US1528434A - Typographical machine - Google Patents

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D. S. KENNEDY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Sept. 24, 1923 Mar. 3, 1925.

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DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A$SIGNSR T MERGENTHALER LIND- COMPANY, A GOBPQBATION OF NEW YORK. i V

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Application filed September 24, 1923. Serial No. 664,368.

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, DAVID S. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and'State oi leW York, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. w i i This inventionv relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in U. S. Letters Patent No; 436,532, to O. Morgenthaler, wherein circulatingmatrices are released from a magazine in the order in Which their characters are to appear inprint and then assembled inline, the composed line transferred to -the face of a mold, the mold lilled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters, and the matrices thereafter elevated and returned through distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

More particularly, it relates to machines ot the class disclosed in my prior Letters Patent- No. 1,396,125, and contemplates certain improvements intended to simplify the construction of the parts and to render them more etlicient in operation. These improvements Will best he understood from the detailed description to follow.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a linotype machineequipped with the present improvements;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the magazine structure Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. at is a section taken on the line-H o'l Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of one of the gage blocks detached;

Fig. 6 is a vieW similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts in different position;

Fig. 7 is a detail section taken 011 the line T-T of Fig. 6; V

Fig. 8 is a detail section taken on the line 88 of Fig. 6;

Figs. 9 and 10 are detail views of the improved brake device employed in connecroam-r which are shown herein but of vvliich a. greater or less number might be employed if desired. The several magazines are mounted upon separatebase-frames A conjointly constituting a shift-frame, Which is; arranged to be moved upwardly and downwardly in the fixed machine frame to bring any selected one olithe magazines into operative relation to a channeled assembler entrance Bland channeled magazine entrance C, thelatter leadinglrom a distributor D. Each of the magazines A is provided With n-ia-trixreleasing escapenients E (F 6), which, When the magazine is brought into operative position, are actuated through the medium of pivoted levers E by reeds E" controlled in the usual Way-from a keyboard E (Fig. 1). The magazine shift-frame'is carried by a. sliding plunger L ivhich is raised and lowered Within a sleeve 0 by a screw-thread mechanism actuated through aconneeting shaft L by a Wheel L provided with an operating handle L all as more fully ClGSCI'llJGCl In the Rogers Patent No.

Means are provided to cooperate with each magazine independentlyas 1t is brought into operative position and locate it with certainty in proper relation to-the cooperating parts. Specifically, three distinct sets of gage-devices are arranged to engage alignng lugs on the base-frame of the selected magazine as the latter is shifted into operative position and adjust said frame independentlyrelatively to the others in three different directions, namely, t'aeewise or vertically to locate the magazine thereon in proper transverse registration with the assembler-entrance and inagazineentrance, respectively; edgewise or toward the left and right to locate the magazine in proper lateral registration with the two entrances; and, finally, endwise or fore and aftto locate the magazine in proper longitudinal position for cooperation with said entrances. As illustrated, each of the three upper baseframes A is formed at its rear end and at opposite sides with pivot pins A which engage in open notches or recesses A formed in the rear edges of a pair of plates A attached to and rising from the lowermost base-frame, it being noted that these notches A are large enough to permit the pivot pins A to have the necessary amount of play. At their forward ends, each of the three upper base-frames is provided at opposite sides with depending blocks A resting directly upon the next underlying magazine and which, while maintaining the base frames properly spaced apart, permit them to be shifted relatively to each other in the required manner. The lowermost baseframe A is also mounted so as to be independently adjustable in the same manner as each of the three upper base-frames, being fastened to a collar portion L of the plunger L by means of shouldered studs A passing loosely through enlarged openings A formed therein (Fig. 6).

The transverse registration of the magazine in use is effected by means of two pairs of gage-bars F arranged near the opposite ends of the magazines and at opposite sides thereof, the two bars at each side being connected together by a fore and aft piece F These gage-bars F are supported at their lower ends upon aligning blocks F attached to fixed side plates O and O of the machine frame and present their upper ends in position to engage the under sides of aligning lugs F project ng laterally from the opposite sides of each base-frame at both ends. The foregoing parts are so arranged and operated that when any selected magazine is brought into operative position, the aligning lugs F of its base-frame A will be caused to bank upon the gage-bars F, which thus adjust said base-frame facewise bodily relatively to the other base-frames and locate the magazine thereon in proper transverse registration with the assembler entrance B and magazine entrance C, respect'vely. To provide for the engagement of the gage pieces F with the aligning lugs F the former are arranged to slide forwardly and rearwardly on the aligning blocks F so as in one position to stand clear of the aligning lugs during the shifting of the magazines, and in the other position to stand beneath the lugs'on the baseframe of the sele'ted magazine to allow said frame to bank thereon. lVhen one of the upper magazines is brought into use, the aligning lugs F 2 on the base-frames of the underlying magazines would engage the gage-bars and prevent their return to active position. unless otherwise provided for. Hence. the gage-bars F are formed in their rear edges with notches 7 which allow them to clear the aligning lugs at such time, these notches being made considerably wider than the aligning lugs so as not to interfere with the lowering of the magazines, which takes place in banking the operative magazines on the gage-bars. This lowering of the magazines, however, is limited by the engagement of the aligning lugs on the lowermost base-frame with the bottom walls of the particular notches wherein they are located (Fig. 6).

The lateral registration of the operative magazine is effected by means of a pair of gage-blocks or abutments G supported in the. aforesaid side plates at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the outer faces of the aligning lugs F at the forward ends of the base-frames A These blocks G are adjustable transversely of the magazines and are set and held in the required position by adjusting screws G and clamping screws G (Fig. i), the former bearing against the outer edges of the blocks. and the latter assing through elongated slots formed therein. At their inner edges (Fig. 5), the blocks G are formed with aligning surfaces G and with oppositely beveled surfaces G leading thereto. Accordingly, when a selected magazine is brought into operative position, the align- Eng lugs F at the lower end of its baseframe A are automatically engaged with the gage-blocks G, whose beveled surfaces G adjust said frame edgewise toward the left or right, as the case may be, until the aligning surfaces G become engaged with the outer faces of the aligning lugs, which engagement of the parts determines the lateral registration of the magazine with the assembler entrance B.

The location of the operative magazine in proper longitudinal position is effected by a pair of gage-blocks or abutments H also supported in the side plates 0 at opposite s des of the magazines in position to engage the forward faces of the aligning lugs F as the individual magazines are brought into use. These gage-blocks H (Fig. 3) are slidably arranged in fore and aft grooves or guideways H wherein the blocks are confined by clamping screws H passing through elongated slots formed in the side plates The proper position of the gageblocks is controlled and regulated by adjusting screws H bearing against the forward edges thereof. At their rear edges, the blo1ks H are formed with aligning surfaces H and beveled surfaces H, so that as a selected magazine is shifted into position, the lower aligning lugs F on its base-frame are engaged with the beveled surfaces H, which adjust the frame endwise if need be until the forward faces of its aligning lugs become engaged with the aligning surfaces PP of the ga-geblocks, In this way, the selected magazine is located independently in roper longitudinal position within the shiit-frame for. cooperation with the assembler and magazine entrances.

The foregoing parts and their mode of operation, except as hereinafter pointed out, are or may be the same as set forth in my prior Patent N 0. 1,396,125. As before stated, the. present invention is directed to certain improvements in the machine disclosed in. said patent, and these improvements will now be taken up in detail.

One improvement is directed to an arrangement whereby the gage-bars F may be adjusted independently or relatively to one another to insure. their mutual cooperation in effecting. the transverse registration of the individual magazines. In the present instance, the aligning blocks F instead of being made integral with. the fixed side plates 0 and O as in. my prior patent), are made separate from said. plates and are adj ustably mounted thereon so asto raise or lower the gage-bars in the direction of their longitudinal axes. The purpose of this adjustment is not only to compensate for inaccuracies in the manufacture of the parts, but in addition to insure the proper cooperation between the gage-bars and, the aligning lugs F 2 on the base-frame of the magazine in use. One of the chief diiiiculties encountered in practice is that the magazine base-frames frequently lose their original shape, due to warping or other causes, and interfere. with the proper banking. of the aligning lugs upon the gagebars. This difficulty may be. easily overcome in the present construction by adjusting one or another ofthe aligning blocks in such manner as to locate the gage-bars in. whatever position may be necessary to cooperate with the aligning lugs. As a simple and convenient way to adjust the aligning blocks F they are formed on their under sides with. inclined or wedge-shaped surfaces 7 slidingly arranged upon reversely inclined or wedgeshaped surfaces of supporting blocks 0" located at the inner sides of the side platesO and O clamping screws 0 being employed to hold the aligning blocks in any desired position of adjustment, see particularly Figs. 6 and 8.

Another improvement has to do with the movement, of the gage-bars F to and from active position. In my aforesaid prior Letters Patent, such movement of the gagebars is controlled by the magazine shifting means, but in the present construction, it is effected by separate and independent means comprising, as herein shown (Fig. 1), a hand lever F located adjacent the magazine shifting handle L a transverse rock shaft F to, which the hand lever is made fast, and a pair of upright arms F also made fast to the rock shaft and arranged behind and in engagement with pins F projecting i-nwardly from the connecting links. F Springsv F pulling. rearwardly on the con necting links serve to hold the parts in their normal condition. As a result of this construction, when the hand lever F is depressed, the arms F* are rocked forwardly and move the gage-bars F to inactive position against the opposition of the. springs F, which immediateb restorev the parts to their original condition upon the release of the hand lever. It, will be seen, therefore, that by operating the hand lever F with one hand and the hand wheel L with the other, the operator may quickly and easily carry out the. shifting of the magazines to bring any selected one into operative position. At the beginning of the shifting operatiomthe magazines are raised slightly soas to relieve the pressure upon the gage-bars F and permit them to be moved freely to inactive position, and similarly at the close of the shifting operation, the selected magazine brought to a level slightly above that it will eventually occupy, so as to permit the gage-bars to be moved freely to active position before the selected magazine is caused to bank thereon by the lowering of the magazines. The use of a separate and independ ent hand lever for operating the gage-bars is particularly suitable for this method of magazine shifting, as it enables the op erator to synchronize and carry out the operations with greater ease and rapidity than would otherwise be possible.

' As a further improvement, it is pointed out that the hand lever F has connected to it by means of a link P a matrix blade or feeler P which is arranged to be slid uprwardly and downwardly in the space be tween the operative magazine and the assembler entrance B (Fig; 1). Normally, or when the gage-bars F occupy their active position, the blade P stands above and out of the path of the matrices issuing from the magazine, but when the gage-bars are drawn forwardly to their inactive position by the depression of the hand lever F, the blade is pulled downwardly by the lever across the matrix path. Consequently, if at the time there should be any matrix or matrices protruding from. the lower end of the magazine, the blade will be arrested by such protruding matrix or matrices and will lock the gage-bars against movement to inactive position. In this way, the shifting of the magazine is prevented except when the matrices are properly enclosed within it.

Another improvement deals with the means employed for locating the individual magazines in proper longitudinal position within the shift frame. By reason of the freedom of movement allowed the magazines in providing for such longitudinal positioning, it sometimes happens that the selected magazine, While being shifted into and out-of operative position, will project forwardly to such extent as to interfere, or cause its escapements to interfere, with the upper end of the assembler entrance B or the escapement actuating levers E In order to obviate this difiiculty, the gage blocks H have been modified in such manner that they will locate and maintain the selected magazine in its proper longitudinal position within the shift frame long enough before it reaches and after it leaves its actual operative position during shifting to avoid interference with the other parts. Thus, as can be seen from Figs. 3 and 6, the aligning surfaces H" are of much great er extent than those presented in my prior construction, being lengthened out suffr ciently to produce the effect just noted, and the beveled surfaces H are located at correspondingly greater distances from the aligning blocks F so as to act thereon at earlier and later periods in the shifting of the magazine.

As a further improvement in connection with the longitudinal positioning of the magazines, it may be noted that the aligning lugs F are provided with adjustable contact pieces, herein shown in the form of flat-headed screw bolts (see particularly Figs. 3 and These contact pieces have been found to be very advantageous in providing for the proper cooperation between the aligning lugs F and the gageblocks H, being readily adjustable to compensate for any irregularities in alignment due to wear, faulty manufacture, or warping of the base frames, etc. .The aligning lugs on the lowermost base frame are not provided with such adjustable contact nieces, although they might be, as the gagelocks themselves may be adjusted to take care of that particular magazine by manipulating the screws H and H in the manner before described.

Another improvement is directed to the magazine shifting means, which, as before described, include the screw L rotatable in opposite directions by the operating shaft L. In practice, it has been found that the screw L has a tendency to spin during the lowering of the magazines, due to the heavy pressure imposed. upon the screw threads by the great weight of the magazine structure. lVhen this occurs, the op erator has considerable difficulty in maintaining the parts under control, and, un less great care is observed, he is apt to lose control altogether. As a simple and convenient way to overcome this dilliculty, it is proposed to employ a brake device which will serve to retard the lowering of the magazines but which will ermit the raising thereof without retardation. In the present instance (see Figs. 9 to 11), the brake device comprises a split sleeve R frictionally clamped to the operating shaft L? by means of a screw R and spring R the screw passing loosely through an opening 'laiounted within a suitable recess of the sleeve R is a spring-pressed plunger It protruding from the rear face thereof and formed with an inclined or beveled surface R and a stop or abutment R is located on the fixed bearing member 0 in position to engage said spring-pressed plunger R. riccording to this arrangement, when the shaft L is rotated in a clockwise direction to raise the magazines, the stop R will engage the beveled surface of the springpressed plunger It" and push the latter inwardly out of the way, thereby permitting the friction sleeve R to be rotated with the shaft so as to offer no resistance thereto. On the other hand, when the shaft L is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction to lower the magazines, the stop R will enl gage the solid portion of the spring-pressed plunger R and thereby lock the sleeve R against rotation with the shaft, so that the rotation of the shaft under such conditions will have to be effected against the frictional resistance offered by the sleeve. It will, be understood that this frictional resistance may be regulated so as merely to counteract the spinning tendency of screw F and not so great as to require any substantial effort on the part of the operator. To avoid any tendency of the sleeve R to shift forwardly on the operating shaft L the latter, if desired, may be provided with a collar R held thereto by a set screw R and arranged in engagement with the for ward face of the sleeve.

As in my prior patent, mechanism is em ployed for separating the base frames from each other in order to permit the independent removal of the magazine, such mecha nism comprising the hand lever J, the transverse roclr shaft J the arms J the links J and the lost motion devices or lifting links J However, as these parts are precisery the same as described in said patent, no further explanation seems necessary.

It may also be noted that means are provided for effecting the lateral registration of the magazine entrance C with the particular magazine in use, such means (Figs. 6 and?) comprising gage pieces S secured to each magazine base frame at its upper end and on opposite sides and which are adapted to engage in grooves or recesses S of aligning lugs S secured to the entrance frame C just above and in the rear of its pivotal point. Such means, however, form no part of the present invention and are fully disclosed in my prior Letters Patent No. 1,396,126, to which reference may be had.

.As previously stated, the present improvements have been shown only in preferred form and by way of example and as applied to a particular class of machine, but obviously many modifications and alterations therein and in their mode of ap plication will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departure from the scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Fat cut of the United States is, as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled member, a shiftframe equipped with a plurality of channeled magazines supported therein with a capacity for relative play in a tacewise direct-ion, means for moving the shift-frame to bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation to said channeled member, gage-devices upon which the selected magazine is caused to bank independently gas it is brought into operative position and which adjust it facewise within the shift-frame to locate it in proper transverse registration with the cooperating channeled member, and means for adjusting the gagedevices relatively to one another to insure their mutual cooperation in effecting such registration of the parts.

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled member, a plurality of channeled magazines, separate baseframes whereon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at op posite sides with a pair of laterally project ing alining lugs, means for connecting the base-frames tqgether with a capacity for relative play in a ,tacewise direction, means for shifting the base-frames as a whole to bring one or another 01" the magazines into operative relation to said channeled member, a pair of transverse gage-bars supported in a fixed machine frame at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the alining lugs on the base-frame of the selected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and thus to adjust said magazine facew'ise and locate it in proper transverse registration with the ceoperating channeled member, and means for adjusting the gage-devices relatively to one another to insure their mutual cooperation in effecting such registration of the parts.

3. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled assembler-entrance, a channeled magazine-entrance leading from the distributer, a plurality of intermediate channeled magazines, separate base-frames whereon the magazines are mounted and each formed at each end and at opposite sides with a pair of laterally projecting alining lugs, means for connecting the baseframes together with a capacity for rela tive play in a tacewise direction, means for shifting the base-frames as a whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation to the two entrances, two pairs of transverse gage-bars arranged at the four corners of the magazines with their upper ends in positionto engage the alining lugs on the base-frame of the selected magazine, and independently adjustable alining .bloclrs mounted in the fixed machine frame and upon which the gage-bars rest at their lower ends, whereby said gage-bars may be adjusted independently to insure their mutual cooperation in effecting the proper transverse registration of the se lected magazine with the assembler-entrance and magazine-entrance, respectively.

l. In a typographical machine, the combination of a shift-frame equipped with a plurality of magazines supported therein with a capacity for relative play in an endwise direction, means for moving the shiftt'rame to bring One or another of the magazines into operative position, and means for adjusting the selected magazine endwise independently as it is brought into operative position to locate it in proper longitudinal position within the shift frame for cooperation with the other elements of the machine, said adjusting means acting to GHQCiZ and to maintain such location of the selected magazine before it reaches and after it leaves its operative position during shifting,=rs1: ectively.

5. In a typographical ma hine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, separate base-frames whereon the magazines are mounted, means for connecting the baseframes together with a capacity for relative play in an endwise direction, means for shifting the base-frames as a whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative position, and a pair of gage-blocks or abutments supported in the fixed machine frame at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the base-frame of the selected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and adjust said frame endwi-se relatively to the others to locate the magazine thereon in proper longitudinal position for cooperation with the other elements of the machine, 'sa'id gage blocks acting to effect and to maintain such location of the selected magazine before, it reaches and after it leaves its operative position during shifting, respectively.

6, In a typographical machine, the com bination of a plurality of channeled maga-' zines, separate base-frames \vhereon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at opposite sides with a pair of laterally projecting alining lugs, means for connecting the base-frames together with a capacity for relative play in an endwise direction, means for shifting the baseframes as a Whole to bring one or anothe of the magazines into operative position, and a pair of gage-blocl-Is supported at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the aligning lugs on the baseframe of the selected magazine as it is brought into operative position and locate said magazine in proper longitudinal position Within the shift frame, the said gageblocks being beveled at their opposite ends and formed with extended alining surfaces to effect and to maintain such location of the magazine before it reaches and after it leaves its operative position during shifting, respectively.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of channeled magazines, separate base-frames Whereon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at opposite sides with a pair of laterally projecting alining lugs, means for connecting the base-frames together with a capacity for relative play in an endvise direction, means for shifting the base frames as a Whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative position, and a pair of gage-blocks supported at opposite sides of the magazines .in position to engage the alining lugs on the base-frame of the selected magazine as it is brought into operative position and locate said magazine in proper longitudinal position Within the shift frame, the alining lugs of one or more of the base-frames being provided with adjustable contact pieces to insure their propercooperation With the gage blocks.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, separate base-frames Whereon the magazines are mounted, means for connecting the baseframes together With a capacity for relative play in an endwise direction, means for shifting the base-frames as a Whole to bring one or another of the magazines into opera tive position, a pair of gage-blocks or abutments supported in the fixed machine frame at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the base-frame of the selected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and adjust said frame endwise relatively to the others to locate the magazine thereon in proper longitudinal position for cooperation with the other elements of the machine, and independent adof channeled magazines, separate base-f frames \vhereon the magazines are mounted, means for shifting the base-frames as a Whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation to said channelcd member, a pair of gage-blocks or abuti ments supported in the fixed machine frame at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the base-frame of the se lected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and adjust said frame edgeivise relatively to the others to locate the magazine thereon in proper lateral registration With the cooperating channeled member, and independent adjusting means for said gage-blocks to insure their mutual cooperation in effecting such lateral registration of the parts.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled member, a plurality of channeled magazines, separate baseframes \vlicreon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at opposite sides with a pair of laterally projecting alining lugs, means for connecting the baseframes together with a capacity for relative play in a faceivise direction, means for shifting the baseframes as a Whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation to said channeled member, a pair of transverse gage-bars supported in the,

fixed machine frame at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the aligning lugs on the base-frame of the selected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and thus to adjust said magazine ffiCGWiSG and locate it in proper transverse registration with the cooperating channeled member, and means independent of the magazine shifting means for moving the gage-bars to and from active position.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled member, a plurality of channeled magazines, separate baseframe-s Whcreon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at opposite. sides with a pair of laterally projecting aligning lugs, means for connecting the base-frames together with a capacity for relative play in a facewisc direction, means for shifting the base-frames as a Whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation to said channeled mem ber, a pair of transverse gage-bars supported in the fixed machine frame at opposite sides of the magazines in position to engage the aligning lugs on the base-frame of the selected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and thus to adjust said magazine facewise and locate it in proper transverse registration with the cooperating channeled member, means independent of the magazine shifting means for moving the gagebars to and from active position, and a matrix teeler connected to and operated by the gage-bar moving means.

12. In a typographical machine, the connbination of a channeled member, a plurality of channeled magazines, separate base frames whereon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at opposite sides with a pair of laterally projecting aligning lugs, means for connecting the base-frames together with a. capacity for relative play in a facewise direction, means for shifting the base-frames as a whole to briugone or another of the magazines into operative relation to said channeled member, a pair of tran verse gagebars supported in the fixed machine frame at opposite sides ot' the magazine in position to engage the alignin lugs on the base-Frame ot' the selected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and thus to adjust said magazine i acewise and locate it in proper transverse registration with the co operating channeled member, and a hand lever located adjacent to but independent of the magazine shifting means for moving the gage-bars to and from active position. v

13. in a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled member, plurality of channeled magazines, separate baseframes whereon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at opposite sides with a pair of laterally project-- ing aligning lugs, means for connecting the base-frames together with a capacity for relative play in a facewise direction, means for shitting the base-frames as a whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation to said channeled memher, a pair of transverse gagebars supported in the fixed machine frame at opposite sides of the magazines in position to aligning lugs on the base-frame of the selected. magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and thus to adjust said magazine facewise and locate it in proper transverse registration with the cooperating channeled member, a. hand lever located adjacent to but independent of the magazine shifting means for moving the gage-bars to and from active position, and

engage the a matrix teeler connected to and operated by said hand lever.

14. In a typographical machine, the combination of a channeled member, aplurality ot channeled magazines, separate base- ;frames whereon the magazines are mounted and each provided at one end and at opposite sides with a pair of laterally projecting aligning lugs, means for connecting the basetrames together with a. capacity for relative play in a facewise direction, means for shifting the baseframes as a whole to bring one or another of the magazines into operative relation to said channeled member, a pair of transverse gage-bars sup ported in the fixed machine frame at opposite sides 01" the magazines in position to engage the aligning lugs on the base-frame of the selected magazine as the latter is brought into operative position and thus to adjust said magazine tacewise and locate it in proper transverse registration with the cooperating channeled member, and a ma trix feeler connected to the gage-bars and serving to prevent their movement from active position at an improper time.

15. In a. typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, means For raising and lowering said magazines to bring one or another into operative position, and a brake device acting to retard the lowcring oi the magazines but to permit the raising thereof without retardation.

l6. ln a typographical machine, the com bination of a plurality of magazines, means including a rotary operating shaft for raising and lowering said magazines to bring one or another into operative position, a. sleeve frictionally clamped to said operating shaft and rotatable therewith, and a stop arranged to lock said sleeve against rotation with the shaft during the lowering of the magazines but to permit its free rotation with the shaft during the raising of the magazines.

17. In a typographical machine, the 00111 bination of a plurality of magazines, means including a rotary ope-rating shaftforraising and lowering said magazines to bring one or another into operative position, a sleeve irictionally clamped to said operating shaft and rotatable therewith, a springpressed,plunge-r carricd by said sleeve and beveled at its free end, and a stop mounted on a fixed part of the machine in position to engage said plunger.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature hereto.

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

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