US367446A - Printer s galley - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

s. W. RATHBUN 861D. R. KINLBY.

PRINTERS GALLBY.

Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

umzns WWMQC UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN XV. RATHBUN AND DANIEL KINLEY, OF MARION, 'IOW'A.

VPRINTERS GALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,446, dated August 2, 1887. Application filed October 15, 1886. Serial No. 216,324. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, STEPHEN W. RATIL BUN and DANIEL R. KINL'EY, citizens of the United States, residing at Marion ,in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented cer: tain newand useful Improvements in Printers Galleys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object ofonr invention is to improve the construction and simplify and facilitate the operation of a printers galley; and theinvention consists in connecting the movable side-sticks, foot stick, and quoin permanently with the body of the galley, and in the peculiar construction and arrangement of theparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming, a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a plan view of theinvention; Fig. 2, a sideelevation of the same; Fig. 3, an end view thereof; Figs. 4 and 5, vertical sections of the quoin, showing different modes of attaching the same to the galley; and Fig. 6, a quoin provided with a base-plate, whereby it may be secured to the galley.

Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

Our galley is constructed as follows: To one side and end of a suitable plate, A, (preferably of brass,) are secured ledgesB B. Along the inner and lower side of these ledges is formed a groove, 6, which is L-shaped in crosssection, as shown. The end of the side and foot sticks C G are so shaped as to correspond with this groove, having a lug, 0, adapted to hold the stick fromlongitudinal movement, and at the same time allow the stick to slip freely sidewise along theledge. The foot of theledge B is provided with a recess corresponding to the thickness of the foot-stick, so that when the latter is turned around, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, it is flush with the inner face of theledge. This allows for the slipping of matter out of the end of the galley, and also admits of a column of matter as long as the entire galley being held therein, when desirable, by niakingthe length of the sidestick to correspond. To admit of the foot-stick turning freely in its seat, the lug should be made round in cross-section, so as to serveasapivot. A pin, 0, prevents its slipping out at the end.

Near the open side of the galley are attached the quoins D D D by suitable pivots or studs, a a a. provided with a short projection at one side, to serve as a lever in turning it. This construction admits of the matter being locked in the galley without the use of extra wrenches or shooting-sticks or other separate apparatus, and avoids the inconvenience and loss of time incident to the use of such devices, and especially the finding of them when mislaid. The stud a is fastened securely to the bottom plate of the galley by riveting or brazing, anda projecting flange at the top prevents the quoin from falling off when the galley is turned up side down. P

Simple forms of attachment are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In the former the quoin is mounted loosely on a stud riveted to the bottom plate, and having a suitable head to hold the quoin from displacement. In the case of Fig. 5 the stud passes through a bushing, d, which is made a trifielonger than the vertical thickness of the quoin, so that when the stud is riveted to the base-plate in the position shown in the figure the quoin is free to turn un der the projecting head of the stud. All the parts of the galley are thus connected together, and the common inconvenience and waste of time due to the accidental displace" ment of the several necessary parts of the galley are obviated.

The matter is locked for proving by simply' turning the quoins, as indicated in Fig. 1, and as quickly released. The foot stick being adapted to slip freely the whole length of the galley, serves to support the type at that end whatever may be the length of the matter.

It is of course necessary that the stud which holds the quoin should be quite rigid and firmly secured to the base-plate at right angles thereto. As some skill would be required to do this in the case of the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and as it is desirable to render the quoin applicable to any galley, and by persons not specially skillful as mechanics, a modified construction is shown in Fig. 6,where the stud is attached to or forms a part of the small base-plate A, having suitable holes, as shown, by which it isconveniently attached to the bottom plate of the galley. In this case the quoins and sticks might be furnished to the printer separate from the galley proper. For the same reason it may be found desirable to substitute for the groove in the end ledge, B, the slotted guide-plates attached to the sidestick and held in place by suitable studs, as indicated in- Fig. 1. In the use of the groove in the ledge it is of course not essential that the groove should be of the precise form shown, a T-shaped or common dovetail groove being obvious substitutes therefor.

Having thus briefly described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a printers galley having but one side and one end ledge, the combination of the laterally-movable side and foot sticks O 0, permanently attached to the galley, and quoins D 'D, permanently and eccentrically pivoted to the galley-plate,and having each a lever formed integral with the rest of the quoin, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a printers galley, the ledge B, having groove b, and an offset near the lower end corresponding to the thickness of the foot-stick O, in combination with the foot-stick, having a lug corresponding to the groove and engaging therewith and held from displacement by a pin, 6, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimonywhereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN IV. RATHBUN; DANIEL It. KINLEY.

Vitnesses:

J. M. ST. JOHN, Donn LEORON.

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