US1247568A - Assembler-box elevator for type-line-casting machines. - Google Patents

Description

I. J. OHS.

ASSEMBLER 80x ELEVATOR FOR TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINES.

' APPLICATION men JUNE I. 1916.

Emmi Nov. 20, 191?;

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I. J. OTIS.

ASSEMBLER BOX ELEVATOR- FOR TYPE LINE CASTING MACHINES;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. l9l6- 3 snins-saim NTOR. I IQV/M a3; 7"] :11?

Patent/ed m, 20, 11917.

k. i. OTIS. ASSEMBLER BOX ELEVATOR FOR T YPE LINE CAS'HNG MACHINES.

' APPLICATION FILED NINE l. 1916.

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' ing the assembler box of a .in the ere rnnn" ornrcn VINE- Jl'. OTIS, E PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-H15 'LG HOMER W.

W001), 015 PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA.

SLBUX ELEVATOR FOR TYPE-LINE-GASTING MACHINES.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. ac, 1911?.

Application filed. June 1, 1916. Serial No. 101,053.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Invmo J. OTIS, a citizen of the United States residin at Petaluma, in the county of gonoma, t of California, have invented a new and useful Assembler-Box Elevator for Type-Line- Casting Machines, of which the ollowing is a specification, in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

is invention relates to a device for raislinotype machine to the position to discharge its llne of mats to the mechanism for casting the type.

It will beunderstood by those skilled in the art that on the ordinary linotype machine there is a handle which is used by the operator for lifting the assembler box to the position to discharge its mats. The op-- eratlon of said handle requires an appreciable length of time and tends to reduce the total output of the machine, so that in the present instance the object sought is to provlde a key operated mechanism for raisingthe assembler box, thereby greatly facilltating the work of the operator and reducing the labor required of him.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that while the device has been shown applied to a linotype line casting machine, that it is equally applicable to any other type of matrix carrying machine where it is necessary to operate it in the general manner illustrated herein.

Other objects oi the as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown drawing in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout the several views, but I am aware that there may be many modifications thereof.

Fi e 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a otype machine showing the location of the present apparatus,

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of that portion of the linotype machine at the left of the key-board showing the application of this elevating device thereto,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the apparatus described herein,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the apgaratu$+described herein, the assembler box eihg shown raised and just on the point ate.

invention-will appear ofoeing disengaged with the lifting wheel, an 1 Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the operation of the latch and releasing spring for enabling the lifting device to engage the lifting wheel' on the line 5-5, F ig. 3. p

u The numeral 1 indicates the base of the lmotype machine, said base supporting a suitab e frame 2 which carries the vise 3, keyboard 4 and other parts of the machine. The keyboard is provided with a plurality of keys 5 and with a handle 6 which may be used at will to lift the assembler box 7.

- The assembler box 7 has theusual thumb levers 8 and 9 for shifting the position of the type and it is provided with a hook 10 which holds it up until the fingers ll carry the line of mats out of the box into the type casting position. There is a short finger 12 and a longer finger 13 carrying'a jointed finger 14, which is held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a spring 15 bearing thereon. The fingers 12 and 13 are slidable in a guideway 16 and carry the line of mats into the vise where the cast is made.

The guides for the type are indicated at 17, the type from the guides dropping down on the belt 18 which passes around the two pulleys l9 and 20 and then on the slide or runway 21 from which position they are carried by means of a wheel 22 having notches therein into the assembler box. The assembler box is provided with a bar 23 which serves as a guide, for the lower end of the spacers. The belt 18 drives the pulley l9 and gear 19', which latter engages a gear 19 and drives the gear 22' and wheel 22".

At the back of the keyboard there is a shaft 24 operated from a belt which passes around a pulley 25 and which shaft extends far enough to the left of the keyboard to support a cone pulley 26, which is adjustthereof in which is mounted a strip of friction material 34. The upper end of the bar 31 is cut on a bevel as indicated at 36 and is adapted to contact with a bar 37 which disengages the bar from the cone 26 and sets it behind the spring 38 when the assembler box has been raised to the top of its throw.

The spring 38 is carried by the lower arm 29 and is so positioned that it can-be released from the arm 32 by an upward push from the lever 40. The lever 40 is pivoted at 41 on the side of the main frame of the machine and it has a rod 42 extending through a cleat 43 on the upper end of which is a push button 44, a spring 45 surroun the rod 42 being used to restore the pus button to its normal position. The upper arm 28 carries a short pin 46 which has a coil spring 47 connected therewith and with the upper arm 33 of the lifting bar, the object being to pull the liftin bar mto con-' tact with the cone with cient force to enable it to raise the assembler box. The

operating handle 6 is carried by a transversely extending shaft 48, which shaft has an arm 49 connected therewith and with a link 50, which link is connected to the assembler box frame to enable the assembler box to be moved byhand whenever necessary.

The shaft 48 is rovided with a depend ing lu 51 to whic a stiff spring 52 1s attache the opposite end of said spring being connected with the frame 1 whereby the weight of the assembler box may be precisely balanced thereby reducing the power required to lift the assembler box to the exact amount required to lift the line of mats placed therein. The vise 3 is held in place by means of the vise lock 55, said lock eing operated by means of the handle 56.

The keys 5 deposit the usual matrices found on this class of machine and there is i also provided a key 56' for supplying spacers to the assembler box.

The 0 eration of the apparatus is as follows: he lino operator depresses the keys 5 and 56 in e usual manner necessary to deposit the supply of matrices and acer bars in the assembler box, all of this in done in the well known manner accom lishe by such machines. As soon as the ine of matrices has been completed he will depress the button 44. T1115 will immediately release the spring 38 from the arm 32 thereby allowing the strip of friction materials 34 to swing over into contact with the cone roller 26 and as it is continuously rotatin the assembler box will be lifted to the leve of the guide way 16, and as soon as it is so lifte the upper end of the bar 31 will contact with the cam arm 37 and will swing said bar back so that its arm 32 is reen by the end of the spring 38. At the same time the fingers 12, 13 and. 14 will carry the line of matrices over into the mechanism and the assembler box, will be dropped to its normal position as soon as the hook 10 is released, thereby enabling the workman to continue to operate the t e keys and saving him the time ordina y necessary to take to raise the assembler box with the lever 6.

Since it is necessary to have manual means for operating the assembler box should anything happen to get out of order with the mechanical means for operating the same, the handle 6 is allowed to remain on the machine and the assembler box may be raised with it whenever convenient.

Having thus described my invention what I claim. as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is'as follows, express reservation being made of permissible modifications:

1. The combination with atype line casting machine having keys, matrix delivering and transferring devices, of an asembler box, a friction wheel, a bar carried by the assembler box and adapted to engage the friction wheel to elevate the assembler box, means to hold said bar normally away from said friction wheel, and a key for releasing the-bar to allow it to en ge said friction wheel to raise said assemblzr box.

- 2. A type line casti machine having a set of keys, matrix de ivering and transferring devices, an assembler box, a friction wheel, a bar carried by the assembler box and adapted to en age the friction wheel to elevate the assem ler box, a latch to hold said bar normally out of engagement with said friction wheel, a sp to cause the bar to engage the friction wheel with sufficient pressure to raise the assembler box,

a cam to disen age the bar from the fric-- tion wheel at t e end of the travel of the assembler box, and a ke to release said bar to allow it to engage t e friction wheel to raise the assembler box.

3. The combination with a type line casting machine having a set of keys, matrix delivering and transferring devices, of an assembler box, a revoluble friction wheel, a bar pivotally sup orted on the assembler box, a latch for ho ding said bar normall out of engagement with said friction whee a spring to cause said bar to engage said friction wheel when the latch is released, and a key for releasing said latch to allow the assembler box to be elevated.

4. The combination with a type line casting machine having .a plurality of keys, matrix delivering and transferring devices, of an assembler box, said assembler box having a vertically extending arm pivotally supported thereby, a revolub e cone friction wheel against which said arm is adapted to bear to elevate the assembler box, a spring catch to engage the arm supporting the bar masses ing machine having keys, type delivering and type transferrm devices of an assembler box, a revolub e cone friction wheel,

a bar pivotally mounted on the assembler box, a spring to pull said bar into engage w ment with said friction wheel when the bar bar, a latch, for holding is released, a spring adapted to hold the bar out of engagement with said friction wheel, a finger key for releasing saidbar to allow 1t to swing intoengagement with said friction wheel to raise the assembler box, and means to disengage said bar from said wheel at the end of its travel and'reset the same to repeat the operation at will.

6. A mechanical elevator for type line casting machines comprising an assembler box, a revoluble friction wheel, a bar carried by the assembler box, a spring to cause said bar to engage the friction wheel to lift the assembler box, means to disengage said it when so disengaged, andakey for re permit the assembler box to 'be'raise'd,

7. In an assembler box elevator, the combination of an assembler box, a revoluble wheel, a pivoted bar connected with the box, means to hold said bar out of engagement with said wheel, means to release the bar to engage the wheel, and means to release the bar from the wheel at the end of the travel of the assembler box. 7

8. in an assembler box elevator, the comblnatlon of an assembler box, a revoluble wheel, a pivoted bar connected with the box,

easing said latch to V means to hold said bar out of engagement with the wheel, means to release the bar, and means to ull it into engagement with the wheel to hit the assembler box 9. In an assembler box elevator, the combination with an assembler box of a pivoted A bar connected thereto, a latch to hold the bar out of engagement with the wheel, means to release the latch, means to move the bar into en agement with the wheel when the latch 1s released, and means to reset the bar behind the latch when the box has been raised.

10. An assembler box elevator comprising the combination with an assembler box of a bar pivotallyvmounted thereon to swing laterally, a revoluble wheel, a latch to hold the bar out of engagement with the wheel, means to release said latch, and means to swing the bar into engagement with the wheel when released to raise the" assembler box.

11. An assembler box elevator comprising the combination of an assembler box, a laterally movable bar pivoted thereon, a latch to hold the bar in a given position, a revoluble wheel, a key operated lever to release said latch, means to pull the bar into engagement with the wheel whereby the box will be raised and means to reset the bar behind the latch when the box has been raised to the proper height, the box thereafter returning to its initial position by gravity.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

IRVENG J. OTIS,

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