US270056A - hagemann - Google Patents

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5 Sheets-Sheet l* H. HAGEMANN.

STBREOTYPING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

. I INVENTOR HEINRICH HHGEMAN N BYv 5 Sheets-Sheet-2.

H. HAGEMANN STERBOTYPING MACHINE. Y

(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

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STERBOTYPING MACHINE. No. 270,056. Patented- Jan. 2, 188.3.

:L INVENTOR N W I HEINRICH HAGEMANN A I BY 05 am ATTORNEY (No Model.) s sneens-sheet 4j H. HAGEMANN.

V STEREOTYPING MACHINE. Y No. 270,056. Patented Jan. 2, 1883.`

INVENTOR.

' HEINRICH HAGEN/ANN ATTO R N E Y (No Model.) 5 sheetssheet H. HAGEMAN N `STBREUSIYYPIBTG MACHINE.4 I j No. 270,056. l Patented Ja,n.`2, 1883.`

INVENTOR. HEINRICH HAGEN/aww By MW@ y I ATTORNEY n. Pmna mmnmmw. wa-mnpm n. a

1 To all whom it may concern;

ll, Be it known that I, HEINRICHHAGEMANN, ofthe city ot' Vienna, Austria-Hungary a sub'- ject ot' the Kingdom of Prussia, have invented l certain new and useful Improvements in Mauchinesfor Stamping Type Molds or Matrices ior Type-Founding; and I do hereby declare `that the following is a full, clear, and exact f `description ofthe invention, which will enable Mothers skilled in thearts to which it appertains {,tp'make and usethe same. l "According to the method now in use the l ltype is set by the compositor and such type l pressed into suitable material totorm a mold i'orthe stereotype-plate. The stereotypeplate 4is cast from this mold and then used for print- ,ingpurposes t Now, the object of my inventionis to avoid the work ofthe compositor and the heavy eX- pense in` type by means of amechanicnl device, through the employment; of which the V molds or matrices are produced direct in the- `machine Without the aid ol' compositore, and

Without any further stock of types than those contained in the machine. t

t, Figure 1 is a plan ortopviewot` the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1 on the line A B. Fig. 3 is a front view of the indicating apparatus. Fig. el is a horizontal section on n, the line G D, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a. vertical sec-` y tion on the line E F G H, Fig. 1. Figsandl 7 show details ofthe apparatus or machine.

t Theobject of this said machine is to press or stamp molds or` matrices` for casting t vpe` forprinting, and at the same time to prepare a proof-sheet.

l In order to accommodate the varying breadth `oi'a letter, sign, or ligure to this machine, so `asto attain printed lines of equal length, the breadth or space occupied by aletter, sign, or Vfigure is divided according to a, fixed vunit. 'Thus, according to the kind or sizeof type employed,a letter, sign, or figure would occupy one, two, three, or more such units.

t nerr'lhe material which is to be stamped or i to receive the impressions is Xed on the slide A, and the paper i'or the proof-sheet on the roll m', Sheet 3. The slide A is carried bythe Slide-carriage B, Sheet 2, and is moved with the same in the directionot' the lines by means of the screw or spindle b, and the movement of` PATENT OFFICE.

The machine operates inthe following man-v animaron HAGEMANN, 0E VIENNA, AUsTnIaHUNGAnY,

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l A SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters Patent No. 270,056, dated January 2, 1883. i Application anni March 7,1882. (No model.)

the slidaA on-'the carriage B to the next following` line is effected by means of the screwspindle c. The screwspindles a. and b are turned or putin motion by means of the handles or cranks a b', and thus the slide Ais ad justed to any desired posi-tion. 'In order to `enablea letter, sign, or figure to'be impressed,

the` lever c2 is, by means of the handle c of the eccentric c, adjusted over the desired letter, sign, or ligure ofthe stationary ring d, Sheets 1 and 2, which is attached to the top plate, o. The lever t2 is by means ot' its bearing c", attached to the disk o9, which latter is so xed to the pivot or axle c4, which `forms the axis for the disk c, type-drum E, and the other'revolving parts ot' the apparatus that the said disk o9 and pivot or axle c4 turn round or revolve with the lever c2.

` The representations of the letters, signs, and figures which are contained in the type-drums Eand o are marked on the outer upper side of the ring d. When the lever c2is turned the axle orpivot c4 is` also turned, and with it the `horizontal type-drum E, which is rmly attached tothe said pivot oraxle c". In this said horizontal type-drum E the whole ot' the types or dies composing the alphabet, signs, and figures, which are represented on the ring d, are tixed upon pins, which are supported by spiral springs. These types or dies can be arranged in any desired `number of rings or circles. Three such rings or circles of type are shown in the accompanying drawings, and each ring or circle contains a different` kind or set of type. The type or diecorresponding to the letter, sign, or tigureof the ring d, over which the lever c2 has been moved oradjusted, takes up a position immediately underneath the pin t, whichsaid pin t' is supported in the machine on spiral springs.

By means ot the teeth with which the periphery of the horizontal drum E is provided its revolving motion is transmitted tothe tooth-ed wheelp, Figs. 4 and 5, and this wheelp, by

means of conical teeth, causes the vertical typedrum 0 to revolve. The vertical type-drum o ICO the pin s. The vertical drum o, however, can also be provided with the various sorts or kinds of type as inthe horizontal drum E.

The eccentric c is depressed by means of the knob or handle c', and thus the tongue c3 ofl the lever c2 is pressed into that slot of the ring d' which belongs to the letter, sign, or figure which is to be impressed in the matrix. The depth of these said slots isso arranged that the same corresponds with or stands in a fixed proportion to the one half of the face of the let- 1er, sign, or figure to which it belongs plus half the space between two letters. This depression of the lever c2, and the consequent entry of the tongue c3 in the slot, as later on described, causes the slide B to move forward in the direction of the line exactly the distance corresponding to the space occupied by half the breadth of the letter, sign, or figure which is desired to be impressed plus half the space between two letters. Bythe depression ofthe lever c2 the vpin c5, situated in the interior of the hollow axle c, is also depressed. The pin o'r pivot c5 is attached at its lower extremity to the ring c7 by means of two pins, c, which run at right angles to each other through the said pin or pivot c5.

'Ihe axle c4 Ais provided with slots at that part where the pins t6 are situated, so that the pin c5 and the rin g c7, which is attached to the said pin c5 by means of the pins c6, may freely move up and down. The ring c"I presses on the lever F, which is forked at its opposite extremity, Figs. 2 and 4. This fork is situated underneath the pin g of the frame G, which slides up .and down between guides. When the pin c5 is depressed the frame G, with the weight Q above it, is raised. This motion of the frame moves the rack g', which is att-ached to or which forms the back of the same. The

racks g'gear into the toothed-sectors g2, the op posite end of which forms the bearing for the pivot ofthe pawlg. This pawl g3 gears into the ratchet-wheel h, and this being firmly fixed to v the axle or shaft h the said shaft h is caused to revolve in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig. 2. The teeth of the ratchet-wheel h bear a certain proportion to the depth of the slots in the ring d, and the width ofone tooth corresponds tothe unit upon which the divis,

ionv ofthe breadth of the letters, signs, and ligures is based. The deeper the slot in the ring din which the tongue c3 of the lever c2 is pressed the further the ratchet-wheel h is caused to revolve; or, in other words, the motion of the ratchet-wheel h corresponds to the depth ofthe slot of the ring d, in which the tongue c3 is pressed.

The ratchet-wheel h is, as already stated, fixed to the shaft h, on the opposite extremity of whichva toothed wheel, k, provided in front with bevel-teeth, is so attached that this said toothed wheel performs the same revolutions with the ratchetwheel h. The toothed wheel k transmits its revolutionsto the toothed wheel k', and this said wheel 1t', being fixed to the screw-spindle b, causes the same to revolve,

Fig. 4, and this effects the movement of the slide-carriageB with the slide A, which` rests upon the said slidecarriage B. This said movement takes place in the direction of thev line to be printed and corresponds to the depth of thes'lot in the ring d, which is equivalent to the one ha-lf of the letter, sign, or figure which is to be impressed plus half the space between two letters. The -toothed wheel k transmits further, by means of the miter or bevel teeth on the same, its revolving motion to the wheel l, and this-'wheel Z being fixed to the shaft or screw-spindle Z', the latter is also caused to revolve. By means of the said screw-spindle l', which has the lsame pitch as the screw-spindle b, the bracket m, with the roller m', which is supported by it, are also moved in the direction of the line to be printed, this movement being equivalent to that which the screw-spindle b causes the slide-carriage B to perform.

After the slide-carriage B and the roller m' are brought into correct position by means of the lever (J2, the type of the horizontal drum E is impressed in the material of the matrix,

and at the same time, by means of the type of the vertical drum o, the same letter, sign, or figure is printed on the proof-sheet, which is wound round the roller m. This double impression is caused by moving the eccentric n round its axle, which is done by means of the handle n', which is grasped by the left hand, so that the said eccentric it presses upon the pin u2. AThis pin n2 is firmly attached at its lower end to the cross-piece n3, which said cross-piece is provided with recesses or slots, equal'in number to the different kinds or rows of type employed. Thecross-piece n3 presses lupon the lever i', Fig. 4, Sheet 3, and this depresses the pin t', and'thus'the type of the horizontal drum is impressed into the material of the matrix, which is fixed onthe slide A. At the same time the depression of the pi'n n2 and the cross-piece n3 causes the correspond ing type to be printed by means of the pin s, Fig. 5, Sheet 4, of the vertical drum o on the proof-sheet, which is wound round or attached figures, project beyond the surface of the said drum o, so that during thel revolution of. the same they may be provided with printing-ink from rollers placed in suitable position, so as to have the printing on the proof-sheet in ink. These rollers are not shown in the drawings.

When the eccentric handle wis reversed the following action ensues: First, the lever t and pin-fn2 are raised by the action of the spring r, Fig. 5, so that the type of the horizontal drum E, the pressure having been removed, is withdrawn from thematrix by means of its spiral spring, and at the same time the pin t' is also raised by means of its spiral t 270,056 t l 3 spring second, the lever combination tis, by

means of a spring provided for that purpose,

pressed back into its former position, and the pressure being removed the type of theverti- ,y cal drum o and the pin s are by means of their The rack g4, which is attached to or forms the frontsideot'thei'rameG,nowcausesthetoothed sector g5 to make a partial revolution, which said sector can move freely on the shaft or axle h', Figs. 6 and 7. The action or effect ot' the counter-weight Q can be eii'ected by a lever,spring, or other suitable arrangement. Thispartial revolution of the toothed sector g5, and consequently the paw] 96, the bearing of which can be of.one piece with the toothed sector g5, causesthe ratchet-wheel h to turn round in precisely the same direction as occurredupon the depression of the eccentric knob c', as afore described. As the revolution or partial revolution ot' the ratchet-wheel IL is transmitted to the shaft or axle h', and consequently to the toothed wheel la, the same eii'ectis attained by releasing" the eccentric knob or handle c" as was effected by the depression ot' the same-viz., the slide-carriage B and the rollerlm are caused to advance in 'the direction ot' the line to be printed, such ad- Vance being equivalent to half the space occupied by the letteror type just impressed plus half the space between two letters.

4In order to impress the next letter, sign, or

\ gure in the matrix and to printI the same on las the proof-sheet, the before-described operations are repeated.

In order to attain the adequate space between two words, the iever c2 is depressed by means ot' the knob c into one ofthe slots of the ring d, and again released without a type being impressed inthe matrix. By the cornbined action of the eccentric-knob c and the counter-weight Q the desired space is obtained.,

After the completion of a line the pawls g3 and g, which arepressed into gear with the teeth y of the ratchet-wheel byv means ot' springs-are `is turned bythe handle orcrank a'. In order to beable to commence a fresh line on the proof-sheet, the roller m' must be also turned adistance equal to the space between two lines. In order to perform this exactly, a ratchetwheel or a disk provided with suitable notches, Z,`is employed, in the recesses or notches ot' which a pawl with a spring works, and which `shaft or axle that carries the roller m.

said wheel or disk z is attached to the same After these operations are performed and the two pawls ofthe shaft or axle 71, are again put into gear a freshline of printing can bevbegun.

By means ot' the set-screw a4 the movement ot the eccentric n can be regulated, andthe depth ot' the impressions ot' the type of the horizontal drum in the matrix varied at pleasure. Y

v When it is desired to work with another kind oftype it is necessaryy First. To adjust the lever i', which is capa.- ble of being moved horizontally and vertically 'round its pivot into another recess of the crosspiece ug. Thus the said cross-piece n3 is caused to cover a different pin, i, which said pindepresses the letters, signs, or iigures of the desired row or ring ot type of the horizontal drum E.

Second. To loosen the pressure-screw c1 and to adjust the step wedge-piece c3 of the lever c2 to correspond to the amount of advance re` quired by'the new type and then to retighten the said pressure-screw om. The various thicknesses of the step wedge-piece c3 -enables the advance of the slide-carriage B and that ofthe roller m' to be adjusted according as the type contained in the horizontal drumE requires it.

`1n order to be able to rule 'lines with` the machine, special types or dies of the horizontal a-nd vertical drums E and o are provided with small rollers for vertical as well as for horizontal lines, Figs. 8 and`9. When it is required to impress a line the lever c2 is turned by means ot' the eccentric knob or handle c to the slot of the ring d, which represents the type or die of the line. This causes the type-pin, with the roller or small wheel, to place itself underneath the pin of the horizontal drum E and in front ofthe pin s of the vertical drum o. The wheel or roller is now pressedinto the matrix and onto the proof-sheet by means ot' the eccentric handle n', and the slide-carriage B and roller on areadvanced in the desired direction. This causes the one wheel to cut or impress a line in the matrix, while the other wheel prints an ink-line on the proof-sheet.

The advance of the slide-carriage B and the roller m( for ruling lines in the horizontal direction can be e'ected intwo different manners: iirst, by continually depressing and releasing the lever c2 by means of the eccentric knob or handle c until the line has received Ioo IIO

the desired length, the left hand during` this after which the type or die, with the wheel, isA depressed by means of the eccentric n.

Then the slide A is advanced by turning the screwspindle a, by means ofthe handle or crank a', 4

whereby the-wheel cuts or impresses the line in the matrix. Itl the vertical line is required on the proof'sheet,the roller m must be turned the necessary distance by means ofthe check- Wheel or notched disk. z. a

A scale, D, is marked on the top or upper plate, r, and a pointer, D', is fixed to the slide-` carriage B, which said pointer travels with the said slide-carriage and indicates on the scale the position in the direction of the line which the said slide-carriage occupies.

The indicator R, which is in connection with the screw-spindle c by means of' tooth-wheels, serves to show continuously the position which the slide A occupies. This is shown on the graduated ring, the divisions of which correspond to the space between the lines. `The indicator thus enables the slide A to be adjusted to any desired line by means ot' the handle or cran k' 6L.

As the different kinds of type require dit'f'erent spaces between the lines, the following` arrangements are made:

First. A ratchet-wheel or a disk, a2, Figs. 2 and 4, provided with a suitable number of notches in its periphery, is tixed on the screwspindle a. .A spring catches in the notches or cavities of this wheel or disk, by which means the desired partial revolution of the screwspindle a is regulated.

Second. The graduated ring ot' the indicator arrangementR can be exchanged f'or another the divisional unit of which corresponds to the desired distance between the lines.

ln order to print with more than the ordinary space between thc letters, a greater advance ot' the slide-carriage B is caused by means of'the step wedge-piece o8, which causes vthe letters to be impressed further apart from each other.

An incorrectlystamped or impressed matrix can be repaired or corrected in two dit't'erent ways: first, by cutting` out the piece to be corrected, stamping the correct sentence, word, or type on another piece 'of' matrix material, letting the same into the original matrix, and gluing or otherwise attaching the corrected matrix onto a piece of paper or other suitable' required betweenthe lines to be printed.

correction is indicated in the'direction of the line by-the scale D,-and its position with regard to the consecutive order of' the lines is shown bythe hand or indicator on the graduated ring belonging to the indicator arrangement R. i

In order to distinguish the spot on the proofsheet where the correction is required, paper is employed for the proof-sheet which is ruled vertically with lines correspondingto the unit upon which the division of the widths of the letters, signs, and figures is based, and horizontally with lines corresponding to the spaces The matrix material can be alsocovered with paper ruled in the same manner.

Having now described mysaid invention and the manner in which the same is to be carried into et'fect, I desire it to be understood that the component parts of' my said invention may be modified without departing from the tenor of my said invention; but

What I claim, and desire to have secured by Letters Patent, is-

1 1. A machine f'or pressing or stamping typemolds' for stereotype-plates, cons1sting,.in its main elements, of a plate or carriage and mechanism for giving said plate linear and interlinear motions, a type-carrying wheel having an annular row of type set upon springs in said wheel, a surface-ringprovided with characters and slots corresponding in position to the type, a lever pivoted within said ring to a part connected to theshaf't ofthe type-wheel, a plunger connected with suitable devices for operating the feed mechanism, and a separate handle and plunger and connecting mechanism, substantially as described, for depressing the type, whereby anyone ofthe typemay be brought into position and pressed into thematerial to be molded, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a machine for pressing or stamrnng type-molds for stereotypeplates having a type-wheel carrying the type,

mechanisms, as described, for rotating said wheel and for depressing any one of the type in said wheel, whereby the type are brought into alignment with the material, supported and moved, as described, on a plate or carriage and impressed upon said material, a drum adapted to carry a proof-sheet, mechanism tor giving said drum linear and interlinear movement", a type-wheel carrying movable' type adapted to print upon the proof-sheet upon 'the drum aforesaid, a lever adapted to act upon all of said movable type one atatime, and intermediate mechanism, substantially as described, between said levcr and the lever which operates the stamping-type, whereby the molds are impressed and the proof-sheet printed simultal'ieously, substantially as described.

3. In a machinef'orstampingmoldsforstereotype-plates, a wheel, E, carrying movable type set upon retractingsprings, a lever, c2, connectedto the shaft ot' said wheel to turn the same, a plunger arranged in the axis of the shaft, operated by depression of the lever c2 to IIt 270,056 Y l Y 5 produce linear movement, a handle, n', lever E, having a plurality of rows of movable type i', and the intermediate devices adapted to concentrically arranged, plungers ,'and shiftoperate a spring-plan ger, t', for depressing the in g-lever i', in combination with the described type, substantially'as described. mechanism for depressing the said lever,

4. The combination, in a machine for stampwhereby any one of the rows oi' type may be 3o ing type-molds for stereotype-plates, of the. operated, substantially as describe( wheelibrcarrying the type, andmechanism, as 7 In the described machine, the combina` described, for rotating said wheel and for-detion ot' the lever fi, ladapted to nshift over a i pressing a plunger in the axis of said wheel, plurality of rows of type or dies, the plunger the lever F, the shaft h,`and' the frame-carryn2 and eccentric u, part n3, the lever F and its 3 5 `ing mechanism, as described, whereby the redescribed connection withihe plunger c5, leciprocating motion of lever F is caused to turn ver c2, step-wedge c3, and tightening-screw om, said shaft hf, the weight Q, and the gearing conthe latter being adapted to regulate the ad. nectingsaid shaft h to the feeding mechanism, Vance of the carriage B, a roller, on', accordall substantially as setfortli. ing to the type employed, as set forth. 4o 5. In combination in the described machine, `S. The combination, with the plunger a2 and the wheel E and its stamping mechanism, the the intermediate connections between it and wheel o and its printing mechanism, the conthe plunger t' and movable type, of the seti 1iecting-wheel lo, the slide A and roll m', and screw n4 and cam u, whereby the depth of the zofjrhe described mechanisms for moving saidv impression is regulated, as "set forth.

` slide and ro l, and the described type-moving T mechanisms, whereby the molds are impressed HEINRICH HAGEMAD N' and a proofsheet printed simultaneously, as `l/Vitnesses;

set forth. EDWIN A. BRYDGES,

6. In the described machine, a type-wheel,l JOHN )..TONKIN.

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