US1378230A - Printing-form and means of ruling same - Google Patents

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W. C. HOLLISTER. I PRINTING FORM AND MEANS OF RULING SAME. APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1918.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1918. I

' Patented May 17, 1921.

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1w! 15 1mm mm: )mnu WILLIAM C. HOLLISTER, OF CHICAGO ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 CHICAGO LINO-TABLER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

. EBINTING-FORM AND MEANS OF RULING SAME.

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Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Original application filed January 29, 1918, Serial No. 214,379. Divided and; this application filed July 29, 1918. Serial No. 437,124o

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. HOL- LISTER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing- Forms and Means for Ruling Same, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the production of ruled printing forms and has to do particularly with the making of slugs or bars for use in a printing form for producing or printing cross or horizontal lines as distinguislied from vertical lines. A further feature of this invention relates to the production in such cross line printing members of notches or openings, spaced in accordance with the requirements of the particular as railroad time tables and the like, the

vertical rules or lines are frequently spaced apart at varying intervals to suit the col- ,umns of figures which are to be produced and it is desirable, in order that the finished product be what is desired, that the cross rules or lines be closely and accurately matched with the vertical rules.

One method formerly used for producing this result was to insert thin full depth rules between the printing slugs, cutting the inserted rules into short pieces for insertion between the vertical rules. This was a laborious, slow, inaccurate and expensive method.

Another method was to cast a cross rule intact from end to end and then cut or broach rule receiving notches or openings in the rib on the upper edge of the rule. This latter was some better than the former method but required avdouble handling of the rules and use of some other tool, beside the linotype machine upon'which the rules were cast, such as a broaching device.

Another method was to cast the rules upon the linotype machine with openings in their edges properly spaced and having overhanging walls to hold the vertical rules in place. The objection to this method was that the notch producing matrices had to have movable parts in order that they might be with drawn from the slugs in the casting operation and in consequence these matrices were frequently out of order and wouldoften not work properly, thus causing much annoyance and expense. Y

Thls present application is a division of my copending application for Letters Patent of the United States on ruled type forms and means for producingthe same, filed January 29th, 1918, Serial No. 214,379 and in combination with the rule anchors de scribed and claimed in said oopending application provides a system for ruling printing forms which avoids all of the detrimental features of the former methods, besides possessing many inherent advantages, such as a great saving of time, and hence of expense, over the former systems the accuracy with which the cross rules with the spaced notches for the vertical rules can be -produced, and the ease with which a form can be taken apart and the wire-like vertical rules removed when the form has served its purpose.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and'in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a small blank printing form t pical of those which are adapted to be. pro need by means of my invention; g v

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the slu s with the notches;

ig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of a linotype mold and associated parts illusti'ating the manner of producing the ruled s u s; I

ig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the type form 'on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is 'a perspective view of one of my improved cross rule casting matrices;

*ig. 6 is a side elevation of a set of my improved matrices, such as I provide for each linotype machine; and v Fig? is a fragmentary plan view of aprinted ruled sheet shown inblank and such as is adapted to be produced by the use of my invention. i

In said drawings, 1 is a printing form made up of a number of blank linotype slugs 2, several continuous cross rule printing slugs 3 and two of my improved. notched cross rule printing slugs 4:-

The form is completed by the vertical rules 5, 6, 7 and 8 which are arranged in their notches 9 and 10 inthe cross rules. These verticalrules are all slender wire-like rules adapted .to be laid on and supported by the level top surface 11 of the form, to be retained laterally by being placed in the notches formed in the cross rules 4 and to be held on the surface of'the form by rule fasteners 12, which I term anchors and which are fully described and claimed in myr said copending application. I

he vertical rules 5, 6, 7 and 8 which I use are all substantially triangular in cross section and the anchors 12, as best shown in Fi 4, are thin sheet metal members ada ted to Iiang between adjacent slugs in the orm and are provided in their ends with narrowmouthed wide-bottomed openings 13 and 14, for receiving and engaging the rules. The rules 5, 6 and 8 are each nearly an approximate equi-lateral triangle incross section, varying from such only to the extent necessary to provide the printing edge desired, either black face rule 5, double line rule 6, or an 'ordinary line rule 8. These three rules are uniform as to width of base and are each adapted to be received in the wide notches 14 in the anchors, whereas the rule 7 has a narrower base and is adapted to be used in situations where there is not room for the wider rules and it is adapted to be received in the narrower notches 13 in the anchors.

The anchors, while very thin, still occupy some space and when a form is built up without vertical rules extending to the side of the form, as shown in Fig. 1, I insert a thin sheet metal filler 15 between the slugs in line with the row of anchors for holding the form in proper rectangular position when locked in the chase for use.

I In order to produce the notched cross. rule 4 on an ordinary line casting machine, such as a linotype, which uses matrices for producing the desired printing edge on the slugs, I provide a series of rule casting matrices 16, see Fig. 6.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a single matrix 17 such as I have provided for casting the cross rules. .1

The set shown at 16 is composed of a series of'rule casting matrices 17 which vary from 6 points to 36 points. Each of these matrices 17 has the general shape of the usual linotype matrix, but instead of being provided with a letter or character-forming recess in its side, I provide it with a rule forming slot or groove 18 which is adapted to produce a longitudinal printing ridge or rule on the printing edge of a linotype slug when used in a linotype machine. I usuallv provide each matrix 17 with two parallel rule grooves 18 and 19 adapted as in the instance shown to produce different forms of rules. The groove 18 is adapted for producing a black-face rule and groove 19 for making a hairline rule, and the two are arranged in the usual manner, as is customary in the linotype art as regards two letter matrices.

As best illustrated in Fig. 3, in order to 4 is cast and 26 the vise jaws between which the lineof matrices are clamped during the casting operation.

The linotype machine and its casting operations are so well known in the art that it is not thought necessary to further describe or illustrate the machine.

I assemble the several matrices 17 and the blank matrices 20 and 21 in accordance with the ruled form which is to be made, to provide notches, either 9 or 10, as may be necessary, and at the proper distances apart.

The several matrices 17 in series 16 vary from the narrowest one which is 6 points, to 13 points, by single points and I provide thicker matrices of 18, 24, 30 and 36 points, respectively, so that by the use either of single matrices or proper combinations of more than one matrix, I am enabled to provide .cross rules having notches for receiving the have parallel vertical side walls. This permits withdrawal of the matrices from the east slug without damage to the slug, it also I permits the vertical rule to be laid down on the form in the notches readily, easily, quickly and without any difiiculty. u

A further advantage which is inherent in this improved system of ruling printing forms is the ease with which the printing form can be taken apart when it is desired to remelt the type metal of which the form is composed.

As the vertical rules are held on the form merely bythe anchors 12, it is clean-that when the form is removed from the chase, the slugs between which the anchors hang can readily and easily be separated sufiiclently to permit the lifting of the vertical rules off .of the form. the attached anchors being withdrawn with the rules from between the slugs of the form. These used The blank matrices and 21 are of two thicknesses-the thicker matrix 20 being used and benefits arising from its use, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1., A series of matrices for use in producing printing slugs with longitudinal printing ribs and having rule-receiving notches in the ribs extending down to the shoulder of the slug, said series of matrices varying in width from a minimum width to a maximum. width by uniform increments of one point, viz. .014, thereby permitting the association of the matrices in groups to produce desired lengths of sectionsot' printing rules between notches varying by like differences.

2. In a linotype machine. a line of assembled matrices for use with a mold for producing a printing slug having a longitudinal line-printing rib provided with spaced pa 'allel sided rule-receiving notches extending from the printing edge down. to

the shoulder of the slug. said line of matrices comprising a series of groups of line.

producing matrices. each grou comprising one or more matrices selected rom a series varying in thickness from a minimum thickness to a maximum thickness by increments of one point (.014), and blank matrices between the groups for producing the said' notches. I

3. A series of matrices for use in producing slugs with longitudinal ribs provided with rule receiving notches,such series varying in width by uniform increments from a relatively narrow width to a-relatively wide width, whereby any desired length of rib increasing by points from one 6 polnts long to one 36 points long and longer can be produced.

l. A series of matrices for use on a printing-slug casting machine, the individual matrices of the series being duplicates of each other except as to width of face, each provided in its face with a rule forming groove adapted to form a pr1n t1ng r'ule longitudinally on a slug, the matr ces in the series varying from 6 points wide to 13 points by single points and a plurality of wider faced matrices, the whole being capable of being collectively arranged to produce longitudinal printing ribs on slugs varying from 6 points long to 36 points long by single points.

5. In a linotype machine, groups of assembled rule castlng matrlces, each group comprising one or more matrices selected from a series varying in thickness from 6 points to a wider width by single points and by larger increments to a relatively wide width and whereby each group is adapted to produce a line section of any length from 6 points or 1onger, varying by single points, groups separated by blank matrices adapted to produce rule receiving notches between the groups, which notches extend from, the printing edge tothe shoulder of the slug.

6. In a printing slug casting. machine, a

line of assembled matrices comprising a' number of blank matrices of definite width for producing transverse ruled receiving notches in the pr1nt1ng portlon of a slug to be cast, the blank matrices being spaced apart distances in accordance with the point? system of measurement, and associated matrices filling in the spaces between the blanks, the associated matrices being selected from a series of matrices varying from six points in width to thirteen points in width by single' points, and a pluralityof wider matrices of such widths that sections or groups of any length .from six points up, varyin by single points can be produced, each 0 these several associated matrices having inits face a cross notch so arranged thatthe slug to be cast shall have continuous longitudinal projections occupying the spaces between the notches produced by the blank matrices. V

7.'In a printing slug casting machine, a line of assembled matrices comprising a number of blank-matrices of definite width for producing transverse ruled receiving notches in a longitudinal line of printing rule to be formed upon a printing slug, the

blank matrices being spaced apart distances inaccordance with the ,point system of measurement, and associated matrices filling in the spaces between the blanks, the associated matrices being selected from. a series of matrices varying from six points in width to thirteen points in width by single points, and a plurality of wider matrices of such widths that sections or groups of any length from six points up 'arying by single points can be produced. each of these several associated matrices having in its face a cross rule producing depression so arranged that the slug 'to be cast shall have continuousline printing projections occupying the spaces between the notches produced by the blank matrices;

In witness whereof I. hereunto subscribe my name this 26th day of July, A. D. 1918.

VILLIAM C. HOLLISTER.

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