connection wlth an ad- I dressing or printing machine to carry the address or other'printing form for printing i envelope or other matter. This type holder is secured in place between end stops 22 and a back strip 23 by means of a latch 26'which is pivoted at 27 upon the type holder frame 21 and is held in operative or inoperative I position by a tension face of the track a bar 18 extending rearof the track 10, and the roller 17' type holder; 24 providedspring 28 attached at These rolla pin 29on the frame 21. The latch is arranged to engage the holder and secure it in place on the frame 21 between the strips 22 V and 23.

The type holder 24 is carried-in front of and below the type channels 6, but the upper end of the type holder is located opposlte the bar 8 at the lower ends of the type channels. In order to position the type holder forthe reception of type in any particular groove therein, 1 have provided mechanismforlocking the type holder frame 21 in proper position on the carriage. This mechanism comprises'a latch 30 pivoted at 31 on the carriage frame and extending above the type holder frame which is provided at its upper end and at one side of the type holder, with a series of serrations 32 with which the outer end of the latch 30 is adapted to engage. The latch is normally held in engagement with one of the serrations by an expansion spring 33.- When it is desired to: adjust the holder relatively to the carriage, the thumb-piece 84 on the spring '33 toraise the outer end of the latch latch 30, is pressed against the force of the out of engagement with a serration. The

frame 21 carrying the type holder may then be adjusted on the rods 19 and of the carriage frame 13 and .on which the type holder frame 21 is mounted. hen the type holder frame has been adjusted to bring the type holder in posit-ion with a groove therein registering with the transferring mechanism,

the thumb-piece is released and the latch 30 thereupon engages'a serration and there-v .35 mounted to reciprocate in bearings 36 on the carriage frame back of the channels, the ejector being disposed to aline with the openings 9 in the rear of the channels. To actuate the ejector, a lever 37 is pivoted at 38 on-the carriage frame and is connected to the ejector by a pin 39 projecting laterally therefrom and engaging in an open top bearing 40 secured upon the upper face of the ejector and permitting a limited adjustability oft-he lever 37 relatively to the ejector 35. A guide plate 41 is secured to the frame outside the lever 37 to guide it in its backward and forward movements. A tension spring 42- connected at 43 to the lower end of the lever 37 and at 4:4: to the carriage frame,

norm-ally retains the ejector inits inoperative pmition, as shown in Fig. 1.

The ejector lever 37 is operated by means riage frame at 46 and carrying at its outer end an operating handle 47. The lower end of the lever 37 is provided with a beveled lug 48 with which a companion lu' 4=9se cured'to the key lever 45 is adapte to'cooperate upon downward movement of the key lever to rock thelever 37 on its pivot, whereby the ejector is projected forward through the opening 9 in the rear wall of one of the type channels 6 to force a type outwardly from the channel. A tension spring 50 is secured at one end to a. bar 51' projecting downwardly from the lever a5, and at its other end to the carriage frame 7, and its adapted to normally retain the type lever in inoperative position, as shown 111 Fig. 1. I

In order that the ejector may he positioned directly behind the openin 9 in the type channel from which it is esired to eject a type, and in order that the carriage may be held securely in register withthe type channel during the transferring operation, there. is secured to the lower edge of the bed ed. a bar 52, shown on an enlarged 'rearwardly pro ecting teeth 53. The upper ward movement. to slide betweem two adjacent teeth. The outer ends of the teeth are sharpened and the inner edge of the lever 37 is beveled as at 54; so that the lever will readily enter between two of the teeth when the key lever .45 is operated, and securely hold the carriage in proper registration with the type channel from which a type is tobe taken.

The type designated generally 55, is pushed out of the channel by the ejector to a position directlyover the upper end of the registered groove in the type holder 24, and in order to push it down into the groove in the holder I have provided a type setter 56 which is pivoted at 81 and extends above the type which is ready to be pushed into the holder.

The outer end 56' of the type setter is bent rearwardly to afford a flat surface to engage with the type to be inserted in the holder. The carriage frame is provided with a transfor pocket 57 into which the type are pushed from the channel by the ejector through an opening 57 in the bottom of, the pocket. The flat end 56 of the type setter is nor- .mally located in the pocket above the open' ing 57 Immediately after the ejector pushes the type into the pocket the typesetter pushes it down from the pocket into the holder groove. Thereafter each type inserted in a groove pushes the type ahead of it in the groove farther along. A tension sprin 58 attached at one end to thetype setter an at its other end to the carriage frame normallymaintains the setter in elevated posiof akcy or type lever 45 pivoted to the carscaledfn Fig. 3 provided with a series of end of the lever 37 is adapted upon its forthe type chermel and to against movement during the trerisferrmg messes?" tiou, es shown in Fig. 2; while a stop 58 on the frame limits the upward movement of the type setter, i

The type setter is operated by the'key layer and it has e lost motion connection, with a bar '60 which is pivoted 5S to the key lever. This bar has at longitudinal slot 61 near its upper end and it screw 62 extends through this slot and screwed iuto the type setter 56, whereby a lost motion connection isprovided between the type setter eedthe key lever, which gives the trziusit'errer time to push the type out of the channel before the setter cperetes. When the key lever hes been depressed until e type has been ejected roove in the holder, the

to position above. e upper end of-the s ot 61 engages 'vrith the screw 62' and depresses the outer end of the type setter, thereby forcing the type down As eddithe type into' the groove in} the holder.

longitudinally of the e'roove.

j in the operation oi my device an empty holder is positioned on the carriage With the groove which it is desired, to fill first in register with the ejector and the type setter;

The carriage isthen moved along the frame until e ector l5 suhsteutlell on aimerneut with the particular type which it is desired to transfer from the channel to the holder. The lreylever it? is their depressed and the upper end of the lever 3?, is moved between the teeth. to i sure ulinem'eht of the ejector with the ope; .hg in the rear lock the carriageoperation. As the key'iever is further dopressed the ejector pushes e type out from the front of the channel into position "be heath the type setter, whereupon continued downward movement of theltey lever will actuate the setter to force the type into the groove. hen the hey lever released the springs 49- eud 58 will return themrts to.

lu'li'infll position. The carriage may then be a usted longitudinally oil": the frame to bring the ejector into a-liuement with the typewhich is next desired to he added to the groove. When the required line has been. set.

up in one groove the t pe holder be ad justed on the cerriege to bring the hest 'r eve into eliuemerit with the type setter.

- While i have shown end described at preferred embodiment of my invention it Will be obvious that various changes may be resorted to in its construction Without departe; from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any ofthe materiel advantages thereot. n j W I desire to claim 1s:

1. n e type setting machine, the comhmatiorr e series ofchenuels, e series of teeth fixed wlth'resoect to the channels end gro jecting reerwerdly therefrom, carriage" carriage and operstively connected with the ejector,

to position the carriege during the ejecting operation, a beveled lug secured to the lower end or said lover, a key lever mounted on the carriage, :1 beveled lugf on said hey lever adapted to engage with and actuate said ejector lever and menus for returning said levers independently to normal position.

2.. in a type setting machine, the combination of a series of channels, a series of teeth fixed with respect to the -clumnelsan d project-irig rearvvardly therefrom, a carriage adapted to travel adjacent to and in front of :thechennels, an ejector'slidably mounted oh said carriage behind said channels, a lever pivoted on the carriage and ojzerstivelyconuecte adapted to engage with the teeth at the ree r of the channels to position the carriage due ing the ejecting operation, a beveled lug secured to the ltlwer end of said lever, a key lever mounted on the carriage, a beveled lug on said hey lever, adapted to engage with and actuate said ejector lever, a holder edjustshly mounted on said carriage, and iuearisconuected with said hey lever to be actuated thereby when said key lever sproaches the limit of its movement for positiouiug en ejected type in said holder.

3, in a typo setting machine, the combinetio-r. a, plurality of type channels, it car riege adapted to travel adjacent said channels, e type helder removsbly-mounted on the carriage and having one or more type grooves, means for adjusting the holder on the carriage, an ejector adepted to push a type outward from said channels, rhesus for positioning said carriage With come in the type holder in clinement with one of said channels during the-ejecting; operation, e type setter adapted to position on ejected type iii the holder, add at key lever mounted or; thejcarriege to actuate the carriage positioning means, the ejector and the type setter,

4. In. e type setting" machine, the OQITIlJlR1lion of a frame provided with a series of type channels closed at their lower ends and provided With an opening in their rear Wells hetir the bottom thereof, at carriage adapted 'to travel adjacent said type channels, a transfer pocket mounted on said carriage, av

seid lever being adapted to engage with the teeth etthe rear of the channels with the ejector, said lever being carriage lock, en ejector for introducing the type into said pocket, a type holder, 21- type setter for positioning the type in the holder, and means pivotally mounted on the carrieg'e :tor operating successively seld carriege lcclt, e ector and type setter,

5. In e type setting meclune, the combmeties ct series of cheuuels provided with openings in their rear walls near the lower ends thereof, said channels being closed at their lower ends to prevent the escape of type, a carriage, a transfer pocket mounted thereor'na frame slidably mounted on said carriage, a type holder detachably secured to said frame, means for retaining said.

' -.frame in adjusted positionon the carriage,

means for locking the carriage relatively to a type channel, means for forcing the lower type in a channel forwardly out of the channel and into said pocket in alinement with a groove in-the type holder, and

means for removing the type from said pocket and positioning the type in a groove in the holder.

6. In a type setting machine, the combina tion of a series of type holding channels- -provided at theirlower ends with ejector transfer pocket, a transferrer for transferring type from said channels to said pocket,

a type positioner for removing type from said pocket and positioning the same in said holder, and operating means for successively actuating said transferrer and said; positioning device.

. was? 7. In a type setting machinathe combination of a frame provided with a-Tse ries of near the bottom thereof, a carriage adapted; to travel adjacent said tyne cnannels, a lock-' ing member pivotally mounted on the carriage and adapted to engage the frame to lock' the carriage in desired positinn, an ejector loosely connected: to said locking member for ejecting type from the /channels, a L pe setter for positioning the type on the carriage, and means for operating successively said locking member fejector and type setter.

8. In a type setting machine, the comhinw tion of a frame provided with a; series of type channels closed at their lower? ends and having an opening in their rear walls near the bottom thereof, a carriage adapted to travel adjacent said type channels, a looking lever pivotally mounted on the carriage and adapted to engage the said frame to lock the carriage in desired position, an

ejector slida-bly mounted upon they said car-1 riage and having a sliding and pivotal connection with the said locking'lever, a type setter for positioning the type on the carriage, and meanspivotally mounted upon the carriage for operating successively the carriage, lock, ejector and type setter. 2

JOSEPH S. DUN-CAN.

Witnesses:

WM. J. BELT, M. RoBan'rsoN,

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