US1129630A - Printing-surface holder. - Google Patents

Description

H. L. BORGERSEN.

PRINTING SURFACE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1914.

1,129,630. Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

NITE STATES PATENT @FFTQE.

PRINTING-SURFACE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed November 4, 1914. Serial No. 870,264.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN L. Boncnn- SEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Printing-Surface Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in that class of devices known in the printing art as a turtle or fudge, being designed for holding any style of type in printing position upon the cylinder of a printing press.

It is desirable in newspaper practice to be able to print information from time to time, in bulletin form, without disarranging the printing surface on the cylinder of a printing press, and without the delay incident to stereotyping, etc. This is particularly true in connection with the printing of reports of all sporting events by the periods of play, such as the innings of a baseball game, the quarters of a foot ball game, period of a polo game, etc., and the reports of all extras, such as cablegrams, telegrams, pertaining to murder, politics, minute news items.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a device by means of which any style of type may be readily secured in position upon the surface of the cylinder of a printing press, and which will permit of quick changes in the type when desired, whereby news of the character referred to may be readily and conveniently published without delay.

A further object is to provide webs or leads for properly spacing the type lines with respect to each other.

A further object is to provide means for securing the leads in position that they cannot be accidentally displaced during the operation of the printing apparatus, or during the changes made in the type.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings z-F1gure 1 is a plan View illustrating a fudge or turtle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the parts in position to permit insertion and withdrawal of type. Fig. i is a transverse sectional view illustrating the inner face of the movable jaw. Fig. 5 is a similar view and up to the and the like,

7 illustrating the inner face of the stationary jaw. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating one of the leads detached.

Referring to the drawing, 10 designates the base provided with a slot 11 to receive the screw usually employed for securing the device to the cylinder of a printing press,

said screw not being shown. To one end of said base is secured an abutment 12 provided with an undercut recess in which is located a filler block 14, a bead 13 provided with a knife edge, being secured between said block and the top wall of said recess. Secured to the other end of the base is a stationary head 16 provided with a plurality of sockets 17, and a depending guide portion 18. Slidably mounted upon the base 10 is a slide 19 having an upstanding abutment 20 arranged opposite the abutment 12 and provided with a bead 13 similar to that carried by the said abutment 12. Said slide is provided with a cut-out portion or opening 21, through which the guide 18 is projected, the movement of the slide, in either direction, being limited by said guide. The outer face of the abutment 2-0 is engaged by a series of plungers 22, located in the chambers 17, and normally pressed outward by springs 23. If desired the guide 18 may be provided with a chamber 26 and a spring-pressed plunger 27 similar to the plunger 22.

The lead 30 is preferably formed with a body of sheet metal provided with a strengthening bead 31 along its upper edge,

the ends of the body being reduced in width to provide shoulders 32- and abutment- engaging fingers 33, 34. The inner face of the abutment 20 is provided with a series of undercut slots 35, corresponding in number to the number of leads to be used, the inner walls of said slotsbeing curved to conform to the curvature of the outer edges of the fingers 83. The inner face'of the filler block 14 is also provided with slots 36, corresponding in number with, and arranged opposite the slots 85, said slots 36 being approximately rectangular in shape to conform with the shape of the fingers 34. The base 10 is also provided midway of its length, with a series of longitudinally disposed short slots or recesses 37 corresponding in number with, and arranged in alincment with the slots 35 and 36,-said slots or recesses being arranged to receive guide lugs 38 formed on the lower edges of the leads 30, to guide said leads when moved longitudinally. The lower edge of each finger 33 is provided with a notch or recess 39 registering with corresponding openings in the slide 19, a locking wire 10 being passed through said openings and engaging said notches, thereby locking the leads to said slide.

In operation, when it is desired to place the type in position, the slide 19 is with drawn by a suitable tool (not shown), and the individual types, or linotype bars, may be placed in position between the abutment 12 and the abutment 20. The slide 19 is then released, whereupon the plungers 22, under the expansion of the springs 23, force the slide 19. toward the abutment 12 to cause the beads 13 and 13 to penetrate the bodies of the contiguous type and firmly engage them. The leads 30 may be placed in position when the slide 19 is withdrawn, by placing the finger 34: into engagement with one of the slots 36 of the filler block, and then lowering the other end of the lead so as to successively bring the guide lug 38 into engagement with its proper guide slot 37, and finally placing the finger 33 in its proper slot 35, the curvature of the wall of the last mentioned slot and the complemental curvature of the finger 33 permitting of this movement, the space between the abutments 12 and 20 permitting sufficient longitudinal movement to allow the ends of the leads to be placed beneath the beads 13 and 13. The locking wire -10 is then placed in position, after which the slide is released, as above described. Thereafter, when the slide is operated or withdrawn. to permit of the changing of the type, the leads 30 being locked thereto, will move longitudinally with the slide, being guided in their longitudinal movement by the recesses 37 and lugs 38, the longitudinal movement being insufficient, however, to wholly withdraw the fingers 34: from their recesses.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention, and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the forms of its use, what I claim is:

1. A printing surface holder of the char acter described comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from the stationary abutment, and one or more leads extending between said abutments and movable with the movable abutment.

2. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from said stationary abutment, and one or more leads removably connected with the movable abutment and movable with the latter.

3. A printing surface holder comprising a 1 l. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby and provided with slots, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from the stationary abutment, leads each having one end in engagement with one of the slots of said stationary abutment, and means for preventing relative movement of the other ends of said leads with respect to the movable abutment.

5. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby, a movable abutment provided with slots, means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from the stationary abutment, leads each having one end secured in the respective slots of the movable abutment, and means connected with the stationary abutment for engaging the other ends of said leads.

6. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby, a movable abutment, said abutment being provided with oppositely disposed slots,

means for yieldingly holding the movable abutment against movement away from the stationary abutment, leads having their ends located in the slots of the respective abutments, and means for connecting said leads to move with said movable abutment.

7. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby and provided with a recess, a filler piece in said recess provided with slots, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding said.

movable abutment against movement away from the stationary abutment, and leads each having one end secured to the movable abutment and their other ends Within the slots of said filler block.

8. A printing surface holder comprising i from said stationary abutment, one or more leads extending between said abutments and movable with the movable abutment, and guide lugs on said leads, said base being provided with guide slots to engage said lugs.

10. A printing surface holder comprising a base, provided with guide slots, a stationary abutment secured to said base, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from said stationary abutment, removable leads provided with guide lugs engaging said slots, and means for connecting said leads to move with said movable abutment.

11. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from said stationary abutment, one or more leads provided with notched ends, and a locking wire engaging said movable abutment and the notched portions of said leads.

12. A printing surface holder comprising a base, a stationary abutment carried thereby, a movable abutment, means for yieldingly holding said movable abutment against movement away from said stationary abutment, one or more leads provided with notched ends, and a locking wire engaging said movable abutment and the notched portions of said leads, said base and said leads being provided with complemental guiding means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN L. BORGERSEN. Witnesses:

ALBERT P. KOUBA, J. LOUIS BARRIGK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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