US1657962A - Matrix assembler for typographical machines - Google Patents

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Jan. 31, 1928.

E. M. GOQDBODY MATRIX ASSEMBLER FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES Filed Sept. 25, 1925 2 Sheets-$heetl INVENTOR k Wm ATTORNEY/ E. M. GOQDBODY MATRIX ASSEMBLER FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES Jan. 31, 1928.

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srarris warez EDMUND GOQDBODY. Q1? BRQUKLYN, NEW YURK, LASEZIGHOR TO INTERTYPE COR- PORA'IJEON, OF BPIUUHLYFE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION (115 NEW YORK.

MATRIX ASSEMBLJER FUR TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINES.

Application filed fileptcmber The present invention relates to improvements in typogrnughical machines and more especially to those oi the class shown and described in ll. S Patent lilo. 436,53 granta ed September 16, 1890, to (l. idergenthaler, wherein matrices stored in amaganine are delivered by manipulation. of a keyboard onto a travelling belt which directs them to an assembler, the latter, in turn, introducing 2c the matrices in proper position and order into the assembler means, usually a so-called first elevator-{where they are assembled into a line preparatory to the casting of a type bar or slug therefrom.

In It is customary in nuichinei-x of this class to employ a constantly revolving toothed member or so-called star wheel at the entrance to the assembling elevator to receive the matrices advanced thereto by the travel lingbelt while the matrices are lying fiatwisethereon and to erect themin vertical or upright position and stack them successively in the line undergoing composition in the assembling elevator. In order to insure correct operation of the star wheel, it must be accurately located and ot predetermined dimensions. It points or pcripheral portion become woi.'n,thereby reducing its diameter, then the matrices will not 1 be properly stacked in the line, but will pile,

one upon another, and thus cause transposition of matrices in the line. Therefore, the star wheel should be replaced by a new one when it has become worn or its effective diameter materially reduced, but renewal of worn star Wheels in machines of: this classas heretofore constructed has been frequently neglected owing to the amount of time and labor required, it beingnecessary, according to the assembler structures as heretofore constructed, to remove a number of screws and to partially disassemble the assembler. Furthermore, the assembler, as heretofore constructed, hasbeen diiiicult to lubricate owing to the inaccessibility of its worl-cing parts, and, in consequence, lubrication of the assembler has not usually been accomplished eliectively or with the lirequcncy which the operating conditions require.

According to the present invention, the star wheel is removal'ily mounted on its shaft and it is rendered readily accesible for removal and replacement by a cover member which may be swung; or otherwise moved into a position to expose it, and this cover a5, 1925. Serial No. 58,601.

member preferably carries with it, as a unit, the assembler chute block and the assembler deflecting plate and, hence, these parts will be carried away from the star wheel and thus render the latter easily accessible when the cover plate is moved into a position to or pose the star wheel for replacement; Furthermore, the star wheel, together with its driving gears and pulleys, and cooperative parts which comprise the assembler are mounted on a pivoted or otherwise movable assembler plate or support so that the complete assembler may be swung from its normal or o 'ierative position bodily or as a unit into a position whereits component parts are exposed and thus rendered readily accessible for lubrication and inspection.

To these and other ends, the invention con sists in certain improvements and combinations and arrangements of parts, all. as will be hereinafter more fully described, the teatures of novelty being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification. 7 i

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a typographical machine embodying a matrix assembler constructed and mounted in accordance with the present invention, portioils being); broken away in the figure tor clearness; i

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the assembler shown inFigure 1, showing the manner in which it is mounted on the face plate of the machine, the cover plate, to gether with the assembler chute block and chute block deflect-inc; plate, being shown as swung partially out o'l normal operative position and portions of the cover plate beingbrolren away;

Figure 3 is a view of the assembler looking toward the right in Figure 1;

Figure 4: re nresents a vertical section through the assembler taken on the line 4:4c of Figure 1; t

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the essence bler with parts thereoishown in section.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several figures.

lhe assembler structure provided bythe present invention is applicable generally to typographical machines of the class wherein matrices stored in a magazine drop when delivered. therefrom by manipulation of the keyboard onto a downwardly inclined coustantly travelling belt on which they lie flatwise while the belt conducts them to the assembler, and wherein the assembler employs a constantly revolving toothed member or so-called star wheel which receives the matrices advanced by the belt and operates to bring the matrices into upright or vertical position and to stack them successively in the line undergoing composition in an assembling elevator or. other matrix assembling means. The preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter described in detail, but it is to be understood that the invention is not restricted to the precise construction shown, as equivalent constructions are contemplated, and such will be included within the scope of the claims.

In the present instance, wherein the assembler is shown applied to a machine of the general class illustrated and described in the patent hereinbefore referred to, designates the so-called face plate which is usually employed in machines of this class and is fixed in position below the magazine. In machines of this class, as heretofore constructed, the assembler has been bolted or otherwise fixed to this plate, but accordii'ig to the present invention, the assembler is mounted as a unit on an assembler plate 11 which is hinged at one edge to the face plate 10 as by the hinges or pivots 19,, the axes of which are arranged vertically and in alinement so that the entire assembler may be swung forwardly or outwardly from the machine frame, about the axis of the hinges 12, as a center, thereby bringing the portions of the assembler which are in rear of the assembler plate 11 and the face plate 10, such as the driving pulleys P and the driving gear train T, into a position where these parts are exposed and made readily accessible for lubrication, inspection and other purposes. In order to expose or render accessible those operating components ofthe assembler which are positioned on the front side of the assembler plate 11, the assembler cover plate 18, the assembler chute block 14 and the assembler chute block deflecting plate 15 are mounted and arranged tomove as a unit about a hinge or pivot 16, this structure constituting what may be termed an assembler cover unit. Also, the assembler cover plate 13, in turn, is hinged to the chute block 14 by hinge members 17 which engage a pivot pin 19, and a torsion spring 18, which may encircle the pin 19 and act at its ends on the chute block and cover plate is provided for yieldingly swinging the cover plate 13 into its normal vertical position.

The assembler structure as a whole is held in its normal or operative position by suitable means, such, for example. as a spring latch or catch 20 which may be secured to the face plate 10, as at 21, and has a shoulder menses 22 thereon adapted to be deflected by the assembler plate 11 as the latter swings into its operative position and to snap over the upper edge of this assembler plate and cu gage the front face thereof when the masons bler structure asumcs its normal or operative position, thereby locking the assembler in such position. Suitable means is also provided for releasably locking the ilss'cuh bler cover unit in its normal or operative position, for example, a spring latch or catch which may be fixed to the lower edge of the assembler plate ll and has Ii. shoulder or projection 26 thereon over which the lower edge of the cliutebloch ll may ride while the assembler cover unit is being swung into its normal or operative position, the shoulder or nojection 12(3 snapping into position to engage at (he huwvard side of the chute block when the assembler cover unit has reached its normal or open tive position and thereby locking this unit in such position. The forward end of the catch 20 provides a thumb or linger-piece 23 by means of which this catch may be readily released when it is desired to .\\l the assembler bodily out of operative posi tion, and the catch 25 is provided at its i (!iward end with a similar thumb or liauri-r portion by means of which it may be l( leased from the assembler chule unit and thus permit he latter to be swung out of its norn'ial or operative position.

The hinged or pivoted assembler plate ll serves as a mounting which carries (hrvarious components of the assembler, and it c rables the assembler as a whole to be swung out of its normal or operative position into a position where its cmnponent part are exposed and are rendered conveniently accessible for lubrication, inspection or other purposes. The assembler cover unit con-- stitutes a cover for the parts ol' the assembler which are located in front of the assembler plate 11 and the pivotal mount-- ing of this unit enables the parts oi" the assen'ibler in front of the assembler plate ll, to be uncovered and thereby reiulercd convenienlly accessible, so that a worn star wheel may be replaced by a new one.

The star wheel S, which is located at the forward side of the assembler plate ll is mounted on the star wheel shall 27 which is journaled in a suitable bearing provided thereon, this shaft ha vine a collar or shoulder 28 against which the star wheel is seated. and the forward end of the star wheel shaft is square or non-circular in cross-section, as at 29, and the star wheel is provided with a square correspondingly shaped hole inlo which this portion of the shaft is removably fitted. The cover plate 13, when in operative position is in front of the star wheel. he deflecting plate 15 is above it and the bots block it extends beneath the star wheel lllll lllt moved from their normal positions adjacent readily accessible.

when these parts are in their normal or operatlve positions.

However, when it is desirable or necessary to remove the star wheel it is only necessary to depress the catch 25 to release the assembler cover unit and to swing this unit forwardly about its hinge or pivot 16 in order to render the star wheel By swinging the assembler cover unit outof its normal or operative position the cover plate 13 is removed from in front of the star wheel and the deflector plate 15 and chute block 1a are re to the star wheel, and,hence, the star wheel is exposed so that it may be conveniently removed from its shaft and replaced by another star wheel. After replacement of the star wheel has been efiected, the assembler is restored to operative condition by return ing the assembler cover unit to its normal or operative position where it is held by the catch 25. While the assembler cover unit is in its closed or; normal position, it will prevent disengagement of the star wheel from its shaft. The lower edge 81 of the deflecting plate 15 is so located that it will move into a position above and will rest on the upper edge 32 of an assembler. chute block plate 33 fixed to the forward side of the assembler plate 11, when the assembler cover unit is swung into its closed or operative position, and the assembler chute block plate is formed with a curved edge 34L which forms an arcuate continuation of the deflecting plate, the deflecting plate having a similar arcuate continuation 35 which moves into operative position at the front of the star wheel as the assembler cover unit assumes its normal or operative position.

It will thus be understood that while the assembler cover unit, when swung out of its normal or operative position, renders the star wheel conveniently accessible for re placement, the return of such unit restores the deflecting plate and the arcuate continuation thereof to their normal working relation with the star wheel, thus insuring the proper guiding and directing of the matrices to the assembling point.

When it is desirable or necessary to obtain access to the oil duct L in the assembler plate 11 or to the gear train T, the belt pulleys P or any part of the assembler in rear of the assembler plate 11, it is only necessary to lift the catch 20 to release the assembler plate, whereupon the latter may be swung forwardly about its hinges 12, thereby removing the assembler as a whole from its normal operative position and bringing it into a position where it is exposed at the front of the machine... When the assembler has been thus swung from its operative position, the parts thereof at the rear side of the assembler plate 11 may be. readily lubricated, inspected or adjusted without dismantling the assembler, and after the assembler has received the desired attention, it is returned to its normal or operative position by swinging the assembler plate 11 rearwardly until it is locked by the catch 20. In order to facilitate the removal of the assembler from its normal or operative position by swinging the assembler plate 11 about its hinges 12, the driving belt B which passes over the driving pulley P may first be removed from one of the usual idler pulleys I in order to avoid undue tensioning of the belt incident to the forward swing of the assembler.

The cover plate 13 which hinged by the pivot pin 19 to the chute, block 14 is notdisturbed by either the movement of the as sembler plate 11 about its hinges or the movement of the assembler cover unit about its hinge, and this cover plate may be swung,

sembling belt37 passes, thus rendering this pulley and the belt convenientlyaccessible for any attention these parts may require and facilitating the replacing of a worn belt by a new one.

I claim as my invention I 1. In a typographical machine, an assembler for stacking matrices delivered to it into a line, and a cover unit comprising a pair of pivotally connected members, one capable of swinging independently of the Other and both members being capable of swinging as a unit toward and from the front of the assembler.

2. In a typographical machine, an assembler for stacking matrices delivered to it into a line, a cover member pivotally mounted to swing toward and. from the front of the assembler, and another cover member pivotally mounted on the first mentioned cover member to swing independently thereof and also as a. unit therewith toward and from the front of the assembler.

3. In a typographical machine, an assembler for stacking matrices delivered to it into a line, a member pivoted on a vertical axis to swing toward and from the front of the assembler, and a cover plate carried by said member and movable independently thereof and also as a unit therewith toward and from the front of the assembler.

4. In a typographical machine, an assembler for stacking matrices delivered to it into a line, a chute block pivoted to swing on a vertical axis toward and from the front of the assembler, and a cover member pivotally mounted at its lower edge on said block on a horizontal axis to swing independently of said member and as a unit therewith toward and from the front of the assembler.

5. In a typographical machine, an assembler embodying a star wheel operative to stack matrices delivered to it into a line, and a cover unit comprising a member pivotally mounted to swing to and from a position in front of the star wheel, and a cooperative cover member mounted on the first mentioned member and movable independently of and also in unison therewith toward and from the front of the assembler.

6. In a typographical machine having means for assembling lines of matrices, an assembler for introducing matrices into the assembling means, and a cover member having matrix guiding means thereon and pivoted to swing to and from operative position in front of the assembler.

7. In a typographical machine having 8. In a typographical machine having means for assembling lines of matrices, an assembler for stacking matrices therein, a cover member hinged to swing to and from operative position in front of the assembler, and a cover hinged on said cover member to swing independently thereof to and from operative position in front of the assembler.

9. In a typographical machine having means for assembling lines of matrices, an assembler for stacking matrices therein, pivoted means for supporting the assembler to swing to and from operative. relation with the assembling means, and a cover member pivotally mounted on said pivoted supporting means and adapted to swing independently of the latter to and from a position to cover the front of the assembler.

10.111 a typographieal machine having means for assembling lines of matrices, an assembler including a star "wheel shaft and a star wheel free for endwise removal from said shaft. and a pivotally mounted cover member movable to and from a position in front of the star wheel and its shaft, said member serving, when in position in front of the star wheel, to retain the latter in operative position on its shaft.

In. testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDliIUlll) M. GOODBODY.

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