US1073234A - Settable-type device. - Google Patents

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G. S. HIOE & J. BARNES. .SETTABLE TYPE DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1911.

1 ,O73,234 Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

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GEORGE S. HIGE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND J'OHN BARNES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SETTABLE-TYPE DEVICE.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE S. HICE, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and city and State of New York, and JOHN BARNES, residing at the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Settable-Type Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The improvements relat to settable type devices, and their objects among others are to provide a device which maybe placed on the bed or cylinder of a press and secured thereto, and quickly and'easily changed to show the commencement, progress and result of a game or other competition from timeto time, without removing the device or inserting or removing individual type,

and which may be adjusted to suit various conditions and contingencies. It may also be used for other purposes, involving changes in the details of construction, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement hereinafter described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of the device secured to a detached portion of the cylinder of a rotary press; Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; Fig. 3 is a side view of the device shown in Fig. 1 with a medial portion cut awayto expose the parts behind; Fig. L is an enlargedperspective of one of the grooved slugsor slides used with the device; Fig. 5 is an enlargedvertical.

cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicatedby the arrow in that figure; and Fig. 6 is a vertical cross section on the line 66 of Fig. 1 look ing in the direction indicated by the arrow in that figure.

Many evening newspapers throughout the United States, during the summer months publish on the first page, or prominently on some other page, the scores made by the different prominent baseball teams inning by Specification of Letters Patent.

ably made integral.

Patented Sept. 16,1913.

Application filed May 10, 1911. Serial No. 626,160.

inning, and when each edition is printed the scores for the innings that have been reported since the last preceding edition are added until the game is finished, when the totals of the Runs, hits and errors are added. This necessitates a great deal of labor and considerable delay, and the methods now in use are such that the work of adding to the score for the printing of each edition is cumbersome, expensive and subject to mistakes. The device which forms the subject matter of this application is designed to overcome these objections.

A represents the shell of a press cylinder, and to this are secured a series of frames B preferably by means of machine screws A Each of these frames B consists of a long horizontal bed plate B and end piece B a'vertical partition B of substantially the same proportions and in alinement with the end piece, and a slotted end piece 3*. The entire frame and its parts are prefer- The slots 13 of the part B are adapted to receive slugs or slides C, which bear the names of the two teams engaged in the match represented by the characters on the frame, and these slugs are held in position detachably by means of longitudinal grooves C near their upper edge on both sides, which receive the rotary latch plate or button D when it is turned so that its greatest length is at right angles to the slugs. This latch is held in position by means of a spring-pressed pin E, which projectsnormally above the upper surface of the frame B and engages the notch D of the latch plate, and prevents it from disengaging with the slugs. It is held in this position by compression spring E in the body of the frame, and may be depressed by the finger when it is desired to move the plate so as to release the slugs. By this an rangementthe slugs may be quickly placed in position or removed therefrom by simply dropping them into the slots or raising them out of the slots and securely held in position while the printing operation is going on.

Mounted on shafts F fixed at their ends in the end piece B and the partition B re spectively, are a series of numeral typenumerals G to be used for indicating the total number of runs, hits and errors, respectively. These wheels are rotatably mounted on their shafts and are held against accidental rotation by means of the pawlsH mounted on the rods J and normally pressed into the notches G by the plate spring I mounted on the frame. As the notches and pawl points are conical the wheels may be moved in either direction;

Beneath each pair of baseball scores it is customary to print the batteries and umpire, and in order to provide for this, and such other information as may be desired, a space is left between each score frame and the next lower frame for the reception of a linotype slug l bearing such information. A latch or clamp K adapted to engage one edge of this slug is mounted near the end of each frame B, and is normally held in its engaging position by the spring K pressing against its extension K The pointed end of the latch K will bite into the soft metal of which the slug is composed and the slug will. be held at its oppositeend by the projecting lugs B on the end of the end piece B between which end piece and the opposite end piece M the score framesare positioned. V

By the use of this device the names of the two competing teams may be set in the proper position, and the score for each inning added for the different editions, until the game is finished, and the totals of runs, hits, and errors then added, all without taking the form or any part thereof off the cyl inder, and by simply rotating the numeral wheels until the desired numeral is uppermost. The wheels are, of course, provided with blanks so that the innings to be played will not display any numeral or other mark, and the clashes on the wheels may be used to fill up the spaces representing innings not played, if desired. The frames B carrying the type numeral wheels G, with their pawls and springs, and the latches K will remain fixed to the cylinder, and in order to start a score it is only necessary to put in the slides bearing the names of the teams, and, if desired,-the slug bearing the names of the batteries and any other information either above or below the score.

It will be understood that the usefulness of'this device is not confined to base-ball scores and that it may be used for various analogous purposes. It has been described, however, in connection with its use for the purpose of setting up such scores for the reason that this is its primary purpose and serves to illustrate the operation of the device.

What we claim is 1. A device of'the character described comprising a frame, wheels bearing type characters rotatably mounted. in a'plurality of parallel rows, means for retaining each wheel against accidental rotation at positions corresponding with the characters thereon, said frame having recesses corresponding in number to the rows of wheels and adjacent to the same, slugs or slides bearing type adapted to be placed in said recesses, a latch mounted on saidfraine adjacent to one of said recesses adapted to projectover the same when in one position and means for holding the said latch in that position.

2. A device of comprising a frame, wheels bearing type characters rotatably mounted in a plurality of parallel rows, means for retaining each wheel against accidental rotation at positions corresponding with the characters thereon, said frame having recesses corresponding in number to the rows of wheels the character described and adjacent to the same, slugs or slides bearing type adapted to be placed in said recesses, and a latch mounted on said frame adjacent to a plurality of the said recesses and adapted to project over the samewhen in one position. I V j a i 3. A device of the characterdescribed comprising a frame, wheels bearing type characters rotatably mounted in plurality of parallel rows, means for retaining each wheel agalnst accidental rotation at positions corresponding with the characters thereon, said frame having recesses corresponding in number to the rows of 'wheels,

and adjacent to the same, slugs or slides bearing type adapted to be placed in said recesses and provided witha longitudinal groove, .and means forengaging in fs'aid groove.

4. A device of the character described comprising a frame, wheels bearing type characters rotatably mounted in a plurality I of parallel rows, means for retaining each wheel against accidental rotation. at positlons corresponding with the characters thereon, a slug bearing type adapted to be' positioned adjacent to one of said rowsand parallel therewith, and means for detaclr.

ably holding the same in position, comprising a spring-pressed tooth adapted to engage the slug. j j

A deviceof the character described comprising a frame, wheels bearingtype' characters rotatably mounted in aplurality of parallelrows, means for retaining each wheel against accidental rotation at posiably holding the same in position compristions corresponding With the characters In testimony whereof We have aflixed our thereon a slug bearing type adapted to be signatures in presence of two Witnesses. positioned adjacent to one of said rows and GEORGE S HICE parallel therewith, and means for detach- JOHN BAR'NES ing a spring-pressed tooth of metal harder Witnesses: than the metal of the slug adapted to en- S. J. Cox, gage and make an indentation in the same. PETER BEoH'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). O.

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