US131713A - Improvement in printers galleys - Google Patents

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Printers Galley.

Patented Sep. 24, 1872.

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Specification forming part cf Letters Patent No.` 131,713,` dated September 24, 1872.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. SK'INNER, of Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Printers7 Galleys, of which the following is a specification:

Nature andObje'cts of the Invention.

My invention has reference to printers galleys; and consists of a rectangular frame, to one side of `which is attached a slide connected y with a stick or bar, which is operated by means of a screw so as `to hold the type securely in position, a hollow-threaded head being provided by means of which the screw may be moved at pleasure; the object being to furnish a printer-s galley that, while possessing all the advantages of an ordinary galley, ny be adjusted more rapidly and with less a or. V y

.Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side .view of the same upon the line a2, shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3

`is a view showing the `Lshaped slot in the e strip E. Y

General Description. l

A is arectangular frame, suitably constructed for the purposes for which it is designed, to one side of which is attached a metallic strip, B, arranged to slide parallel to and against the side A', being secured in its place in` any appropriate manner. The stripl or slide B is of sufficient strength to bear the pressure necessary to lock the type, and is provided with two or more ears or sockets, b, to which are pivoted the arms (l C. The slide B extends from the top of the galley to a point near its base, where its head is bent upward so.as to form a right angle, and a slot cut therein of a size to conform to theend ofl the screw D, which is use'd to actuate the slide, as will more fully appear. The slide B is also provided.

pleasure.

scribed. Inthe lower extremity of the side A', toward the screw D, is inserted the metallic strip E, which extends to a point above the 'lower end of the slide B, which is provided with an L-shaped slot that commences atthe lower end of the strip running parallel and upward at right angles to the screw D, being made to receive a pin, F, that is Xed in said screw D. D is a screw which passes Ithrough the base of the galley, its lower end being provided with the hollowthreaded head Gr. The screw D is, .as aforesaid, provided with a pin,

F, that rests in the L-shaped slot in the strip l E. It is made of such length that when extended to its extreme limit the pin F will rest in the angle of the L-shaped slot. The side of the screw D that is toward the stick H is provided with notches which are constructed to engage the brace I, and are intended to assist in the operation of locking the type. .Pivoted to the arms C C is the stick or bar H, which is constructed of hard wood' or other suitable material, and which, when inits natural position, rests upon the base of the galley,

the arms C C inclining downward. In the.

stick or bar H, directly opposite the brace I, a notch is cut, and opposite the screw D a groove, so as to permit the stick H to be brought in contact with the side A', when desired. An aperture is cutopposite the L.- shaped slot in the frame A to permit the ready movement of the pin F, and a spring arranged opposite theupright part of the slot to retain said pin F in its position, at the same time permitting it to be turned, thus turning the screw D and disengaging the notches therein from the brace I, when it is desired to do so, for the purpose of adjusting the galley, or otherwise. The hollow-threaded head G is made in any yconvenient form and arranged to be used substantially as a thumb-screw. Its base is provided with an annular groove working against the guide-plate d, whereby the head Gr is kept in position, the threaded part of the screw or4 bolt D passing up or down through it as the head isturned; thus the screw or bolt `D is projected or retracted at Operation.

The operation of' the device will be readily understood. The type, having been placed within the frame, is locked by turning the hollow-threaded head G, which, drawing the screw D downward, the notches thereof engaging the brace I, draw down the slide B, thus forcing the stick H outward and lookin g the type. To remove the type, unscrew the wormed head, turning it until the pin F is carried to the angle in the L-shaped slot, when the stick H may be pressed down in contact with the side A thus leaving room to remove the type at plea-sure; or, if it appears desirable, the screw D being turned, the pin F, passing upward in the L-shaped slot, the notches are disengaged, when the slide B and the parts thereto attached may be drawn up-l ward and entirely removed.

Claim.

JOHN W. SKINNER. [L. s.] Witnesses:

JN0. W. MCGINDLEY, JAMES H. MGGINDLEY.

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