US3140655A

US3140655A - Apparatus for impressing type face

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Publication number: US3140655A
Application number: US150031A
Authority: US
Inventors: John J Lally
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1961-11-03
Filing date: 1961-11-03
Publication date: 1964-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 1981-07-14

Description

July 14, 1964 J. J. LALLY APPARATUS FOR IMPRESSING TYPE FACE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 3, 1961 Ill l1 40 K av m MW N o A W m a m y 14, 1964 .1. J. LALLY 3,140,655

APPARATUS FOR IMPRESSING TYPE FACE Filed Nov. 3, 1961 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 mu ILAEW 6 John J. La/ly INVENTOR.

United States Patent 3,148,655 APPARATUS FOR lB/EPRESSING TYPE FAG'JE John Ll. Lally, 2529 Dewey St., Hollywood, Fia- Filed Nov. 3, I961, Ear. No. 150,031 2 Claims. (Ci. IMF-4) This invention relates to a novel and useful method and apparatus for impressing the planar transfer face of type slugs with a predetermined pattern or design.

The term transfer face is to be hereinafter understood as that face of a type slug which is raised and comprises the surface which is to have a deposit of ink placed thereon and subsequently transferred to material which is to be printed.

While devices have in the past been provided for forming a decorative design on lengths of border type slugs such as that disclosed in US. Patent No. 2,716,940, these have not proven as acceptable devices for impressing the transfer face of letter type slugs as they have involved the provision of an impressing wheel on whose periphery a given design is impressed. The impressing Wheel is rolled along the border type slug and progressively impresses the transfer face thereof. However, inasmuch as lettered type slugs have irregularly shaped letters formed thereon, the use of a rolling impressing wheel thereon has a tendency to break down the corners of the letters formed thereon which of course is undesirable.

The method used heretofore for impressing lettered type slugs with a predetermined design is what is commonly known as the photoengraving method. The line of type slugs or single type slug to be impressed is positioned on a photoengraving machine and a proof is taken of the type to be impressed. The proof is then taken to the composing room or printing department. Then, it is taken to the photoengraving department and photographed with a screen placed before the proof. The resultant picture is then photoengraved into a zinc plate for use in a press. This photoengraving method involves numerous steps which are both time-consuming and expensive, Further, if the print shop or newspaper does not have a photoengraving department, the proof must be sent to the nearest photoengraving plant which in some cases may be in a different city.

The main object of this invention is to provide an apparatus for impressing the planar transfer face of type slugs with a predetermined pattern or design which will enable type impressing to be carried out in an extremely inex pensive manner as compared to the photoengraving method.

A further object of this invention, in accordance wtih the preceding object, is to provide an apparatus enabling individual words formed on a type slug to be impressed with a predetermined design while leaving the remainder of the words formed on the type slug unimpressed.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an apparatus constructed in a manner whereby it may be readily modified to impress various predetermined designs into the transfer face of type slugs.

A final object to be speicfically enumerated herein is to provide an apparatus in accordance with the preceding objects which will conform to conventional forms of manufacture, be of simple construction and easy to use so as to provide a device that will be economically feasible, long lasting and relatively trouble free in operation.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective View of a conventional type slug;

3,14,655 Patented July 14., I964 ice FIGURE 2 is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus of the instant invention shown with a type slug supported thereby and in a position to have one word formed thereon impressed with a predetermined design;

FIGURE 3 is a top plan view of the body member of the apparatus shown engaged and in supporting relation with a type slug after one word formed thereon has been impressed;

FIGURE 4 is a plan view of a typical impressing member of the instant invention shown with a predetermined pattern formed thereon;

FIGURE 5 is a plan View of a sheet of printed material which has been printed with a type slug impressed by means of the apparatus of the instant invention;

FIGURE 6 is a perspective view of a conventional form of type slug similar to that of FIGURE 1 but showing one word formed thereon after having been impressed by the apparatus of the instant invention; and

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of an ejecting tool used to eject impressed type slugs from the apparatus of the instant invention.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings the numeral Id generally designates a conventional type of type slug which has a raised generally planar transfer face referred to in general by the reference numeral 12 formed thereon in the form of two words generally referred to by the reference numerals 14 and 16 which are composed of individual letters 18.

The apparatus of the instant invention is generally referred to by the reference numeral 20 and includes a receptacle generally referred to by the reference numeral 22 which has a bottom wall 24 interconnected by means of opposite side walls 26 and 28. The upper ends of the side walls 26 and 28 are interconnected by means of an upper brace member generally referred to by the reference numeral 30. It will be noted that the side walls 26 and 28 are substantially parallel and that the inner surface of the bottom wall 24 is disposed at substantially right angles to the inner surfaces of the side walls 26 and 28.

With attention now directed to FIGURES 2 and 3 of the drawings there will be seen a body member generally referred to by the reference numeral 31 which is elongated and is provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves or slots 32 each including a pair of opposite parallel side surfaces 34 interconnected by means of a bottom wall 36 disposed at substantially right angles to the side surfaces 34. It is to be noted that the opposite sides of the type slug 10 are substantially parallel and that the type slug 10 is snugly and slidably received in one of the grooves 32.

The body member 31 is snugly received between the side walls 26 and 2S and the side wall 26 has an opening 38 formed therein which is in alinement with one end of the slots 32. An opening 46 is formed in the side wall 28 and the shank portion 42 of an ejecting tool generally referred to by the reference numeral 44 is slidably received through the opening 40. It will be noted that the diametrically enlarged head portion 46 of the ejecting tool 44 may be utilized to engage one end of the type slug It) for urging the type slug 1i outwardly of the opening 38 after the Word 14- has been impressed.

The body member 31 comprises a first abutment member and a second abutment member generally referred to by the reference numeral 48 and provided with a dovetailed groove 59 is rotatably supported on the spherical lower end portion 52 of a screw member 54 which is threadedly engaged in a threaded bore 56 formed through the upper brace member 30. A Wheel 58 is secured to the upper end of the screw member 54- whereby the latter may be readily rotated by hand.

An impressing member generally designated by the reference numeral 60 and illustrated in plan in FIGURE 3 4 is provided and as may be seen from FIGURE 2 of the drawings it has a cross-sectional configuration adapted to be snugly and slidably received in the dovetailed slot 50 It will be noted that the dovetailed slot 50 mounts the impressing member 60 for sliding movement at right angles to the direction in which the type slug is movable.

The impressing member 60 is provided with an impressing face 62 which has a design 64 formed therein.

It will be noted that the impressing face 62 is maintained in substantial parallel relationship to the transfer face 12 of the type slug 10. The opposite sides of the second abutment member 48 are disposed in sliding contacting relation with the inner surfaces of the side walls 26 and 28. Accordingly, it may be seen that one or more type slugs 18 may be disposed in the slots 32 and that a selected impressing member 69 may be disposed within the dovetailed slot 50 and utilized to impress the design 64 into the transfer face of the type slugs disposed in the body membr 31.

As can best be seen in FIGURE 2 of the drawings, the impressing face 62 is disposed in vertical alinement with the word 14 and upon downward movement of the abutment member 48 by means of rotation of the screw 54, the impressing face 62 will be urged into penetrating engagement with the transfer face 12 of the word 14. Inasmuch as the transfer face 12 and the impressing face 62 are parallel, equal pressure of the impressing face 62 with the transfer face 12 of the word 14 throughout substantially the entire contact of the impressing face 62 with the transfer face 12 of the word 14 will be provided. Accordingly, no one portion of the letters 13 will be broken down or otherwise damaged such as would be the case if an impressed roller were rolled over the transfer face 12.

The ejecting tool 44 is provided with a handle portion 66 similar to the enlarged end portion 46 whereby the outer end of the shank 42 may be readily grasped by the operator of the apparatus 20.

Inasmuch as the type slug 10 is mounted for movement in a plane generally paralleling the movement in which the impressing member 60 is movable and the type slug is mounted for reciprocal movement along a line disposed at substantially right angles to the line along which the impressing member 60 may be reciprocated, the impressing face 62 of the impressing member 60 may be readily vertically alined with the selected word on the type slug 10.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. For use with an elongated type slug having a generally planar transverse face defining indicia, an apparatus for impressing said planar transverse face comprising a receptacle, said receptacle including top and bottom walls interconnecting them by means of opposite side walls, an abutment member, means mounting said abutment member in said receptacle between said top and bottom walls for controlled movement toward and away from the bottom wall, said bottom wall including means defining at least one elongated groove opening upwardly toward said abutment member and adapted to snugly and slidably receive said slug for longitudinal shifting of the latter in said slot, with the planar transverse face of said slug opposing said abutment member, an impressing member including a generally planar face having a design impressed therein, means mounting said impressing member on said abutment member with said design impressed face facing toward said groove whereby said impressed face may be penetratingly engaged with said transverse face to impress said design in the transverse face of said indicia with equal pressure being applied to each of said indicia by said impressed face, one of said side walls having an opening formed therein in registry with one open end of said groove whereby said slug may be removed from said receptacle through said opening, the other of said side walls having an opening formed therein in registry with the other open end of said groove, an ejecting tool comprising an elongated shank portion slidably received through said last-mentioned opening and including an enlarged inner end portion disposed in said groove and adapted to abut the end of said slug remote from the first-mentioned opening and to eject said slug through the first-mentioned opening when said shank portion is shifted toward said first-mentioned opening.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said abutment member has an elongated groove formed therein extending at right angles to the first-mentioned groove, said grooves extending in parallel planes, said impressing member being slidably received in the second-mentioned groove.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 443,383 Veit Dec. 23, 1890 538,814 Bisbee May 7, 1895 620,289 Dowell Feb. 28, 1899 1,434,598 Emslie Nov. 7, 1922 1,543,227 Minkin et al June 23, 1925 1,868,387 Grunberg July 19, 1932 1,918,943 Ward July 18, 1933 2,932,248 Belanger Apr. 12, 1960 FOREIGN PATENTS 146,901 Australia June 18, 1952

Claims

1. FOR USE WITH AN ELONGATED TYPE SLUG HAVING A GENERALLY PLANAR TRANSVERSE FACE DEFINING INDICIA, AN APPARATUS FOR IMPRESSING SAID PLANAR TRANSVERSE FACE COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE, SAID RECEPTACLE INCLUDING TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS INTERCONNECTING THEM BY MEANS OF OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, AN ABUTMENT MEMBER, MEANS MOUNTING SAID ABUTMENT MEMBER IN SAID RECEPTACLE BETWEEN SAID TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS FOR CONTROLLED MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM WALL, SAID BOTTOM WALL INCLUDING MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE ELONGATED GROOVE OPENING UPWARDLY TOWARD SAID ABUTMENT MEMBER AND ADAPTED TO SNUGLY AND SLIDABLY RECEIVE SAID SLUG FOR LONGITUDINAL SHIFTING OF THE LATTER IN SAID SLOT, WITH THE PLANAR TRANSVERSE FACE OF SAID SLUG OPPOSING SAID ABUTMENT MEMBER, AN IMPRESSING MEMBER INCLUDING A GENERALLY PLANAR FACE HAVING A DESIGN IMPRESSED THEREIN, MEANS MOUNTING SAID IMPRESSING MEMBER ON SAID ABUTMENT MEMBER WITH SAID DESIGN IMPRESSED FACE FACING TOWARD SAID GROOVE WHEREBY SAID IMPRESSED FACE MAY BE PENETRATINGLY ENGAGED WITH SAID TRANSVERSE FACE TO IMPRESS SAID DESIGN IN THE TRANSVERSE