US2325666A - Signaling device - Google Patents

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Aug. 3, 1943.` R. s, czAcHoRsKl SIGNALING DEVICE Filed March 13, 1942 hvafkw orsk M'omeb i e "fkfveiiiieneieees' te V wise,` become stuck device-"ana menait-reabrir@ anjfeieetricauy 1 inel-'alstrmwrs-ignarsmwn and resented in o o as "l refine I abo'velindieated #are ""'acterioffafcomposod-line; n

yf Matrices released "fromf the imagazines Yof `any fgiveiifseriesfin composing vajlline of type,mustiall` be returned-to' their *respective magazines before :series of inagazinesare shifted---tofanother Series containing-ia diflerent'iclassoifffmatrices sihceany shift prior tothe return of theseveral matrices"-to"tliirffuesipeotive1 magazines results Y [either in injuryI to the `matrices, causes `them` to fallinto the wrong magazine or a line of cast vtv'pe of differing character results.`

The visual electrically operated signal of the above noted `patent indicates When` there areA matrices inthe distributor box of theinachine and whenthere are any matrices on theIdistributor bar butsuch signal fails to indicate instances wherein matrices, `becauseo! damage or otherin the chute leading to its magazine.` I Q1 191 Thus in instances wherein a matrixvbecomes so n stuck in its chute, subsequent like matrices re-1 "leased from the distributor bar will'v eventually I I pile up behind the stuck matrix whereupon with VVpreviouslyiusedin` composing aline .of .bast `:havefbeen returnedrtotheir respective magazines 1" An illustrative embo'diment .of the invention-is v.shownin @the accompanyingdrav'ving;Vlaardin-... -A f y If *1 `:'Eigure l is te," 'fragmentary frontA elevational `4View of"fa' l typical typographical machine, par-H `ticularly showing vthe upper lframe portionitliere`` mi i previdedwithfme meresries cfa-plurality `matrix(distributing screws, powerloperatedkrneans j onffiine mitigare v1;

i ViewI of the; frlower 5 .portion I .of that 1 part" of? `:the

machineishowninFigurefl;and I I ningun 411s ia wmng'fdiagram or tneeieetricauy i operated signal ziorqindicatingfito Vthe operator ofV wthemachine Ithat-al1 :of the matrices; previously `used in `composingfa line "of `cast typehave`been n3rretiir'n'edwtotheir respective-magazines Referringthenltothe drawingwhereiniililte` I, ,partsfofthw typographical machineandiits sig-I naling device there shown rare each udesignated lbv1 -theisameiwnumerals iin .the `severalfiliewsy@the -fuppergfframe y portion or? ithei :machine 'generally- =Idesig'xiatctiII `m Iis o provided lwith -an electricIswitch II connected .witlra suitable source ofi-electric I flenergy', an. electric lincandescent `:ili'g'hti'ibulb I2 .within .an electric circuit andv awtrimsmmer .i a '1i-interposed ,between thefwitch gIlI and the l-mfvo'lt ricircuia i VThe machine is furtherI provided with'a con. fventional matrix liftinglever III for'elevating a ,plurality of matrices after theyhav'e been used incomposing a cast lineIofV type,matrixshifter I `lever I5 and its matrix shifter bar I6, matrix dis-` i tributor box I'I, matrix distributor Ibar I8; matrix 4disposed below the distributor bar IB `infspa'ced` I relation thereto andeach chute leads Vto agiven matrix receiving andreleasably retaining matrix magazine 24 or 25, depending upon whichseries i `the shifting of` one series o! magazines to another, I.

` I injury tothe machine irequentlyresults which injuries generallygrequire considerabletime, to

repair.

Thus, theprimayfobject vof the instantie-f f `vention is toprovide an electrically operated sig-I I i nal,` hereshown as visiblewhich indicates tothe C operator of themachine that all of the matrices f distributing screws I9, 20, 2| and poweroperatedl means 22 for operating the matrix distributing screws. I I A i A plurality of matrix distributingchiitesA 2.2` are oi' magazines are` in operative shifted'position whereby matrices 26 automaticallyreleased from the distributor bar I8 above their proper chute,

dropsthereinto and slide into .their respective' magazines. I I

" The matrixdistribuvting screws I9, 20 are not-v insulated but are `grounded to :the frame of the@ A l 55 'hmacliinewhereasthe screw 2Iy issuspended from its bracketv carrying'electric energy and vis Y thuswinsulated` as indicated in Figure 2.

The several magazines 24,V 25 are likewise not whereas the several chutes 23 supported on brack- Vets 2 8 carry electric energy and are insulatedas indicatedin Figure 3.

Ifhe machine is preferably circuitV4 as indicated inthe electricvwiring diagram i shown in Fi'gure 4, }the former being visibllerto thefoperator seated in front of the machine might be ned into theY eircuitwiiieh operates the Y machine-to break such circuit and 'cause themachine'rto fail toloperate should any matrix be l' insulated and lare'vgrounded 'to the machine 'where'asthe latter is visible at the rear olf the Thus in `instances wherein a set of matrices 26 Vhave been elevated by the' matrix'lifting-lever j|4 i .the distributorbox IIzbyithe matrix-shifter lever .J5 :and its vshifter vbar 16, :the switch il remains Y closedfto'light the bnlbs-i2, 29V as in the above noted'patent,indicatinggtorthe operator that jfmatric'esare in the distributor box l'l and there. fore ,unsafe to shift from onevseries of magazines Y 'to@anotherser-ies.' 1 j I l ,Ater the vshifter bari 5 moves-the, matrices i f .from the distributor box: 1 1, ontogtheg, matrix disrtribut'or bar 18,.,the switch'Y il lis opened by the r shifter bar I GasshownlinFigure q1; but the electricicircuit remains closed by ,the'matrices- LG on thedstributor bar iwhicniorm ifaVv switch b'e'- jl-,wcenithe uninsulated: screws :I 9;; 2! and the'insuyiat'ed screw 2t.' kThusthe light bulbs l2, 29 re; mainAlit until the matrcesare releasedffromthe distributor `bar I8 andf-fa'll into their'. respective Y. f chutes 2 3', Aagain;indica-ting1togthe Voperator when `he;may: sfn`itt from, jone;,ser ies `of miagazines to 'i another series.; l f

` v When, however,=`one rone seriesro magazines to another series'. u

Although .a visible electric: signaling device Vis YA; hereinillustratedland described, it will be undergo; vstoodthat the same-maybe 'audiblafsuch asian' electrical bell within the circuit vor thelcircuit V machine in instances wherein'therearward porf tion, of themachine vis ,beinginspected or is being f repaired.

stuck in its chute and before the same has been delivered'to its proper magazine. v Y

It'will thus be seen that the electrically operated distributing signal herein shown and described is a marked improvement over the sig' naling device illustrated and described in the above identified patent, and while but one specific embodiment of the invention has been herein vshown and described, it'will be understood'that certain details of theconstruction shown may A be altered or omitted without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as the sameis 'dened by 1 V a distributor box for Ereceiving matrix lines, a r matrix. receiving chutedisposed aber/e each magazine in'v electrically insulated relatioifr'with` respect to its magazine, a distributorbar fordis- 3o, s open v position by said matrix `advancing member v Y butadaptedlto loseluponnwement olf-said mem* l orv morematrices 25jbe7 comeistuck betweenia chute 234 andits magazine tributing the matrices to their propermagaz'ines, a member movable from a normal; position yto a po'sition'ior advancing 'the 'matrices Vfrom the disvtributor box tothelistributor bar,Y a signal, and

controlling circuits therefor, onel of said circuits having a switchlthereinnormallyA maintained in berA from normal position: and Yduringtheinatrix advancing operation of saidv member, another of Y said circuits being connected to the several chutes andnormally openbutrenderedclosed by a ina-'- i -trix when in 'contact withga` magazine an`d its f 2. A'typographical machine havinga'plurality -of magazines each adaptedto receive matricesf'of `likecharacter;a matrixueceiving chutedisposed above 'each magazine'in` electrically insulated revlation with respect to its magazin@adstributor bar disposed aboveg the chutes for distribu ting n matrices to theirproper chute',v anda signal. andl 1 controlling Crcuitltherefor connected in parallel with a source `of :electric energy and connected also to the several chutes, said circuit being normally Vopen butj renderedclosedby; a vmatrix when in' Contact with amagazinean'd its chute. i Y i machine having-a plurality

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