US1156040A - Line-casting machine. - Google Patents

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' S. E. SPERRY & W. H. OR-PEN, JR.

LINE CASTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION F|LED FEB. 12. m5.

1,156,040. Patented M51915.

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SAMUEL E. SPERBY, OF WOODHAVEN, AND WILLIAM H. ORPEN, JR., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO INTERNATIONAL TYPESETTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. v

LINE-CASTING 'MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5-, 1915.

Application filed February 12, 1915. Serial No. 7,816.

' chines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in line casting machines of the linotype class and more especially to those adapted to contain a plurality. of matrlx magazines, any one of which may be brought into use as desired, and the primary object-- is a side elevation of-the upper portion ofis to provide simplified and relatively inex-. pensive means for shifting the magazines to bring the desired one into position to deliver matrices under control of the keyboard and to receive matrices returned thereto byf'fthe distributer, the present invention being'an improvement upon that shown and described inthe application of Thomas S. Homans, Serial No. 833,7 38, filed April 22, 1914. v In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 a machine of the linotype class and embodying magazi we vfitting means constructed in accordance with the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing theparts shifted into a different osition;

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

The invention is capable of use in connection generally with line casting machines of the type wherein matrices are stored in inclined magazines and are delivered therefrom under the control of the keyboard.

In the accompanying drawing. the inven-' tion is shown applied to a machine ofithe linotype class but it will be understood the invention is not restricted to the precise construction shown as equivalent constructions within the scope of the claims to be included.

In the present instance, 1 designates the upper portion of the main frame of the machine and 2 designates the bracket which supports the distributer, the main frame and distributer bracket being of the well known construction and the distributer is shown conventionally as of the type commonly used and comprising the combination rail 3 along which the matrices are fed by the screws 4 and a magazine entrance 5'which is located below the combination rail and receives the matrices as they drop from the rail and conducts them into the respective channels at the upper end of the magazine. Themaga: zine entrance is shown pivoted to the distributer bracket 2 at 6 whereby the magazine entrance may be swung to and from operative position between the distributor and the upper end of the magazine.

In the present instance, the machine is adapted to contain two matrix magazines 7 and 8, these magazines being shown in inclin'ed superposed relation and mounted on upper and lower magazine frames'9 and 10' respectively. Escapemen'ts 11 and 12 are ,provided at the lower or delivery ends of the magaz nes to. control the delivery of the I matrices therefrom, this being eflectedunder the controlof the keyboard, the construction and mode of operation of which arewell known in the art, it being sufficient toshow in thepresent instance, the vertically .mov'-' able reeds-13 which are mounted in the main frameand are adapted to cooperate with the escapements of either magazine'according to which magazine is in operative position.

Thepresent invention provides simple and improved means for shifting the magazines whereby any one of them may be brought intooperative'position to-deliver matrices as desired. In the construction shown, a shaft 14' is mounted in the main frame 1 and has an'operating handle or lever 15 attached thereto. A pair of cranks or arms 16 are also connected to the shaft 14 and the cranks are pivotally connected to the forward or lower end of the lower magazine ,frame 10 at 17. The lower magazine frame 10 is also. formed at points adjacent to the pivots 17 with forks 18 and the main frame 1 is provided with a pair of fixed pins 19. Fig. 1 shows the parts in such relative position that the lower magazine is in condition to deliver matrices under control fof the keycrating first to lift the two magazines 7 and 8 bodily in a vertical direction, thus carrying the escapements 12 of the lower magazine clear of the reeds 13, farther rotation of the handle or lever 15 carries the magazines bodily in a rearward direction, thus removing the escapements 12 of the lower magazine from above the reeds 13,and the final movements of the handle or lever 15 lowers the forward ends of the magazines, thereby bringing the escapements 11 of the upper magazine down into cooperative relation with the escapement actuating reeds 13. Vhen the magazines reach the latter position, they are supported in such position by the forks 18 which then rest on the relatively fixed pins 19 of the frame. A half revolution of the handle or lever 15 is sufiicient to shift the magazines from the positionshow'n in Fig. 1 wherein the lower magazine is in operative position, intothe position shown in Fig. 2 where the upper magazine is in operative position and vice versa.

The upper or rear ends of the ,magazines may be supported and guided difl'erent ways. In the present instance, a shaft 2.0 is. mounted in thedistributer bracket 2 and'has a pair of arms or links 21 thereon for the opposite sides of the'machine, each of these arms or links being pivotally connected to the magazines at 22. The arms or links 21 occupy such an angle on the shaft 20 that they will permit the magazines to move upwardly and rearwardly in order to bring either of the escapements 11 or 12 into operative position and also to cause the upper ends ofthemagazines to shift a distance equal-to the spacing of the magazines in order that the upper ends of the magazines will be alin ed with or" positioned properly to receive matrices from the magazine entrance 5. Any suitable means may be provided to swing the magazine entrance 5 clear of the rear ends of the magazines while. the latter are being shifted to bring the desired one into operative position, the entrance being swung to and from operative position about the pivot 6. If desired, this may be accomplished by hand, or, mechanical means, such as that shown and described in thed above-mentioned application, may be use According to the present invention, the lower ends of the magazines while being shifted to bring the desired one into operative position move in a semi-circular path to clear the reeds of escapement actuating rods, and the upper ends of the magazines move in an arc of less angle, both ends of the, magazines being thus guided and sup- I ported without requiring linkage or other invention, we

in a circular arc of relatively smaller angle.

In a machine of the linotype class, in combination with a plurality of inclined matrix magazines, a movable carrying frame for [said magazines, means for moving the lower end of the carrying frame in a circula 1' arc, and means for moving the upper end of said frame through a circular arc of relati'vely smaller angle, the two means being connected solely by said carrying frame.

3. In a machine of the llnotype class, in combination with a plurality of matrix magazines having controlling escapements,

a movable frame supporting the magazines, escapement actuatmg means, cranks operatively connected to said frame for moving the lower. endsof the magazines in a circular arc to carry the escapements of the different magazinesto and from cooperative relation with said actuating means,. and links connected to said frame and operative to guide the upper ends of the magazines in a circular arc of relatively less angle.

4. In a machine of the linotype class, the combination with a plurality of matrix magazines carrying-controlling escapements, a movable frame supporting the magazines, actuating means for theescapements, means connected to said frame and operative to move the matrix delivery ends of the magazines in a circular arc to carry the escapements of the different magazines to and from cooperative relation with said actuating means. means actuated solely by said frame for guiding the upper matrix-receiving ends of the magazines in an arc-shaped path, and a stop on the frame for supporting the different magazines in operative position.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL E. SPERRY. \VM. H. ORPEN, JR. Vitnesses IV. INGRAHAMI, J. ARCH Means.

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Washington, D. G.

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