US465877A - Type-justifying machine - Google Patents

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J. L. MoMILLAN.

TYPE JUSTIFYING MAGHINE.

No. 465,877. Patented Dec. 29, 1891.

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V TYPE JUSTIFYING MACHINE. No. 465,877. Patented Dec. 29, 1891 ii v A (N0 Model 4 Sheets-Sheet 4.

v J. L. MoMILLAN. TYPE JUSTIFYING MACHINE.

No. 465,877. Patented Dec.29,1891.

Inven%rr JoAn L.Mc.

llivirnn STATES ATENT FFICE.-

JOHN L. MCFIILLAN, OF ILION, NEIV YORK.

TYPE-JUSTIFYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,877, dated December 29, 1891.

Application filed February 27, 1891- Serial No. 383,102- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. MCMILLAN, a citizen oftlieUnited States, residing at Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Justifying Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanism or apparatus for use in justifying printing matter or making up printing-forms.

The apparatus is designed more particularly for use in connection with that class of type-setting machines which set the type in a single line, and it is designed to facilitatethe division or cutting up of theline of type set by the machine into sections of uniform length, or, in other words, into lines of a length equal to the width or length of the printingform desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete apparatus; Fig. 2, a top plan view with portions broken away or omitted to show the bed or support upon which the type-carryin g plate or line-galley is mounted and moves; Fig. 3, a sectional view illustrating the construction of the hunter or device by which the matter is pushed forward after the addition of a line; Fig. 4, a side clevation of the form-galley, hunter, and attend ant parts; Fig. 5, a view illustrating the line spacing or feeding mechanism by which the travel of the line-galley or type-holder is effccted and determined; Fig. 6, a rear side or face view showing the mechanism by which the type are discharged from the channels or grooves of the line-galley; Fig. 7, a detailed view showing the construction of the mechanism by which the follower or ejector is placed in and thrown out of engagement with the actuating-screw; Figs. 8, 9, 10, and 11, detailed views illustrating the operation of the devices which control the line spacing or feeding devices by which the type-carrier or linegalley is caused to advanceline by line.

Before proceeding to a detailed description of the construction and operation of the apparatus, I will state, for the purpose of making clearer the explanation that is to follow, that a grooved or channeled type-holder or line-galley is employed, which receiver or galley is first used in connection with a typesetting machine of any suitable construction,

the galley being so arranged as to bring one groove or channel after another into alignment with the type-containing channel or guide of the type-setting machine, so that the channels or grooves of the receiver or linegalley become successively filled with type arranged in their proper order.

The present apparatus is designed to move the lines of type from the channels or grooves successively and to advance them ata proper rate of travel to an operator or attendant, by whom the line is divided into suitable lengths, as nearly as may be, to form the lines of the printing-form, the attendant also spacing and justifying the matter as he cuts off the sections from the main line and placing the requisite leads between the different lines of type. 1

Referring again to the drawings, A indicates a rotary standard or pedestal, which will be made with a broad base, which will give steadiness and facilitate attachment to the floor. Secured upon the upper end of the pedestal, advisably at an inclination of from twenty to thirty degrees, more or less, is abed or table B, upon which is clamped the formgalley C by means of suitable clamping devices D D','which latter may be of any suitable construction capable of readily clamping the galley or the galley and its furniture in position.

In Fig. 1 I have represented two forms of clamping devices, that shown at D being a pivoted bar or lever a, which is normally lifted by a light spring I), but is forced down by a cam-lever E to give the necessary pressnre upon the galley or its furniture. clamp shown at D consists, simply, of an overhanging bar provided at its outer end with a thumb-screw c. In practice I find it convenient to employ these two forms of clamping device, the cam-lever because of its greater facility of manipulation and the thumb-screw because of the lack of space at the point at which it is used to accommodate the cam-lever. In said figure I have represented the clamps as bearing directly upon a rule or side-stick d, which in turn rests upon the bottom of the galley C, so that by properly adjusting the galley and the stick before securing the clamps the clamps may be made to hold both the furniture or side-stick and the The 1 galley in position and the whole in proper relation to the hunter, which advances the form as it is made up.

F indicates a second bed or table, advisably of skeleton form, joined to the bed or table B and braced like said table B by arod 6 running from its lower end downward to and through a lug or ear cast upon the pedestal A and secured in place by a nut screwed upon it in rear of the lug, as indicated in Fig. 1, it being, however, apparent that any other suitable form of bracing may be adopted. The bed F is provided with ribs or ways f.

G indicates the line-galley or type-holder, provided on its upper face with a series of longitudinal grooves g to contain the lines of type, and having on its lower face transverse grooves h to receive the ribs or ways f, upon which the line-galley rests, and by which it is guided in its movements across the bed or support F.

At or about its mid-length the bed or platform F is provided with a transverse groove or channel t', in which is arranged a sliding bar H, which is cut away on its upper side a distance exactly equal to the width of the line-galley or type-receiver G, so that when said type-receiver is placed in position upon the ways or ribs f the upwardly-extending ends of the bar H shall bear respectively against the front and rear edges of the linegalley G, fitting the same closely and avoiding independent movement of the two parts. The lower edge of the bar H is notched or formed with teeth, as shown in Fig. 5, with which engage alternately spacing-dogsj 7c, the

. former being a yielding dog and the latter a fixed one, similar to those employed for letterspacing in type-writing machines. The dog j is pivoted at its lower end, and its upper end is normally thrown forward and out of alignment with the dog 7c by means of a light spring Z, the distance to which it is thus thrown bein g determined by a stop-screw m. The dogs are carried by a block at, which is pivotally attached to a larger block 0, which is secured to and carried by a rod or bar I. By reciproeating the bar I the dogsj and 7c are brought alternately into engagement with the teeth or rack of the bar H, which bar is urged forward in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 5 by a cord and weight, spring, or equivalent means. From this it follows that when the fixed dog passes out of engagement with a tooth of the rack the yielding dogj simultaneously passes into engagement with the next succeeding tooth, and as the dog It fully withdraws from engagement with its tooth of the rack the slide H, advancing under the influence of the weight or spring and overcoming the resistance of the light spring Z, carries the yielding dog j into alignment with the fixed dog 76. NVhen, however, the bar I is moved backward or in a reverse direction, the yielding dog j, as soon as it rides clear of the tooth with which it is in engagement,

will again swing forward, while the fixed dog takes its place, preventing farther advance of the slide H until the movement of the bar I is again reversed and the bar His permitted to advance a distance equal to the movebeing provided with a weight J, which is made sufficiently heavy to draw forward the line-galley or type-receiver G, and to overcome the resistance of the light spring Z, so that as the spacing-clogs j and 7c are actuated the type-receiver or line-galley G shall be ad vauced one line at a time.

At one end of the frame F, and in such position as to register exactly with one of the channels or grooves g of the line-galley or type-holder, is a channeled bar or guide K, which. is bent or curved and carried along the upper end of the bed or table B,'as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

That portion of the channel or guide K beyond the bend or curve has its rear or upper Wall formed by a brush L, the bristles of which project inward toward and bear against the type which pass through said channel, the light friction thus given serving to press the type into close contact with each other and prevent their turning or shifting out of place.

The brush L is made adjustable by thumbscrews 1", as shown in Fig. 1.

At each end of the bed or table F there is an upright post or standard, and extending from one post orstandard to the otheris a screw-shaft M, above which is a guide-rod N, as shown in Figs. 1, 6, 9, 10, and 11.

The screw-shaft M is suitably journaled in the uprights or standards at the ends of the frame F, and is provided at one end with a pulley, preferably a cone-pulley O, by which a rotary motion is transmitted to the screwshaft from any convenient source of power. The screw-shaft is formed or provided with a projecting lug s, and the pulley O is formed with a socket or recess to receive or to fit over said lug. A spring t bears against the outer face of the pulley and serves to press it inward, so as to cause an engagement of the pulley and the stud under normal conditions. When, however, it is desired to disconnect the pulley from the screw-shaft, a wedge or rod is inserted between the post or standard in which the screw-shaft M is mounted and the pulley, and the latter is thereby forced outward so as to run free or clear of the lug or stud s, and consequently to rotate without imparting motion to the screw-shaft. Any other simple and convenient form of clutch ing or clamping device may of course be substituted for this.

Encircling the screw-shaft M is a sleeve or block P, an upwardly-projecting portion of which is perforated to receive or to encircle the guide-rod N, which latter prevents the sleeve from rockingor turning upon or with thescrewshaft M. Pivoted to the side of the upwardlyextending portion of the block or sleeve 1? is a bar or lever Q, the ends of which are beveled or cut away, as shown in Figs. 1. 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11. At one side of the bar or pivot, the right-hand side as seen in said figures, there is hung from the bar or lever a block R, the lower end of which is preferably made cylindrical in form and is passed downward through an opening in the sleeve P to enter the groove or thread of the screw-shaft M, as best shown in Fig. 7.

hen the block or traveler P is at the extreme left-hand or lower end of the screwshaft M, the position it will assume by gravity, if disconnected therefrom, the lower or left-hand end of the bar or lever Q riding upon the incline to, is thrown upward into the position shown in Fig. '7, thereby throwing the block R downward and causing its cylindrical stem or lower end to enter into engagement with the thread of the screwshaft M, the bar or lever being held in one or the other of its two positions by means of a conical pin 1;, which is pressed outward by a spring into one or another of two notches "w in the lower edge of the bar or lever, the

dividing point or ridge between the two notches being carried to one or the other side of the point of the conical pin 1;, as the position of the bar or lever Q is shifted. This will be readily understoodby referring to Fig. '7. hen the stem or point of block R is thus thrown into engagement with the thread of screw-shaft H, rotation of said shaft will cause the sleeve 0r traveler P to travel lengthwise of the shaft M and guide N, this travel continuing until the beveled upward or forward end of the bar or lever Q rides -upon a suitable bearing at the upper end of the frame F, and is thereby lifted so as to raise the stem or lower end of block R out of engagement with the screw-thread and to carry the lever Q to the position shown in Fig. 1

9, where it is held by the spring-pressed pin 'r, as above explained. Being thus freed from engagement with the screw-shaft, the sleeve or traveler P, with its attendant parts, slides back by gravity to the lower end of the screwshat't and guide-rod, or to the position shown in Fig. 10.

Projecting downward from the lower side of the sleeve or travelerP is a beveled lug a", and pivoted to the frame F at or near its lower end and in the line of travel of the lug a: are two levers T and U, of the form best shown in Figs. 8, 9, 10, and 11. The levers T and U atthe moment that the traveler P is descending to the lower end of the frame F occupy the position indicated in Fig. 9, the upper extremity or end of the lever T being then elevated and standing directly in the path of the lug 00, while the upper extremity of the lever U is thrown backwardand downward, so that the ing a; passes freely above it. As the beveled face of the lug w bears upon the upper end of the lever T it depresses said upper end and causes the lower end to be thrown in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 9. As shown in said figure and in Figs. 6, 8, 10, and 11, the lower end of lever T plays between two pins or lugs projecting from the side of the bar I, which, as above explained, carries the line-spacing dogs j and 70. Hence it will be seen that as the lug w passes over and depresses the upper end of the lever T its lower end will be thrown outward and the yielding dog j of the spacing mechanism will .be brought into line with the sliding bar H, which will thus be allowed to advance a distance equal to the play of the yielding dogj,

or, in other words, the distance necessary to advance the line-galley or type-holder one line. In thus depressing the upper end of the lever T its overhanging upper end,bearing upon the point y of lever U, depresses said point and throws the nose or upper extremity of leverU upward into the position indicated in Fig. 10, or into the path of the lug 0c. The descent of the traveler or sleeve 1 having shifted the lever Q, from the position indicated in Fig. 9 to that indicated in Fig. 11 and having thus again connected the sleeve or traveler with the screw-shaft M, the sleeve begins to move in the direction indicated in Fig. 10,the lug nostriking the upper extremity of the lever U and throwing it down, as-indicated in Fig. 11. As the lever U thus moves downward its point 11 acting beneath the overhanging upper arm of lever T, elevates said arm, as indicated in Fig. 11, and causes the bar I to be moved lengthwise, thereby bringing the rigid dog it of the line-spacing mechanism into engagement with the rack or teeth of the sliding bar I-I, holding the line-galley against farther movement. The parts remain in the position thus indicated until the lug :17, which traverses the grooves or channels I, completes its travel through the channel in which it then is and until the block or traveler P is released, allowed to descend, and caused by engagement of the lug as with the lever T to shift the dogs j 7c and permit the advance of the line-galley one line. The traveler or sleeve P, beginning again its upward movement, the lug 0c acts upen the block or lever U, through it upon the lever T, and thus upon the bar I, thereby bringing the rigid dog 7r again into engagement with the teeth of the sliding bar II and holding the line-galley rigidly in position. durthe form and to advance the entire form a distance equal to the thickness of the line and the lead, which lead is inserted by hand in advance of the line.

The bunter is represented in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4t, and consists of a cross head or bar provided with two tubular necks or sleeves 2, which are mounted and slide upon guide-rods V, secured to the under side of the bed or ta ble B in any convenient manner. The bunter is normally forced backward or upward by means of springs a encircling the rods Vand bearing at one end against the sleeves z and at the other end against lugs or hangers in which the guide-rods V are clamped or held. The upward or outward movement of the bunter S is limited and determined by a plate or casting W, connecting the upper or outer ends of the rods V, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, said plate \V being formed with a trough b at its top, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and carrying the inclined plate or sh elf 0', upon which are placed quadsto be used in justifying the matter in the galley. Projecting downwardly or inwardly from thelowercross-barof the hunter is a bent or curved arm X, which passes through an opening in a vertically-movable bar Y, provided with a cut-off slide or plate Z, which plays upward and downward through an opening in the bed or table B, just in advance of the incoming line of type. As the bu nter advances the bent or curved portion of the bar X, coming in contact with the lower wall of the opening in the cross-bar Y or in contact with an anti-friction roller mounted therein, causes the slide Z to be thrown down out of the way of the line which has to be added to the form, the barY being guided in its rise and fall by guide stems or pins d, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The bunter S is thrown forward, when required, by means of the band e connected therewith passing over apulley f and connected with a treadle or foot-lever A, which may be pivoted in a block made fast to the floor or otherwise sustained. It will be observed that the bunter moves backward and forward in a straight line instead of rocking upon a pivot, and that consequently it moves the type bodily instead of swinging or tripping them, as in the case of a pivoted bunter. This straight-line movement is advantageous in that it is not so likely to throw the type off their feet or out of position as the swinging movement. By depressing the treadle the bunter is caused to advance, and when pressure is removed from said treadle the springs a restore the bunter to its normal position. Rising from the bed or table Bis a post or standard B, upon which is mounted or swiveled a bracket C, carrying a series of slotted tubes or receivers D adapted to contain the various spaces used in justifying the matter handled by the machine. These spaces occupy a single line in the receivers or tubes and lie one upon another, the

for the next demand. Below the space receivers or holders D is a shelf E, upon which are laid the leads to be used between the lines of justified matter. To prevent the too rapid descent of the form as made up, the inclination of the bed B is made comparatively slight, (and it may be here stated that it is not essential that there should be any inclination whatever thereto.) Afriction-block or slug F, preferably adjustable as toits spread, is placed between the side-stick d and the side of the galley O in advance of the form, and is caused to bear against said parts with friction sufficient to prevent the undue advance of the form. Any suitable friction device may be employed for this purpose.

It will be seen that the details of the apparatus are susceptible of more or less variation without departing from the substance or spirit of my invention. Thus the character of the pedestal or support may be varied, and instead of the single standard there may be a frame with three or more legs. The standard may be madetelescopic, so as to adjust the apparatus to different heights to suit different operators, and in other ways the details may be varied.

The bar If or its toothed rack maybe integral with the type-holder G, though I prefer the construction shown.

It is apparent that the levers T and U may be connected with each other by teeth concentric with their pivots or in any other convenient manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In amachine for justifying printing-matter, the combination of a fixed receiving-guide or line-channel and a type-holder provided with a series of grooves or channels, each adapted to contain a line of composition or printing-matter, said holder being arranged to move in relation to the receiving guide or channel so as to bring one of its receiving grooves or channels after another into alignment with said guide or line-channel,-whereb v the printing-matter of the several channels of the type-holder may be successively delivered to the receiving-channeL' 2. In combination with a fixed receivingguide or line-channel and with a type-holder provided with grooves or channels adapted to contain lines of printing-matter or set type,a spacing mechanism serving to permit the movement of the type-holder past the receiving-channel or guide, so as'to bring one line or groove after another into alignment with the receiving channel or guide.

3. In combination with a fixed receivingguide or line-channel, 'as K, a type-holder, as G, provided with a series of grooves or channels adapted to contain lines of set type, a bed or support upon which such type-holder ITO is mounted, means for moving the type-holder upon its support, and a spacing mechanism, substantially such as shown and described, adapted to permit a line-by-line movement of the type-holder relatively to the receivingnels, a screw-shaft, and a' sleeve or traveler provided with a lug or ejector-arm to traverse the channels of the type-holder and adapted to be connected with and disconnected from the screw-shaft, substantially as set forth, whereby it is enabled to discharge type from the holder into the receiving-channel.

(3. In a machine for justifying printingmatter, the combination, with a channeled type-holder G, adapted to contain set type and provided with a toothed bar or rack, of a receiving-guide or line-channel, yielding dog and rigid dog 70, adapted to be thrown alter nately into engagement with the rack, and means, substantially such as shown and described, for moving the holder.G in the direction of the length of the toothed bar or rack.

7. In a machine for justifying printingmatter, the combination,with a suitable supporting-bed and with a receiving-guide orlinechannel, of a type-holder G, provided with grooves or channels g, adapted to contain lines of set type, a rack-bar movable with the type-holder, a reciprocating bar I, and dogs j and 70, carried by said bar, the dog jbeing adapted to yield, substantially as described, and a weight or equivalent device for moving the type-holder, substantially as set forth.

8. In combination with a type-holder, as G, provided with a toothed bar or rack, reciprocating bar I, provided with yielding dog J and fixed dog 70, lever T, connected with said bar I, lever U, adapted to actuate and to be actuated by the lever T, and sleeve or traveler I, provided with nose as, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

0. In combination with type-holder G, rackbar II, and means for moving the raclr-bar longitudinally, reciprocating bar I, dogs j and 71:, carried by said bars, levers T and U, the former connected with said bar I, screw-shaft M, and sleeve or traveler I, provided With lug 0:, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In combination with a channeled typeholder and screw-shaft M, asleeve or traveler I, provided with ejector w, lever Q, and block R, carried by lever Q and provided with a stem to enter into engagement with the thread of the screw-shat t M, all substantially as set forth.

11. In combination with a type-holder and with screw-shaft M, sleeve or traveler 1?,lever Q, block R, carried by said lever and adapted to enterinto engagement with the screw-shaft, and a stop or hearing located in the path of the lever Q and serving to lift one end and depress the other.

12. The combination, in a justifying-machine, of a screw-shaft M, a sleeve or traveler P, lever Q, provided with block R and with seats or notches w, a spring-pin u, and stops located in the path of the lever Q, whereby the ends of said lever are alternately raised.

13. In combination with table 13, galley G, bunter S, movable bodily and in a right line toward and from the table, a treadle A, and band 6', connecting the hunter and the treadle.

14:. In combination with bed or table E, bar Y, slide Z, carried by said bar, bunter S, and bent arm X, carried by the hunter and extending from an opening in the cross-bar Y, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. MCMILLAN.

Witnesses:

A. D. RICHARDSON, F. S. HOEFLER.

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