US1064455A

US1064455A - Printing-form.

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Publication number: US1064455A
Application number: US72789112A
Authority: US
Inventors: Philip Tell Dodge
Original assignee: Mergenthaler Linotype GmbH
Current assignee: Mergenthaler Linotype GmbH; Mergenthaler Linotype Co
Priority date: 1912-10-26
Filing date: 1912-10-26
Publication date: 1913-06-10
Anticipated expiration: 1930-06-10

Description

P. T. DODGE, PRINTING FORNL' I A-PPLIOATION FILED OCT. 26, 1912.

1 6%,%55 Patented June 10,1913.

UNITED as T e jp rgg PHILIP TELL DODGE, NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE L COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YGRK.

PRINTIBIG-FORM.

Patented dune 16, this;

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP T. Donor), a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Printing-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to printing forms, and more particularly to that class thereof wherein are employed type formed with overhanging characters and supporting shanks of less width than the characters, in combination with printing slugs which extend beneath and support the overhanging characters of the type. Type of this class are frequently provided with-large extending letters which cover two, three or more lines of print, and it is one of the purposes of my invention to employ such type in connection with slugs carrying smaller characters. In order to permit such use, the

. slugs or. linotypes are formed with recesses in the sides thereof, at their ends or in any desired location, these recesses being designed to receive the supporting shanks, and thus to permit the type and slugs tobe accurately and firmly locked in,the form and to prevent the accidental displacement of either.

In the accompanying drawing, I have" shown my invention in preferred form and by way of example, but obviously many variations and modifications ma be made therein and still be comprise within its. spirit. Generally speaking, I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims. Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 illustrates a printing form, embodying my invention; Fig. 2 shows one of the constituent slugs thereof; Fig. 3 is a view of a slug having printingcharacters along its entire edge; and Figs. 4, 5 and dillustratedifierout forms of the individual type,

It frequently occurs in printing, and especially in connection with advertising matter, thatit is necessary to employ characters which pro'ect across two or more ordinary lines, and n Fig. 1 is illustrated a printing form adapted to produce-"such matter. This formis shown as made up'of slugs B, type C, and slugs F, The type C (see Fig. 4') comprise an overhanging character por:

tion 0 anda supporting shank .6 ct considerably less width. The slugs B (see Fig.

2) are like the ordinary commercial linotype, except that they are recessed at B receive and support the overhanging character portion G and also recessed at B to receive the type'shank C the recess B being of such depth that no portion of the shank ex tends b and the, side surface of the slug.

When the slugs B and type C are assembled, 3

they constitute a printing form such as shown in Fig. 1, and dueto the engagement of the parts, as previously described, both the type and slugs may he firmly and accurat-sly locked in position and in exact parallelism to each otheqwithout the employ ment of interposed leads, paper and the like.

' The recess B of the slug B may he formed in any desired manner, as for instance by a member projecting intothe ordi nary linotype mold slot, as from a liner or otherwise, in the manner Well understood in the art. The recess B of the slug is preferably formed by the employment'at the appropriate place in the matrix line 'ofthe well known blank quads or spaces. It will be understood that in connection with the slugs B and type C, may be employed slugs E (see Fig. 3) having characters along its entire printing edge, which result is secured by assembling the matrices in theordinary: manner. This may be done without change in the parts, such as'the substitution of a different liner or otherwise, as the recess-B would in such circumstances not extend to the printing edge.

.In Fig. 5 I have illustrated another form of t pe'D, which diliers from the one shown in ig. 4 in that it is provided with a plurality of supporting shanks or legs D5 In Fig. 6 I have shown still another modified form of type E provided with the supporting shank E which in turn is formed with a projecting or looking foot E the engagement of which with a corresponding recess in the supporting slug tends to lock the type even more firmly in position and Having thus described my inventioinwhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters latent of the United States, is as follows:

1. A printing form comprising a type having an overhanging character and a supporting shank of less width than the character, in combination with a slug recessed to receive said shank and extending beneath said overhanging character to support it, the said shank-receiving recess being of such depth that no part of the shank extends beyond-thc side surface'of the slug.

2. A printing form comprising a type having an overhanging character and a supporting shank of less width than the character, in combination with a slug carrying printing characters on a portion of its edge and the remaining portion thereof extending beneath the overhanging type character to support it, and recessed in its side to receive said shank, the said recess being of such depth that no part of the shank extends beyond the'side surface of the slug.

3. A printing form comprising a type and contain the said shank.

with an overhanging character and a shank of less width than the character, in combination with a printing slug recessed in its side to receive said shank andin its edge to receive and support said overhanging character, the said side recess being of such depth that no part of the shank extends beyond the side surface of the slug.

4. A. printing form comprising a type having an overhanging character and a supporting shank of less width than the char acter, in combination with a plurality of slugs in lateral contact with :11 other, and extending beneath said overhanging character to support it, and formed in their sides with recesses of sutlicient depth toreceive In testimony whereo; I hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of October, 1912, in the presence of twoattesting witnesses.

PHILIP TELL DODGE.

Witnesses E. J. LAMB, WALTER Monmnn.