US1944519A

US1944519A - Offset aligning type-matrix holder

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Publication number: US1944519A
Application number: US639717A
Authority: US
Inventors: Philip P Merrill
Original assignee: LUDIOW TYPOGRAPH Co
Current assignee: LUDIOW TYPOGRAPH Co
Priority date: 1932-10-26
Filing date: 1932-10-26
Publication date: 1934-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 1951-01-23

Description

Jan. 23, 1934. P. P. MERRILL OFFSET ALIGNING TYPE MATRIX HOLDER Filed Oct. 26, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet l MW/ZZZ Jan. 33, 1934. P R ME R LL 1,944,519

OFFSET ALIGNING TYPE MATRIX HOLDER Filed Oct. 26, 1932 s Sheets-Sheet 2 Jan. 23, 1934. MERRILL 1,944,519

OFFSET ALIGNING TYPE MATRIX HOLDER Filed Oct. 26, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 @7 91! %6 J}? 45 r I'W HI Illll UH Patented Jan. 23; 1934:

- 1,944,519 OFFSET 'ALIGNING TYPE- ATRIX HOLDER;

Philip P. Merrill, Evanston, IlL, assignor to Ludlow Typograph Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application October 26, 1932. Serial No. 639,717 18 Claims. (01. 199 -47) My invention relates to holders for matrices employed in the casting of type slugs bearinglines of printing characters and being provided for receiving and holding a number of detached matrices in selected relation thereby forming a composite matrix adapted toco-operate with a mold to produce the desired line of printing characters on the slug formed in the mold.

One of my objects is to provide a construction of holder wherein provision'is made for the relative shifting of the matrices crosswise of the line thereof for producing the desired alignment of the character impressions in the matrices, particularly where the line of matrices is composed of matrices from different fonts the character impressions of which are located at different distances from the ends of the matrices.

Another object is to provide a construction whereby the character impressions in the matrices may be aligned as stated and the adjustment of the parts for producing such alignment, maintained, until purposely disturbed, adapting the holder for the proper aligning of the character impressions in the composing of different lines of matrices from the same selected fonts; and other objects as will be manifest from the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated. my invention as embodied in a matrix holder provided as a part separable from the machine in which the type slugs are cast, and which, in use in connection with the mold, is temporarily applied to operative position relative to the mold:

Figure 1 is a broken plan view of a matrix holder embodying my invention and showing it in position for casting in a slug-casting machine.

Figure 2 is a broken view in vertical sectional elevation of the holder and slug-casting machine, the section being taken at the irregular line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectiontaken at the line 33 on Fig. 1 and viewed inthe direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken at the line 4--4 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is an enlarged broken section taken at the line 5 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of, the arrow.

Figure 5 is an enlarged broken section taken at the line 5 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 6 is a section taken at theline 6 on Fig. 5 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 7 is a bottom planview of the holder of the preceding figures showing a line of matrices therein before the means for aligning the character impressions in the matrices have been operated. V

Figure 8 is a similar view of the holder showing the matrices positioned. by said means for. aligning the character impressions.

Figures 9 and 10 are enlarged face views of certain of the matrices of Figs? and 8 showing them in the positions illustrated in Figs. '7 and 8, respectively.

Figure 11 is a top plan view of a modification of the holder of the preceding figures, with a line of ma rices therein, but viewing the edges of the matrices opposite thosecontaining the character impressions, this View showing the matrices before the latter are relatively shifted into a position for aligning their character impres-. sions. v

Figure 12 is a view like Fig. 11 and of the construction therein shown, showing the matrices relatively shifted into position for aligning their character impressions.

Figure 13 is a bottom plan view of the holder of Figs. 11 and 12 with the matrices omitted.

Figure 14 is a broken plan. sectional view of the holder of Figs. 1113, the section being taken at the line 14 on Fig. 15 and viewed in the direction of the arrow; and

Figure 15, an enlarged sectional view taken at the line 15 on Fig. 12 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 10, inclusive, the matrix holder represented at 16 and embodying my invention as hereinafter described; co-operates, in accordance with common practice, with a mold member 17 of a line-slug casting machine as commonly provided, presenting a mold cavity 18 in which the shank of the line-slug to be produced is cast, the metal to form the slug being projected upwardly into the moldv cavity 18 through its open bottom and against the line of matrices in the holder, which latter is accurately positioned relative to the mold cavity 18 by a stop 19 provided on the bed 20 of the machine and containing an opening 21 into. whichthe mold member 17 extends. I

' The matrix holder shown comprises a framelike body portion 22 presenting an opening 23 in which the matrices 24 against which the metal, introduced into the mold cavity 18 is cast to form the line ofprinting characters on the slug, are positioned, one of the side bars of the frame 22 and represented at 25 being-provided with a 2 scale 26 presenting graduations corresponding with the different lengths of finished slugs to be produced, in accordance with common practice. The opening 23 in the frame 22 is of a width 5 somewhat greater than the length of the portions of the matrices which extend into the opening 23 and the bottom edges of which contain the character impressions represented at 27,.whereby the matrices may be shifted relative to each other crosswise of the line thereof.

The matrix holder also comprises a block 28 slidable in the opening 23 and forming the movable end quad of the holder and by which the line of matrices is clamped against the stationary end piece 29 of the frame 22, the end quad 28 being operated by means of a screw shaft journaled, but immovable lengthwise, in theother stationary end piece 31 of the frame and screwing at its threaded end in a threaded opening 32 in the end quad 28.

In accordance with this particular embodiment of my invention, the frame 22 is provided with an apron 33 which extends in, and lengthwise of, the opening 23 along the inner side of the bar portion 34 which is preferably recessed lengthwise as represented at 35, and which, with the bar portion 25, forms the longitudinal side portions of the frame 22, the apron33 thus extending lengthwise along the line of matrices in the holder and opposing the adjacent ends of the matrices.

The apron 33 is supported at its opposite ends on trunnions 36 journaled in the

end pieces

29 and 31 and located adjacent the upper edge of the apron thus adapting the apron to be swung toward and away from the matrices while maintaining parallelism with the side bar 25.

The apron 33 is swung on its trunnions 36 to relatively shift the matrices, by means of a knob 37 journaled on a stud 38 secured to the end piece 29 and containing in its inner face a cam groove 39shown as bf circular shape and disposed eccentric to the stud 38 andinto which a pin 40 on the apron 33 and projecting lengthwise thereof beyond an end of the latter, extends, the

pin 40 extending through an'arcuateslot 41 in the end piece 29. Thus by rotating the knob 37 the apron 33 will be swung in one direction or the other depending upon the direction of rotation of the knob, the arrangement of the parts being such, as shown, that these parts remain in the position to which they are operated until the operator again exerts turning force against the knob. i

In the use of the holder shown the matrices are inserted into'the opening 23 seating at the upper portions of their ends on the frame sides 34' and 25, and those of one font, as for example the caps shown in the drawings, slid crosswise of the holder to abut against the apron 33 and those of the other font, as for example the lower case letters shown in thedrawings, slid in the opposite direction to abut against the inner face of the frame side 25. In this position of the matrices the lower edges of the caps, as will be notedfrom Figs. 8 and 9, extend above the corresponding edges of the lower case letters andv thus out of alignment therewith. The operator then preferably slightly tightens the end quad the line thereof andrelative to the lower case matrices into a position inwhich'the lower edges of the caps and of the lower case letters are in accurate alignment as shown in Figs. 8 and 10,

the quad screw 30 then being rotated to clamp the end quad against the matrices with the desired pressure.

The apron 33 and the operating mechanism therefor remain in the position to which they are operated as above explained and thus when a new composition comprising selected matrices from these same fonts is to be produced, it is unnecessary to readjust the apron, but merely to position the matrices of the different fonts against the frame side 25 and the apron 33, respectively. A'scale represented at 33 and provided about the periphery of the knob 3'? and co-operating with a marking 33*, shown as a line, on the end piece 29, serves as a means to be used when desired, whereby the apron 33 may be adjusted into a predetermined position before the matrices are assembled with the holder and known to be the proper position of adjustment for a line of matrices selected from different fonts.

Referring to the holder construction shown in Figs. 11 to 15, inclusive, it comprises a frame 42, like the frame 22, and presenting stationary end pieces 43 and id and

side members

45 and 46 defining a matrix-receiving opening 47, the side member 15 being provided with a scale 48, like the scale 26, a sliding end quad block 49 in the opening 47, and a quad screw 50 like the screw 30.

In this construction, instead of providing a swinging apron for producing relative sliding of the matrices, a slidable bar represented at 51 is provided, this bar, which extends beneath the frame side 46, being projectable laterally for effecting the aligning of the character impressions in the matrices represented at 52. The ends of the

end pieces

43 and 41, adjacent the bar 51, contain

notches

53 and 53*, respectively, to receive the bar 51 which is confined between the frameside 46 and lugs 5s projecting laterally from the lower portions of the

end pieces

43 and 44.

The bar 51 is shown as provided on its upper face with a rib, or tongue, 55 which extends at a sharp angle to the median line of the bar 51 as shown, this rib being located in a similar- 1y inclined groove 56 in the under surface of the frameside 46. Thus when the bar 51 is moved lengthwise it moves toward or away from the opening 47 depending on the direction in which it is moved endwise, while remaining parallel at all times with the frame 42.

The construction also comprises moving the bar 51 lengthwise and comprising a threaded stud 5'7 secured in the end piece 43 to extend outwardly therefrom at one end in a direction lengthwise of the holder, and a nut 58 threaded on the stud 5'7 and extending into a 7 slot 59 in the side of the bar 51.

The bar 51 performs the same function as that.

bar 51 remains in the position to which it is operated until the nut is again actuated. A scale represented at 60 and provided on the underside of the bar 51 and co-operating with a marking 61, shown as a line, on one of the lugs 54, serves as a means, to be used when desired, whereby the bar 51 may be adjusted into a predetermined position before the matrices are assembled with the holder and known to bethe means for proper position of adjustment for a line of mat- 15C rices selected from different fonts.

While the constructions shown are above described in connection with their use with matrices from different fonts in which the lower edges of the character impressions are spaced different distances from the ends of the matrices;

it will be understood that these constructions also maybe utilized where the upper edges of the character impressions are to be aligned. Furthermore, the constructions present utility in the composing of matrices'frorn a single font inasmuch as by adjusting the apron 33 in the one construction and the bar 51 in the other, outwardly, a relatively wide opening to receive the matrices is provided, permitting of their ready introduction into the opening, the proper alignment of the matrices being effected by adjusting the apron, or bar, as the case may be, im-

wardlyto slide all of the matrices against the opposite side member of the oifset holder.

'While I have illustrated and described certain particular constructions embodying my invention, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto as the same may be variously modified and altered and the invention embodied in other forms of structure without departing from the spirit of my invention;

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line and having opposing parallel side wall members one of which is movable toward and away from the other thereof into different set positions, means whereby said movable side-wall member, in its movements, is maintained parallei with the other of said side-wallmembers and means for holding said movable side wall member against movement in either direction out of any position of adjustment while permitting removal of said matrices.

2. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line and having opposing parallel side wall members one of which is movable toward and away from the other thereof, and means for mov-.

ing said movable side wall member toward the other of said side-wall members in parallelism therewith and holding said movable side wall member against movement in either direction out of any position of adjustment while permitting removal of said matrices.

3. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line and having opposing parallel side wall members one of which, is movable toward and away from the other thereof, and means whereby said movable side-wallmember, in its movements, is maintained parallel with the other of said sidewall members, and means independent of the matrices for holding said movable side-wall member in adjusted position.

4. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend. in a line and having opposing parallel sidewall members one of which is movable toward and away from the other thereof, and means for moving said movable side wall member toward the other of said side-wall members in parallelism therewith and holding said movable side-wall member in adjusted position independent of the matrices.

5. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, and adjustable means adapted to cooperate with the adjacent ends of certain of the same transversely of the line thereof, said means being adapted to remain in adjusted position after removalof'the matrices. V

6. A type-matrixholder comprising a framelike member presenting an opening in which the matrices are positionedto extend in a line, said opening being of greater width than the length of those portions of the matrices-which extend into said opening, and adjustablemeans adapted to co-operate with the adjacent ends of certain of the matrices and serve as a means forpositioning the' same transversely of the line thereof; said means being adapted to remain in adjusted position after removal of the-matrices.

7. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, means for positioning certain of the matrices transversely of the line' thereof comprising a secondmember positioned to extend alongside of the line ofmatrices and movable in parallelism with the oppositeside of said firstnamed member, and means for holding said second member in the position towhich it is moved after removal of the matrices.

matrices transversely of the line thereof comprising a second member positioned to extend alongside of the line of matrices and movable in parallelism with the opposite side of said firstnamed member, and means for moving said second member in parallelism with the opposite side of said first-named member and holding it in the position to which it is moved after removal of the matrices.

9. A typeamatrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, and matrix-positioning means comprising a swinging apron positioned to extend alongside of the line of matrices and co-operate with the adjacent ends of certain only of said matrices,

for the purpose set forth.

10. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned toextend in a line, matrix-positioning means comprising a swinging. apron positioned to extend alongside of the line of matrices and co-operate with the adjacent ends of certain only of said matrices, and means for holding the apron in the position to which it. is swung.

11. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extendin .a line, and matrix-positioning means comprising a swinging apron positioned to extend alongside of the line of matrices and co-operate with the adjacent ends of certain only of said matrices and means for swinging said apron and holding it in the position to which it is swung.

12. A type-matrix holder comprising a memher in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, and matrixepositioning means comprising a swinging apron positioned to extend alongside of the line of matrices and co-operate with the adjacent ends of certain of said matrices, a projection on said apron eccentric of the axis about which said apron swings, a rotary member 'on said first-named member and cam means actuated by said rotary member and engaging said pin for swinging said apron.

13. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, and matrix-positioning means comprising a swinging apron positioned to swing matrices and serve a'sa means for positioning the 8. A typematrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in,

, a line, means for positioning certain of the Bil with the adjacent ends of certain of said matrices, a projection on saidapron eccentric of the axis about which said apron swings, a rotary member on said first-named member and cam means actuated by said rotary member and engaging said pin for swingin said apron comprising an arcuate cam groove eccentric'of the axis of rotation of said rotary member and into which said pin extends.

A yp -mat ix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, matrix-positioning means comprising a bar positioned on said member to be moved toward and away from the matrices in parallelism with the opposite side of said member, and means independent of the matrices for holdin said bar in the position to which it is moved.

15. A type-matrix holder comprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, and matrix-positioning means comprising a bar positioned on said member to extend lengthwise of, and be movable'along, the line of matrices and cam means between said bar and member operating to bodily shift said bar crosswise of the line of matrices in the lengthwisemovement of said bar.

16. A type-matrix holder comprising a meme alongside of the Iineof matrices and co-operate' ber in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, and matrix-positioning means comprising a bar positioned on said member to extend lengthwise of, and be movable along, the line of matrices, cam means between said bar and member operating to bodily shift said bar crosswise of the line of matrices in the lengthwise movement of said bar and means for moving said bar lengthwise thereof.

1'7. A type-matrix holdercomprising a member in which the matrices are positioned to extend in a line, and matrix-positioning means comprising a bar positioned on said member to extend lengthwise of, and be movable along, the line of matrices and cam means between said bar and member operating to bodily shift said bar crosswise of the line of matrices in the lengthwise movement of said bar and comprising tongue and groove portions inclined relative to said bar.

18. A type-matrix holder comprising spaced side members to align matrices, one of said members mounted for parallel motion toward and away from the other thereof, and adjustable means for preventing motion of said movable member in one direction from any set position thereof while permitting the removal of the matrices.

PHILIP P. 'MERRILL.