US1574155A - William m - Google Patents

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Feb. 23 1926. 1,574,155

w. M. KELLY TYPE Filed August 4 1923 Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITE. il' STATES PATENT osrics.

WILLIAM M. KELLY, 0F WESTFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

TYPE.

Application filed August 4, 1923. Serial No. 655,628.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of lVcstfield, Union County, State of New cierscy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to printing apparatus and particularly to an ar 'angement which is of special utility in connection with large display type.

The manufacture of type of this kind, say as point size and upwards, requires considerable metal which is costly and on account of its weight and size the shipment, handling and storage of such type also involves a great deal of expense. The present invention aims to overcome these difliculties by providing an arrangement in which the type characters are formed on relatively thin type plates which plates are adapted to be mounted on a support formed of a plurality of independent metal strips, such as the ordinary slugs and leads. Suchthin type plates require much less metal than ordinary type and are therefore less expensive to manufacture and transport and they can be stored in less space and, without involving great loss, can be used once and thrown into the scrap. The slugs and leads employed to form the support are standard parts in printing shops and may be used indefinitely.

The various advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing two type plates mounted on a base or support made up of four strips, the type illustrated in this figure being a l8 point type and the support being made up of four slugs 12 points in thickness;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing a 36 point type, the base being formed of two inner slugs 12 points in thickness and two outer slugs 6 points in thickness; and

Figure 3 is a perspective View of an arrangement similar to that shown in Figure 2 illustrating the manner of separating the supporting strips or slugs of the base to replace or insert a new type plate.

Referring to the drawingsin detail, 10 represents the type plates each of which is provided on the top face with a suitable the sides of the base.

character 11, and on the bottom face with a rib 12 preferably of dove-tailed form. These plates may be made relatively thin and light, it being only nebessary that they be of sutlicient thickness to form a fairly strong and rigid foundation for the characters and for the ribs 12, Such plates may also be made of any size desired, the invention as already noted being particularly designed for large display type of 24 point size or larger.

In forming the base or support for the type plates 10 a plurality of metallic strips are employed. the ordinary slugs and leads of standard size and thickness. Thus in Figure 1 there is illustrated a 48 point type, the base being made up of four slugs 13, each 12 points in thickness. In Figures 2 and 3 a 36 point type is shown, the base being formed of two inner slugs 13 each 12 points in thickness, and two outer slugs 14 each 6 points in thickness. By employing a sufficient number of slugs and leads a base may thus be built up to support and completely underlie type plates of any size. It will be understood that the type plates are made of such size that the base for the same can be built up from slugs and leads of standard thickness and that the top and bottom edges of the type plates, regardless of the size of characters on the plates, will preferably lie flush with In other words the length of the type plates is such that the combined thickness of the standard strips forming the base may if desired be made exactly equal to such length. In order to receive the ribs 12 on the bottom face of the type plates 10 it will be seen that the slugs or some of them are provided along at least one edge with a notch or recess 15. Preferably such notches are made only in the 12 point slugs. When two of the notched slugs are placed together as illustrated in the drawings, the two adjacent notches 15 form a dove-tailed recess for receiving the ribs 12 on the type plates 10.

From the foregoing it will be understood that a line of type may thus be set up by assembling the necessary type plates upon a base. The type plates 10, together with the base, make a body which is type high and which can thus be used in an ordinary printing press. lVhen a plurality of lines thus made up are assembled in a holder and locked up each line presses against adjacent These strips are preferably lines so that the slugs and leads forn'iing the base are firmly held in position. The notches 15 of the slugs are made of such size to closely and accurately fit the ribs 12 so that when. a form is locked up in a holder the type plates are held rigidly and in perfect alignment. \Vith an arrangement of this kind it is apparcntthz it in order to change a character in a lineit is only necessary to separate the parts of the base as illnstrated particularly in Figure 3-when one character may be taken out and another substituted therettor without disturbing the adjacent characters. v

The foregoing arrangement possesses numerous advantages, which will i be ap parent to those skilled in the art. The manufacture of type plates 10 involves less expense than the ordinary large type-high type and much less expense is involved in the shipment and storage of the same. The type plates being conn tniratively cheap. they may be thrown into the scrap after use thus making it unnecesiary tostore the same. The slugs and leads used to form the base are not connected in any way so that they can be separated when desired to permit changing a type plate without (listin'hing the adjacent plates.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

LA priiiting arrangement comprising, in combination, relatively thin type plates each having a character on one side thereof and a rib on the other side, a for said plat-es comprising a plurality of separate and un connected metal strips of standard thickness used inprinting arranged beneath saii plates and completely underlying the same, the combined thickness of said strips being equal to the length of said plates whereby the ends of said plates are flush with the sides of said base, two of said strips having notches along one edge thereof which ceoperate to form a groove to receive and tightly clamp the ribs on said type plates and hold the same in position when the are rangement is locked up in a holder, said strips and type plates together forming an arrangement which is of standard type height.

A printing arrangement comprising in combination, relatively thin type plates each having a character on one side and a rib on the other side, a base tor said plates comprising two strips of standard thickness used in printing arranged beneath said plates and having notches along onecedge thereof which cooperate to form a grooveto receive and tightly clamp the ribs on said type plates and hold the same in position when the arrangement is locked up in a holder, said base also comprising two additional. strips arranged one on either side of said first named strips and beneath said plates, all of said strips being entirely separate and disconnected, whereby the same may be separated and individual type plates removed or inserted without disturbing adjacent plates, said strips and type plates together forming an arrangement which is of standard typeheight.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature.

WILLIAM M. KELLY.

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