US1660991A - Typographical machine - Google Patents

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G. A. DOXEY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Feb. 28, 1928.

Filed March 2. 1927 2 Sheets-Shem 1 LIA dz Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,991

I G. A. DQXEY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed March 2. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

UNITED STA TES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. DOXEY, OF STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MEBGENTHM LINOTY PE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. V

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Application filed March 2, 1927. Serial No. 171,927.

This invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the" 1 magazine entrance to the magazine from which they started.

In these machines, the magazine entrance is usually provided with a series of partitions which divide itinto matrix channels and which are formed at their lower ends with bent-over flanges arranged to guide the matrices by their projecting ears as they pass to the magazine. In some instances,'as whcnthe entrance channelsare extremely r wide, these flanges are formed with auxiliary guiding elements or leafsections which are fastened to the partitions and disposed at an inclination thereto so as to contract the channels toward their delivery ends, see Kennedy Patent No. 1,367,606. While such arrangement enables the entrance to handle matrices of varying thicknesses in many different fonts, its capacity is nevertheless limited. That is to say, the range in thickness of certain matrices of corresponding character in many fonts,particularlythose used in settingadvertising and display matter, is so great that some ofthe largest and smallest faces are excluded from use in the regular machines. It is the aim of the present invention to bring the capacity of; the magazine entrance up to a point \vhereit will be capable of handling all available display fonts irrespective of the difference in thickness of the corresponding matrix characters therein contained. To this end, means are provided whereby one or more the aforesaid leaf sections, or their equivalents, may be adjusted individually and relatively tothe partitions to vary the width of the respective channels as required. Inthe preferred embodiment illustrated, these leaf sections are pivoted at their upper ends andat the lower ends are connected to a movable strip or plate which is operated automatically as a fontis seleetedfor use. i

In the accompanying drawings, the invention is shown merely in preferred form and by way of example and as applied to a airticular kind. of linotype machine but viously many changes and variations may be made therein and its application be extended to other types of machines without departure from its spirit. It should therefore be understood that theinvention is not limited to any specific form or embodiment except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims. gy

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly insection of a linotype machineshowing the present invention applied thereto Fig.2 is a longitudinal section upon an enlarged scale taken on the line 2 2 of Fig.3 i'sa detail showing the form ofthe font distinguishing plates on the ends of the magazines; y 1

Fig.4 isa detail planview of Fig. 3;

Fig.5 is a vertical section taken on the line 5-5 ofFig. 2;

Fig. 6 is. a side elevation of the improved magazine entrance partly broken away to show one of the adjustable leaf sections; and

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of one of the adjustableleaf sections and parts associated therewith.

In the course of distribution, the matrices X are advanced by the distributor screws A across the distributor bar. A from which they drop according to character at'difierent points therealong and enter appropriate channels of the magazine entrance B.. Since the present improvements, as before intimated,are directed more particularly to the handling of display fonts, the magazine C herein illustrated is of the usual short or sectional type, being mounted on the base frame C and used in connection with the intermediate guiding seetionCfl'whieh conducts the matricesfrom the entrance B to the magazine. The entrance B (Fig. 2) is divided into channels by the partitions B which bear a fixed relation to one another and are spaced different distances apart to better accommodate the matrix fonts of maximum size or thickness. In adapting the channels to handle the matrices of thinner fonts, however, the partitions B are provided withinclined guiding elements, or leaf sections B, which are connected at their upper ends to the partitions B and formed at their lower ends with bent-over flanges 6 for guiding the matrices by their projecting ears. Spacing blocks of varying thicknesses (while not essential) are preferably interp'osed f between the lower ends of the leaf sections B and the adjoining partitions to maintain the former at the inclination desired. The width of the channels are thus contracted in advance of the flanges b so that the thinner matrices in descending through'the relatively wide channels will bestrai 'htened u) and caused to enter the magazine in the proper position.

So. far as described, the parts areor may be the same as those presented in the Kennedy Patent No. 1,561,246, and in themselves constitute no part of the present invention. 7 At present, there are perhaps twelve or fifteen characters whose range in thickness in the difierent display fonts is so great that if the leaf sections B be. spaced farv enough from the opposing partitions to allow the thickest matrices to pass freely therebetwcen, the thinner matrices of corresponding character in passing through the same channels would be allowed to tilt at such an angle that their projecting cars would fail to properly engage the flanges Z) and likely become lodged beneath them so as to cause a piling up of succeeding matrices. These, difiiculties according to the present invention are overcome and the magazine entrance adapted to all fonts by adjusting certain of the leaf sections B in relation to the partitions B to which they have heretofore been fastened, and by regulating the adjustments so that the width of the respective channels will be varied according to the thickness of the corresponding characters of the particular font selected.

As best shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the leaf sections to be adjusted and which occupy the channels M, W, V and B as indicated in Fig. 2, are hinged at their upper ends on axes disposed transversely of the entrance B and parallel to the delivery endthereof. Thesehinges, in the embodiment illustrated, are constituted by providing the leaf sections with trunnions 7) which project from their opposite edges and are journaled in small bracket members B riveted to the partitions B and formed with inclined portions 12 which fit against the side faces of the partitions and present smooth guiding surfaces to the descending matrices. The

located at opposite ends of the strip D re-Y strains it against displacement and permits the endwisc moven'ient desired. At'itslower edge, the strip D is provided with a series of notches (Z, one for each of the adjustable leaf sections B the latter being further formed with ears 6* struck from their lower edges and turned down to engage within said notches. It will benoted (see Fig. 5)

that these notches differ in width and that, when the strip D occupies the position shown, the leaf sections are pressed against the partitions to which they are attached through the engagen'iel'itof the right side walls of the notches (Z with the ears b. When the strip D is shifted to the dottedline position, however, the several leaf sections, through the engagement of the left side walls of said notches with the ears 6, will be moved relatively different distances across their respective channels, the extent of movement of the individual leaf sections depending upon the lost motion allowed by the corresponding notches d. In other words, the relative width of these notches determines the extent of adjustment of the corresponding leaf sections B For example, it will be observed that the notch (Z for the IV channel is much narrower than the corresponding notch for the V channel;

consequently, the extent of adjustment of the liaf section for the former channel will be relatively greater and in proportion to the difference in the range of thickness of the two matrix characters.

In order that the adjustment of the leaf sections be effected with the desired degree of accuracy, there is also provided a cylindrical cam element E which is mounted to slide in a fixed bracket: E secured to the upper end of the magazine base frame C About midway of itslength, the cam element E is provided with an operating pin I) which projects through a slot E formed in the bracket E and serves to preventrotary, displacement of said element. The upper end of the cam element E protrudes above the bracket E and is formed with a series of graduated banking surfaces 0 and intervcning bevels or cam surfaces 0 arranged to cngage one end of the adjusting strip D. A

light pull spring D anchored to the entrance supporting frame 13 and connected to the strip D tends constantly to hold tlw Ill] til)

latteragainst one. or another of the banking surfaces 6. According to this arrangement, whenit is desired to adjustlthe leaf sections B toconform to a new matrix font, the cam element is raised or lowered by means of the operatingpin tobring the selected bankmgsurfacee opposite the ends ofthe strip D. If a thicker font is to be substituted for theone being used, the cam element E is raised and, as the bevels or cam surfaces engage the strip D, the latter is forced thereby to the left against the tension of the spring D The leaf sectionsB are. thus swung in the same direction to increase the width of the respective channels, which is determined by the banking surfaceselected and? the Width of the corresponding. notches d. On the other hand, in changing from a thick to a' thin font, the cam element'is lowered and, by action of the spring D ,the op eration is simply reversed tolcontract the channels. r I

The arrangement also enables the magazine entrance to be swung upwardly and downwardly about its pivotal axis with the desired freedom for access to themagazine section C or the magazine itselfif the latterhappens to be of full length. In this connection, it will be noted (see Fig. 2) that one corner of thestrip D is beveled oil at D to" avoid interference with the cam element E whenever the entrance is swung upwardly into its operative position.

While the adjustment of the leaf sections might be effected-by hand, it is further proposed in carrying out the invention to accomplish this automatically as the magazines are interchanged in operative position with one another; To this end, see Figs. 1, 3 and 4, the magazines are each provided with a font distinguishing plate F fastened to the magazine sidebar C at the upper end thereof by clamping screws F whichenga'ge slots F formed. in said plate. These slots 1'' permit the plate" Fto be adjusted transversely of the magazine and,-for reasons presently to appear, set at different operative levels according to the thickness of the matrix font contained at the time in the magazine. Each 'font distinguishing plate F presents a beveled face Ff and a gage face F, the latter being adapted to engage a pin G projecting"through one end of apivoted rocking lever G when the magazine C occupies it o erative position. The lever G is connecte at its opposite end to the pin E before mentioned, which projects from the cam element E. A ul'l spring G arranged between the lever anclthe magazine base frame G, acts through the former to hold the cam element E resiliently in its lowermost position. It will now be seen, according to the foregoing arrangement, that, as a magazine is pushed upwardly into operative position on the base frame C, the cross pin G in the frontend of; the lever. G will be cainmed downwardly against the tension of thepull spring G through its engagement with the beveled face F of the font distinguishing plate F, and as the magazine reaches its operativeposition said pin will be located against the gage face 1*. The lever G is in'this way rocked about itspivotal axis and the cam element- E. caused to stand in one position or another according to the level at which the distinguishing plate F and the gage face F happen to be disposed. The operation of the strip D and the. adj ustment of the leaf sections B are thus effected in the manner before described.

As previously stated, the invention has been shown merely in preferred form and by way of example but obviously many changes and variations therein and in its mode of adaptation will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art and stillbe comprised within its scope. It should therefore be understood that I do not wish to limit myself to any specific form or enibodiment except in so far as such limitations are specified in the following claims.

Having thus describedmy' invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of relatively fixed partitions dividing it into channels, with supplemental guiding elements adjustable rela- .tively to the partitions to vary the widths of the channels to permit the passage therethrough of type or matrices of different thicknesses.

2.. a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it. into channels, with leaf sections mounted on hinges and: adjustable relatively to the partitions to vary the widths of the channels to permit thepassage therethrough of type or matrices of different thicknesses.

3. In atypographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it intochannels, with leaf sections hinged to the partitions and adjustable relatively thereto to vary the widths of the channels to permit the passage therethrough of type or matrices of different thicknesses.

4. Ina typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it into channels, with hinged leaf sections formed with flanges. for guiding the matrices by their projecting ears, said leaf sections being adjustable to vary the widths of the channels to permitthe passage therethrough of type or matrices of different thicknesses.

nation of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of relatively fixed partitions dividing it into channels, with supplemental adjustable guiding elements arranged with in the channels, and means for adjusting said elements to vary the widths of said channels' to permit the passage therethrough of type or matrices of different thicknesses.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it into channels, with hinged guiding elements aranged .within the channels and termed with flanges for guiding the matrices by their projecting ears, and means for adjusting said elements to vary the widths-of the channels to permit the passage therethrough of type or matrices of different thicknesses.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it into channels of different widths, with auxiliary guiding elements arranged within the channels, said elements being capable of individual adjustment to vary the widths of: the respective channels to permit the passage therethrough of type or matrices of ditlerw cut thicknesses.

8( In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of relatively fixed partitions dividing it into channels of different widths, with supplement-a1 adjustable guiding elements arranged withinthe channels, and means for adjusting the elements to dili'erent relative extents according to the widths of the respective channels, for the purpose described. r

V 9. In a typographical machine, the combination 01 a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of relatively fixed partitions dividing it into channels of different widths, with supplemental hinged guiding elements arranged within the channels, and unitary means for adjusting the individual elements relatively to the partitions according to the widths of the respective channels, for the purpose described.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it into channels of dill'erent widths, with hinged guiding elements arranged within the channels, and amovable strip connected to said elements for adjusting them relatively to the partitions and according to the widths of the respective channels to permit the passage therethrough 01" type or matrices of ditl'erent thicknesses.

'11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine entrance provided with a plurality ol relatively fixed partitions dividing it into channels, with supplemental adjustable guiding elements arranged within the channels, and unitary means for adjusting one or more of said elements as of adjustable guiding elementszmounted within the channels, and means for automatically adjusting said elements relatively to the partitions as the magazines are'interchanged. I

13. In a typographical machine, the'combination of a plurality of magazines interchangeable in operative position withone another, a magazine entrance to cooperate with the magazine in operative position, said entrance being provided with a plurality of partitions dividing itinto channels, a series of adjustable guiding elements mounted within the channels, and means controlled by the magazines as they are interchanged for automatically adjusting one or more of said elements relatively to the partitionsto vary the widths of the corresponding channels to permit the passage therethrough of type or matrices of different thicknesses.

14. In a typographical machine, the com-' bination of a plurality of magazines interchangeable in operative position with one another, a magazine entrance to cooperate with'the magazine in operative positiornsaid entrance being provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it into channels of different widths, and unitary means controlled by the magazines as they are interchanged for adjusting the individual elementsrelatively to the partitions and according to the widths of the respective channels, for the purpose described. i I

15. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines interchangeable in operative position with one another, a magazine entrance to cooperate with the magazine in operative position, said entrance being provided with a plurality of partitions dividing it into channels. a series of hinged leaf sections arranged within the channels, a movablestripconneeted to the leaf sections and operable to adjust them relatively to the partitions to vary the widths of the channels, and means controlled by the magazines as they are interchanged for operating said strip.

16. In a typographical machine adapted to be equipped with a plurality of magazines interchangeable in operative position with one another, the combination or a magazine entrance to cooperate with the magazine in operative position, said entrance being pro vided- Witha plurality of partitions dividing it into channels, a series of hinged leaf sections arranged Within the channels, and automatic means for adjusting the individual leaf sections relatively to the partitions to vary the Widths of the respective channels, said means comprising a strip operatively connected to the leaf sections and projections on the magazines adapted to operate the strip as the magazines are interchanged.

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature hereto.

GEORGE A. DOXEY.

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