US1806514A

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Publication number: US1806514A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1931-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1948-05-19

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May 19, 1931.

LE ROY W. WILLIS TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Dec. 3, 1929 Patented May 19, 1931 UNITED mm jra'ranr oFFicE LE ROY W. \VILLIfiQF BROOKLYN, NEH) 'YGBK, ILSSIGNCR TO KEN'IERTYPE CORPORA- TION, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK, A CGPUPORA'IIGN'OE NEVJ YORK "rvreeraarnicei. iaeciiii n Application filed Deemiber aiess, Seriai lToa i11325, and in Germany January 9,1929;

' The present invention relates to improve ments in typographical machines of; the class shown and described generally in U.- S.'Letters Patent No. 136,5232 granted-September 16, 1890 to O. Merganthalcr wherein matrices stored in a magazine are released by the manipulation of a keyboard which actuatesL-matrixcontrolling escapements in the magazine and' causes delivery of them'atrices to the assembler which forms the matrices into a line from which type bars or slugs are cast, "and the inventio-n' relates "more particularly to machines of this class which are adapted to contain a plurality of exchangeahiemagag zines and from one or another of which-inattricesmay be drawn as desired.

Heretoiore, machines of this class containing a plurality of matrix magazines have required'either shiftingoi the magazines to bringone or another thereof into operative position but which operation was diiiicult due to the weight of the relatively heavy magazines and their contained matrices, or shifting of the keyboard operated escapementa'c tuating members to bring them into position to actuate the escapements of one or another of the magazines but which required much time and accuracy in construction due tothe numerous actuating membershnvolved in the shifting operation;

The primary ob3ect of the presentinven tion is to provide novel and improved sup; porting means for a plurality of magazines whereby the n'aatrixcontrolling-escapements thereof may. be selectively positionedin opcrative relation'with the actuating members ofIthe keyboard without requiring shifting of the entire stack of magazines or shifting of the numerous keyboard members which actuate the escapements, the magazines, according tothe present invention, being so mountedthat only the escapeinent carrying ends thereof require positioning for opera tion by the actuating members of the keyboard, it being an improvement on the construction shown and described in U. S. Letters Patent No[1,542,774 granted June 16, 1925 to T. S, Homans. v I

Another object of the invention is to provide. means for mounting and connecting rality of matrix magazines, it being herein the magazines whereby they may have a pendulum-like swing and the weight of one magazine will substantially counterbalance the Weight of another magazine, whereby only a small force will be required to position one or another of the magazines in operativerela tion with the escapement actuating members. *To these and other ends,'the invention consists in certainimprovements and combinati'ons" and arrangements of parts all as will be hereinafter described, the features of novelty being pointed out more particularly in the claims at the end of the specification;

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a typographical machine of the class hereinbei'ore referred to, having means for mountin g and positioning the escapement carrying ends of the magazines relatively to the actuating members of the keyboard in accordance with the present'invention; p 4

Fig. 2. represents a vertical section taken through the lower portion of the magazine supporting means, showing the manner in which the upper magazine is brought into working relation with its positioning means when such magazine is placed in the machine; and v 7 Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing modified means for positioning the escapement carrying ends of the magazines relatively to the escapement actuating members.v

Similar parts are designated bythe same reference characters in all of the figures. I

The present invention is applicableto typographical machines containing a plushown applied to a machine of the class hereinbefore' referred to containing two magazines M and M which may be milar to those commonly used in machines of this class and having channels in *which-circulating mat rices of the kind usual in such machines are stored, the magazines occupying a forwardly and downwardly inclined position as is usual in such machines sothat the matrices "E11 ay be delivered by gravity from their lower ends under the control of escapements E and E which may belike those commonly used in machines of this class. 1 represents a part of the stationary frame of a machine of the class referred to, 2 represents the intermediate bracket and 3 represents the assembler entrance through which the matrices released from the magazines are delivered to the assembling mechanism of the machine, all as is well known, the upper end of the assembler entrance being provided with

branches

3 and 3 to receive the matrices from the magazines M and M respectively. The magazines M and M are mounted on the frame 4 and the frame 5 respectively, the lower ends of the magazines being staggered or out of alinement, as shown, the frame 5 carrying the frame 4, and the frame 5 being mounted on the frame 1 by a pivot 6 whereby this frame together with the magazines thereon may rock forwardly into the position shown, its forward end resting on the top of the frame 2 and the magazines being then in their normal working position and the frame 5 may be rocked rearwardly to bring the magazines into a rearwardly and downwardly inclined position for changing of the magazines at the rear. The upper ends of the magazines, are provided at their under sides with rails m and m which extend transversely across their under sides and the upper ends of the frames 4 and 5 are formed with notches or recesses at and 5 in which these rails are removably seated, and the lower ends of the magazines are provided with rails m and m which extend transversely across the under sides of these portions of the magazines and cooperate with the supporting and positioning means for the lower escapement carrying ends of the magazines. Other cross rails m and m secured to and extending crosswise beneath the magazines M and M are adapted to rest on portions of the frames 4 and 5 and thereby position the lower ends of the magazlnes in proper positions to deliver matrices therefrom to the

branches

3 and 3 respectively of the assembler entrance, the lower ends of the magazines however being movable upwardly from such positions by a pendulumlike swing about the cross rails'm and m which merely rest in the notches 4 and 5 respectively.

According to the present invention, the escapement actuating reeds or members 8, which extend upwardly from the usual keyboard and may be actuated in the manner usual in machines of this class, are provided at their upper ends with branches 8 and 8", these reed branches being arranged in a manner similar to that shown in said Homans patent to reach and cooperate with and actuate the escapements E and E of the staggered magazines M and M respectively, these reed branches 8 and 8 being connected together so that they will reciprocate in unison at each operation of its respective reed 8, as

magazine is in its lowered operative position I for actuation of its escapements by the other reed branches. The means shown in Figs. 1 and 2 for thus positioning the escapement carrying ends of the magazines comprises a lever 9, one in each side of the magazine structure and pivoted at a point between its ends on a pivot 10 which is supported by an arm 11 of a bracket 12 secured to the magazine frame 4, the forward end of each of these levers having a bearing pin 13 at its inner side to engage the under side of the cross rail m of the magazine M, and the other end of each of the levers 9 is pivotally connected to a link 14 the lower end of which is pivotally connected at 15 to a lever 16, the levers 16, one at each side of the magazine structure, being pivotally connected at 17 to other arms 18 on the bracket 12, the forward ends of the levers 16 being provided at their inner sides with bearing pins 19 which are arranged to engage the under side of the lower cross rail m on the magazine M. Rocking of the levers 9 and 16 about their stationary pivotal centers 10 and 17 will cause the escapement carrying end of one magazine to rise while the corresponding end of the other magazine descends, the weight of the forward end of each magazine thus substantially counterbalancing the weight of the forward end of the other magazinc, and these connections between the magazines are so proportioned that when the escapement carrying end of one magazine is in its lowered operative position in registry with its branch of the assembler entrance and its escapements within the range of operation of the respective reed branches, the matrix delivery end of the other magazine will be raised sufiiciently to position its escapements out of the range of operation of the other reed branches, so that actuation of the reeds will cause delivery of matrices from the magazine which is in lowered operative position while the escapements of the other magazine which is in raised position will remain inactive and will lock the matrices against delivery from that magazine, it being understood that either magazine may be brought into the lowered operative position and that the other magazine in each instance will be held in raised inoperative position.

Means is provided for operating the levers to bring one or the other of the magazines into operative position, Fig. 1 showing such means which is conveniently operable by the 'and having an eccentric cam slot 23 therein to receive a pin 24 which'projects from a side bar so that when the lever 22 is raisedor lowered as indicated by the dotted and full lines in Fig. 1 the bar 20 will be lowered and "raised. The upper portion of the bar 20 is slotted as at to receive a pin 25' on the frame2 so that this end of the bar will be guided to move vertically, and theforward formed withanotch 2cm receive a pin 27 which projects outwardly from the outerside of one of the levers 9, and a spring2 8 acts on the pin 27 to yieldingly retain it in the notch 26. The lever 9 is thus operatively connected to the lever 22 so that raising and lowering ofthe latter lever will cause rocking of the lever 9 and in consequence the lever 16 through its connecting link 14:, and since the rails m and m on the lower ends of the magazines reston the bearing pins 13 andli) of the levers 9 and 16 respectively, rocking of these levers, which takes place in opposite directions about their pivotal centers 10 and ,17 respectively, will cause one of the magazines to be lowered into operative position and the other magazine to, be raised out of operative position, the magazine brought into operative position depending upon the position into which the lever 22 is moved.- In order to avoid interference between the bar 20 and the magazine positioning means when the frame 5 is swung rearwardly about its pivotal center 6 to bring the magazines into a position for changing thereof, the'spring 28' is provided which may be retracted and therebypermit the pin 27 to disengage from the recess 26 in the bar 20, and in order to automatically reengage the pin 27 with the bar 20, the'upper forward corner of the latter is bevelled as shown at 29 to provide 'an inclined surface which will receive the pin 27 and direct it into the notch 26 during the final portion of the forward'swing of the magazines about-the pivot 6, and in order to insure proper engagement of the rails m and m on the magazines with their bearing pins '13 and '19 when the magazines are inserted, the upper rear sides of the bearing pins 13 and 1.9 are bevelled so that the rails m and m will ride up such vloevelled surfaces and will assume positions above the bearingpins, the full and dotted lines :in' Fig. 2 showing the upper magazine'M moving into position above its bearing pin 13.

The operation is briefly as follows, when the lever 22 is in its lower position as shown by the full linesinFig. ]l, the upper magazine M willbe raised by the beari ng pins 13 so that its escapements' E arelifted upwardly beyondthe rangeof operation of the reed branches 8 and hencethe escapements ofthe 'upper-magazine'will remain inactive and will prevent the delivery of matrices'fromthe upper magazine while the lower magazine 'M will be in its lowered operative position so that its escapements E are'within the range of operation'of tliereed branches 8} and hence will be actuated operationof the reeds Sto deliver matrices from the'lower magazine, and'when the lever 22 is lifted to thedotted 'position indicated injFig; 1, the relationship of the magazines will, hereversed, the upper magazine beinglowered-to edge of the bar 20 near its upperendis operative position so that its escapement's' E are within the range of operation of thereed branches 8* while at thesame time the lower endof the lower-magazine M" will be raised so that its escapements E are lifted beyond the range of operation of the reed branches 8 and such: escapements will remain inactive and they will retain matrices in the lower magazine. r r I In the embodiment of the invention'shown in Fig. '3, the upper and lower magazines M and'M may be mounted on-frames 4 and 5 and arranged to deliver matrices to the

branches

3 and 3 respectively'of the assem bler entrance 3 as described connection with Figs; 1 and 2, and the escapements E and E of these magazines may be actuated by the branchesB and 8 respectively of reeds 8, but diii'erent'means is shown for positioning the escapement' carrying ends of the magazines in relation to theiractuating reed branches, such-means in this instance consisting of a lever '30 located atthe front of the machine and pivoted at 31 to the magazine frame 4, this lever being provided'at a point in front of its pivot 31 with a pin'32 which extends inwardly and is arranged to bear on the upper magazine M while the rear end of this lever is pivotally connected 'by a link 33 to a lever 34,-the1atter being pivoted at 35 to the frame 5 and having a bearing pin 86 at its forward end which extends beneath and engages theunder side of the lowermagazine M, a bracket 37 being attached to the stationary frameof the machine "and having detent means 38 tofrictionally cooperate with the lever 30 to retain it in'raised or lowered position, the lever 30 disengaging from said bracket when the frame 5 is rocked rearwardly as in Fig. 1, and the

magazine engaging pins

32 and 36 and their carrying le vers and connecting link being provided at both sides of the magazinestack. According to this arrangement, when the, lever 30 is swung upwardly, the upper magazine-,M will be lifted so that its escapements. Eare removed upwardly beyond the'range of the reed branches 8* while the lower magazine M- will'be lowered so that its escapements E are brought into the range of operation of the reed branches 8 so that the matrices will be retained in the upper magazine by the escapements thereof while the lower magazine will be in condition for actuation of its escapements by the keyboard for the delivery of matrices therefrom, and by lowering the lever 30 the upper magazine is lowered to bring its escapements E into the range of operation of the reed branches. 8 while the lower magazine M is raised to carry its esescapements E upwardly out of the range of operation of the reed branches 8 so that the upper magazine will then be in condition for delivery of matrices therefrom while the matrices in the lower magazine will be re tained therein by the inactive escapements thereof.

By branching the escapement actuating reeds to reach the escapements of the respective magazines, the reeds may always operate simultaneously and one or another magazine may be positioned by moving its escapement carrying end in the manner de scribed to fall within the range of operation of its respective reed branches while another magazine of the stack is simultaneously positioned so that its escapements are out of range of their reed branches and are thereby inactive so that they retain or look the matrices in their magazine.

By mounting the magazines so that they will have a pendulum-like swing from their upper rear ends and connecting the lower escapement carrying ends thereof by reversely moving lever means or equivalent means which causes movement of these ends of the magazines in opposite directions, the weight of such end of each magazine is equalized by that of the other magazine so that the positioning of the magazines may be accomplished easily and quickly and by small effort applied to a lever which may be located for convenient operation by the operator while occupying his usual position at the keyboard of the machine, and the weight of the magazinein operative position will act to support the other magazine not in use in its raised, inoperative position and since the upper ends of the magazines remain substantially stationary during the positioning of their lower ends, the relationship of these ends of the magazine with the usual matrix distributing mechanism is not disturbed.

I claim as my invention 1. In a typographical machine having means for. individually supporting a plu rality of escapement-carrying matrix magazines in substantially fixed positions therein, the escapement-carrying ends of the magazines being movable relatively to one another, .and keyboard operated 'members for actuating the escapements of the plurality of magazines, means for moving the escapement carrying end of one magazine in 'a direction to remove its escapements from the the range of operation of the actuating members while the escapement-carrying end of another of the magazines is moved in an opposite direction to position its escapement in cooperative relation with said actuating members.

2. In a typographical machine having means for supporting a plurality of escape ment-carrying matrix magazines in substantially fixed positions therein, and keyboard operated members having sets of branches connected to operate simultaneously for actuating the escapements of the respective magazines, means for lifting the escapementcarrying end of one magazine to remove its escapements from the range of operation of the respective set of branches of the actuating members while the escapement carrying end of another magazine is in lowered position and its escapements are in cooperative relation with their set of branches of said members.

3. In a typographical machine having means for supporting a plurality of matrix magazines carrying escapements for controlling the delivery of matrices therefrom, and keyboard operated members having portions movable simultaneously for actuating the escapements of the plurality of magazines, means connecting the escapemeut carrying ends of said magazines to lower the escapements of one magazine into position to be actuated by said members and to lift the escapements of another magazine beyond the range of operation of said members.

4:. In a typographical machine having means for supporting a pair of superposed matrix magazines carrying escapements for controlling the delivery of matrices therefrom, and keyboard operated members for actuating the escapements of both magazines, means connecting the magazines and operative to raise the escapements of one magazine beyond the range of operation of said actuating members and to lower the escapements of the other magazine into operative relation with said members, and causing the weight of one magazine to act to support the other magazine.

l 5. In a typographical machine having means for supporting a pair of superposed matrix magazines carrying matrix controlling escapements toward their lower ends, and keyboard operated members for actuating the escapements of both magazines, lever means connecting the escapementcarrying ends of the magazines to move vertically in reverse directions to raise the escapements of one magazine beyond the range of operation of said actuating members and to lower the escapements of the other magazine into position to be operated thereby.

6. In a typographical machine having a frame, means thereon for supporting a pair of superposed matrix magazines carrying matrix controlling escapements to rock into a forwardly inclined operative position and into a rearwardly inclined magazine removing position, and keyboard operated members for actuating the escapements of both magazines, means carried by the magazine supporting meansand connecting the magazines to lift the escapements of one magazine beyond the range of operation of said actuating members and to lower the escapements of the other magazine into operative relation therewith, and an o erating member on the frame and detacha bly connected to said magazine lifting and lowering means. 7. In a typographical machine having a frame for supporting a matrix magazine for endwise insertion thereon, and means for raising and lowering an end of the magazine, said meanshaving a bearing portion to engage the under side of the magazine, the upper side of said bearing portion being bevelled to cause the end of the magazine to ride thereon during endwise insertion of the magazine.

In testimony-whereof I have hereunto set :11 hand.

y LEROY W. WILLIS.