US532368A - Machine for casting and setting type - Google Patents

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JOSEPH C. FOWLER, OEWASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE FOWLER COMPOSING AND TYPE SETTING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FoR CASTING AND SETTING TYPE.

- SPECIFL'JATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,368, dated J anuary 8,1895.

Application filed June 23, 1894.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington'city, District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ma chines for Casting and Setting Type, of which the'following is a specification.

.This invention relates to that class of machines wherein types are cast in a mold, and

[O by mechanical appliances are assembled in line to be set in columns for book, or newspaper, or other printing.

In machines of the character alluded to, the

types are cast and composed in the order in [5 which finger-keys are manipulated, andin such order of-procedure the types are carried from the casting-mold to dressing tools, from whence they are conducted to the point where they are assembled in line.

The speed of type-casting and composing, or setting machines, as heretofore constructed, is solimited thatthey are in a measure impracticable for newspaper and other work requiring rapid composing or setting of type.

The capacity of prior machines is unsuitable for the rapid action necessary in newspaper and similar work, in that, as heretofore constructed, reciprocating or shiftable matrix carriers are essential. The types cannot be produced as rapidly as required for use; and

the types cannot be accumulated in the machine for use when needed, but are cast andcomposed in the order in which finger keys are manipulated, and therefore type-casting and composing, or setting machines have not come into extensive or general use.

The chief objects of my invention, concisely stated, are to provide a new method of casting and assembling or settingtypes; to

. 4o avoid the complicated mechanisms necessary where it is essential to shift or move a matrix into position for casting by manipulating a linger-key; to simplify type-casting and composing on setting machines; toincrease their capacity, efficiency and rapidity of action; to. simultaneously cast a complete set of type characters; to suspend orprevent the casting of any particular type character, one or more, during the operation of casting other type Serial n. 515,532. (No model.)

characters of a set; to simultaneously trim or dress the bases of the cast set of-types while they lie in the mold; to eject the types lengthwise from the mold by acting on their bases or ends opposite the cameo types or characters; to increase the capacity of the machine by simplified mechanism and enable the requisite speed to be attained for different kinds of work; and to provide means whereby the. type characters, .and blanks or spaces, can be accumulated in piles or columns and indi- 6o vidually selected therefrom and assembled in line, whereby it is possible to practicably employ type-casting and setting machines for book, newspaper and other printing requiring speed and perfect type characters to meet the tion of a suitable casting mechanism,a mold having mol'dcavities, matrices in operative connection with the mold, means for ejecting the cast types from the mold cavities, cells or magazines in which the types can be accumulated while other types are being cast, and

mechanism for releasing or removing individual types from the cells ormagazines.

The invention also consists in other features and combinations or arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference' being made tothe accompanying 8 drawings,-in whichi v Figure 1 is an end elevation of a type-casting and composing machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vvertical sectional view, taken centrally through the casting pot. Fig. at is a detail vertical sectional view on a larger scale, showing the parts in position for ejecting the cast types from the mold. Fig. 5 is a rearelevation of the mold, showing the 5 trimming knife or cutter for dressingor trimming the bases'or butt-ends of the types in niold. Fig. 6 is a' detail rear elevation of cate; and Fig. 10 is a detail perspective View of one of the matrix-blocks.

The chief elements of myimproved machine are a casting-pot 1, a mold 2, and matrices or matrix-blocks 3 for casting or molding the types, ejectors 4: for ejecting the cast types from the mold, cells or magazines 5 arranged below the mold, and in which the types of the same .kind are respectively accumulated in columns or piles while other types are being cast, a key-board 6, and mechanism operated by the keys 7 for individually releasing or removing the required types from the cells or magazines, and a suitable cam or other device 8 for assembling the released types in line in an assembling chamber or receptacle 8.

The casting-pot is adapted to move to and fro, or swing or rock to place its outlet mouth 9 against the rear ends of the individual mold cavities 10 in the mold, so that the type metal can flow into said cavities to form the bodies of the types.

The characters or letters are formed by the matrices or matrix-blocks 3, and when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 3, the matrix-blocks close the mold-cavities fluid tight at their front ends.

.a' spiral or other suitable spring 11, which depresses a plunger 15, as will hereinafter.

appear.

The casting-pot contains the plungerv 15 and a'channel 16 leading to the mouth 9, so that when the plunger is depressed or forced inward the molten type metal will be caused to flow through the channel 16 and mouth 9 into the mold cavities in the mold.

The casting-pot will, in practice, be heated the same as similar devices in machines for casting type-bars from a justified line of matrices.

A single casting-pot is illustrated in the drawings, but the number of pots is immaterial so long as the construction is such that the fluid or molten type metal can be caused to flow into a plurality of mold-cavities in the mold.

If a single pot is employed its mouth 9 should be of a length approximately the same as the length of the mold, so that the type metal is caused to simultaneously enter all the mold cavities for producing a complete set of type characters at one operation. I propose to cast one h-undredand ten charac- .ters, including blanks or spaces at one operation, but do not deem it necessary to illustrate in the drawings the number of cavities required to accomplish such result. It is obvious that the number of cavities can be increased or diminished according to the conditions required, and, therefore Ido not wish to be understood as confining myself to any particular number of cavities or matrix blocks. The number of cavities shown in the drawings-see Fig. 5.are sufficient to cast the alcharacters may be cast at the same time, and likewise the necessary blanks, slugs, or spaces required in setting type can be cast at the same time with the type characters.

The mold is adapted to rock or oscillate, so that when a set of types has been castthe mold can be turned from the perpendicular position shown in Fig. 3 to the inclined position shown in Fig. 4., to place the mold-cavities in coincidence with the ejectors 4, which are adapted to enter the cavities and act against the bases or butt-ends of the types to eject them from the cavities into the cells or magazines. While the mold stands per pendicular the bases or butt-ends of the cast types are dressed or trimmed through the medium of a knife or cutter 17, as will hereinafter appear. The cells or magazines 5 are preferably arranged in an inclined position, as shown in Fig. 4, and their upper end portions are curved approximately in the are of a circle,the lower end portions of the curved parts being each provided with an inwardly projecting ledge or shoulder, as at 18. The upper ends or months of the cells or magazines receive the cast types from the mold, as shown in Fig. 4, with the ends of the types bearing the characters lowermost, and in traversing the curved portions of the cells or magazines, each type describes approximately the arc'of a circle, so that its position is reversed, as compared to the position it occupied in the mold, for which reason the types descend butt first from the ledge or shoulder 18, and lie in inclined planes, as shown in Fig. 4. This, however, isnot indispensible. It will be obvious that when the types reach the ledges or shoulders 18 their bases or butte'nds will overbalance the ends carrying the characters, and the types will descend in an approximately inclined position. The width of each cell or magazine is coextensive with the widthof the body of the type,so that they cannot turn laterally as they descend. The depth of the cells or magazines is preferably less than the length of the types, so that the latter are compelled to. assume the inclined positions shown in Fig. 4.

The individual types are designed to be released or removed from the lower endsof phabet at one operation,but many additional the cells or magazines through the medium one end of a key-lever 19, Fig. 3, which is pivoted, as at 20, and bears at its inner end,

as at 21, against the lower end of a pivoted teases 25, Fig. 3, and over whiehextends a stationary shield or plate 26, having on its under side a converging chute or guide-way formed by twoconverging plates or wings 27, in

such manner that no matter which type character is released it will be conducted to a single channel 28, through which it will be passed by the'action of the traveling endless apron to be operated upon by the rapidly rotating cam or eccentric 8, which-pushes the types-successively into the assembling chamber or receptacle 8. By this means the types are rapidly assembled in a line in the chamber or receptacle, and this line can be a or receptacle.

divided and set in columns for book, or newspaper, or other printing. The platesor wings 27 are separated at their upper ends a distance apart coextensive with the plurality of cellsor magazines 5, so that a type from any cell or magazine passing onto the traveling endless apron willbe guided by the plates or wings 27 to the singlechannel 28, as before explained.

The key-board mechanism for rele'asing or' removing the individual types fromthe lower ends of the cells or magazines is only typical of many forms that may be employed for the purpose, for which reason I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to any particular means for releasing or removingthe individual types from the cells or magazines as they are required in composing or setting. The same remarks apply to the devices for carrying the released types from the cells or magazines'to the assembling chamber In composing or setting types some charactors are more frequently used than others,

and therefore some type characters will accumulate in their respective cells or magazines to such anextentthat othertypes cannot enter. For this reason it is desirable that the casting of any particular type character be interrupted for any desired length of time, and to accomplish this the ejectors 4 areso arranged and mounted that any ejector can be thrown out of operative position, so

that it will not enter the inold cavity corresponding thereto, in consequence of which the cast-type in such mold-cavity will not be .ejected, and the casting of this particular character will be interrupted or preventeduntil such time asthe ejector is moved back.

into operative position for entering the moldcavity to eject the type contained therein.

The movements of the casting-pohmold,

trimming-knife and the ejectorsmust be'so frame-work 33 of the machine.

accurately timed that they will moveat the required instant to, secure a practicable machine. The mechanical contrivances for obtaining timed movements ofthe parts may be of any construction suitable for the conditionsrequired, but the mechanisms illus-. trated by the drawings, and which I will hereinafter describe in detail, will operate the casting-pot, mold, trimming-knife, and ejectors in the necessary manner.

To enable the ejectors to be thrown into or out of operative position, they are arranged in notches or recesses 28 formed in the front edge of a slide or plate 29, Fig. 8, and through these notches or recesses extends a pin 30, which constitutes apivot for all the ejectors, so that by swinging the latter on the pivotpin 30 they can be thrown out of operative position. To facilitate the manipulationof the ejectors, forthe purpose of throwing them into and out of operative position, I provide them with projecting arms or finger pieces 31, which can be conveniently operated by an attendant, or otherwise, to tilt them back,

so that they will not enter the mold-cavities when the ejector-carrying slide or plate29 is reciprocated, as will hereinafter appear.

The ejector-carrying slide or plate 29 is supported by and adapted to reciprocate upon a supporting guide-frame or plate 32 rigidly secured to the top portion of the This framework of the machine maybe of any construction suitable for the purpose, and therefore a detailed description is deemed unnecessary. The guide-frame or plate 32 is designed to stand in an inclined position, as. shown in Figs. 3 and 9, and at its lower front edge is too provided with a series of guide-channels -34,

corresponding in number to the number of 'ejectors 4, and in which said ejectors are adapted to move, so that they are accurately guided into and out of the mold-cavities. A rigid-bar may extend over the front ends of the guide-channels 34 to hold the ejectorsdown in operative position when they aremoving through the said channels into the mold-cavities for ejecting the cast types.

The ejector-carrying slide or plate 29 may be provided at each end with a projectingpin or roller, as at 35, adapted to move back axis or shaft 39 of the disks or wheels, so I that the ejector-carrying slide or, plate willbe reciprocated at certain intervals, and M mainstationary at other times. The shaft39 is arranged horizontally at the, top portionof the machine, and is rotated through the me,- dium of a bevel-gear wheel 40., secured to said shaft and engaging a bevel pinion llon the upper eiiidof a vertical shaft4 2, which is actu- 4 v teases ated by a horizontal main driving-shaft 43. cams, as at 73, mounted on the shaft 39. The

The connection between the vertical shaft 42 and the main drive-shaft 43 may be efiected by a worm-wheel 44, mounted on the shaft 42, and engaging a worm 45 loosely mounted on the shaft 43 and adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from the shaft 43 bya clutchsection 46 slidable on but rotating with the shaft 43, and adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with a-clutch-section 47 on one end of the worm 45. The clutch-section 46 is under control of the operator through the medium of a suitable clutch operating lever 48.

The mold 2 is provided with end-trunn'ions 49, mounted in suitable bearings 50 on the main frame, and having arms 51 rigidly secured at one end thereto while their opposite ends are provided with pins or rollers engaging cam-races, as at 51, in cam-wheels 52, in such manner that the mold will be rocked at the proper time to place it in the inclined position shown in Fig. 4, with the mold-cavities in coincidence with the ejectors 4, which are arranged to enter the mold-cavities and eject the cast types.

The shaft 39 is provided with a bevel-gearwheel 53 having a mutilated or untoothed portion 54, and adapted to rotate a bevel-pinion 55 at certain intervals, which pinion is secured to a short shaft 56 having a cam 57,

Fig. 5, adapted to strike one end of the trim-.

ming-knife 17, which ispivoted at its other end to the mold 2, as at 58. The trimmingknife is provided with a lateral lug 59, bear- 1 ing against a leaf or other spring 60, mounted on the mold, Figs. 2 and 5, so that after the cam 57 ha'sdepressed or moved the knife to dress or trim the bases or butt-ends of the cast-types, the spring will restore the knife to its normal position for a subsequent operation. This action of thetrim ming-knife occurs during a portion of the time the moldis standing perpendicular, as shown in Fig. 3, in which position the end 61 of the knife lies under the cam 57.

The plunger of the casting-pot is connected by a rod 62 with one arm 63, of a vertically swinging lever 64, mounted on a shaft 65 and having its overhanging arm 66 provided with a roller 66*, adapted to be engaged by a cam 67, Figs. 3 and 4, on the shaft 39, whereby the lever 64 is operated to raise the plunger15. The instant the cam 67 leaves the roller on the end of the arm 66, the spring 14 pulls the lever-arm 63 downward, and thus depresses the plunger 15 to force or shoot some of the type-metal through the channel 16 and mouth 9 into the mold-cavities of the mold.

The casting-pot must move or swing away from the mold prior to the rocking motions of the latter, and for this purpose the pot may be provided with rigid arms, as at 68, each having a bracket 69 carrying a roller 70, and an overhanging portion 71 carrying a roller 72, Figs. 3 and 4. The rollers and 72 are designed to be engaged at the proper time by parts of the cams 73 acting on the rollers 70 serve to move the casting-pot rearward or away from the mold, while the parts of the cams acting on the rollers 72 serve to move the casting-pot forward to place its mouth 9 against the mold. By this means the pot is positively moved or swung in both directions, and a tight closure of the pot mouth against the rear face of the mold is obtained.

The cam-races 51 are constructed in such form, as clearly shown in Fig.3, that at certain intervals, during the rotation of the camwheels 52, the arms 51 will not be actuated, and therefore the mold stands stationary.

The main driving-shaft 43 is rotated in any suitable manner, as for example by a pulley 74 and belt 75, Fig. 2, and on the driving-shaft is loosely mounted a-cone-pulley 76, which serves to drive three belts 77, 78, and 79. The belt 77 engages a pulley 80, Fig. 3, on a verti cal shaft 81, mounted near the front of the machine, and having near its upper end a pulley 82 which connects by a belt 83 with a pulley 84, Fig. 3, on the shaft of the cam or eccentric 8. The belt 78 is crossed and connects with a pulley mounted on the end of a roller 85 journaled at the delivery mouths of the cells or magazines for drawing the types clutch-section 86, Fig. 2, adapted to engage a clutch-section 87 on the pulley. The clutchsection 86 is adapted to slide on but rotates with the shaft 43, and is under control of the operator through the medium of a clutch-opcrating lever 88, whereby the motions of the roller 85, endless apron 23, and cam or eccen trio 8 can be controlled by the operator. The clutch-operating levers may be arranged at opposite ends of the key-board mechanism, so that the operator can conveniently manipulate them, as occasion demands.

The matrices 3 are each carried by a block 89, Figs. 4'and 10, and each block ispressed toward the mold by a spring, as at 90, Fig. 4, whereby the matrix-blocks yield when the mold is moved or swung against the fixed bar 91 in which the matrix-blocks are arranged. The matrix-blocks are each restrained or limited in its movements by a pin 92, fixed to the bar 91 and entering a recess 93 in the matrixblocks. The matrices are adapted to perfectly close the front ends of the mold-cavi- 'IIS ties, for the purpose of efiectually preventing the escape or passage of any type metal during the casting operation.

The devices which actuate the casting-pot -and plunger, the rocking mold, the dressing The main driving-shaft 43 maybe run continuously, but the rotation of the cam-wheel shaft 39 and the motionsof the endless apron 23 and rotary cam 01' eccentric 8 are under control of the operator through the medium of the clutch-operating levers 48 and 88. When the cam-wheel shaft 39 is rotating, the

casting-pot will be moved and held temporarily against the rear face of the mold and force or shoot sufficient type metal intothe mold-cavities to fillthe same. The mold will at this time stand stationary, because the ends of the arms ol engagepartsof the camraces 5?, which permit the cam-wheels 52 to rotate without actuating said arms 51. The cam 57 will also stand stationary, since the mutilated part 54 of the bevel-gear wheel 53 will be opposite the bevel-pinion 55. As the 'shaft 39 turns, the cams 73 will act on the rollers and press or push the casting-pot rearward from the mold, and at the same instant the/toothed portion of the bevel-gear 'wheel 53 will rapidly rotate the pinion 55,

thereby depressing the knife 17 to dress or trim the bases or butt-ends of the types lying in the mold. .As the knife rises under the influence of the spring 60, the cam-races 51 act on the arms 51 to rock the mold into the inclined position, Fig. 4, and the cam-races operate to reciprocate the ejector-slide or plate 29, thereby simultaneously ejecting all the casttypes from the mold, provided all the ejectors 4 are in operative position to enter the moldcavities. The operations described are then repeated, and the sets of types are rapidly cast, trimmed and ejected.

It will be understood that some of themoldcavities cast simple blanks or spaces for spacing purposes, while others cast the letters ofthe alphabet and numerals, and other required characters or signs. a

The types ejected from the mold traverse the curved upper portions of the cells or magazines, and are reversed end to end, and striking the ledges orshoulders 18 they fall into the lower portions of the cells or magazines, where they are superimposed and accu- I rnulatedin columns or piles.

The front wall of the cellor magazine frame, or rather the front portion of each cell or magazine is preferably of transparent material,'such as glass, whereby the columns or piles of types'are rendered visible, and the operator can observe when the supply should be diminished or increased. When the supply of types. in any cell or magazine, one or more, is deemed sufficient, the casting of this particular type-character or characters can be interrupted or stopped by simply manipulating the ejectoror 'ejectors corresponding to the mold-cavity or cavities in which the casting is to be interrupted or stopped.

Therefore the type cast in the mold-cavity corresponding to the ejector which has been thrown. out of operative position will remain in the mold-cavity and prevent the entrance of fluid type metal, so that no further casting in this particular mold-cavity can be effected t until the typecast thereon is ejected, which is accomplished by shifting the 'ejectorback into operative position, so that it will enter the mold-cavity and eject the type therefrom. From the foregoing it will be clear that it is possible to very rapidly casta complete set of type characters at every operation, and the cast-types can be accumulated in the respective cells or magazines to provide a sufficient supply to meet all the conditions likely to arise in the rapid composing or settingof the type for book, newspaper or other work.

The accumulation of the casttypes in proper cells or magazines from which they can be individually released or removed when required, is regarded by me as a veryimportant and valuable feature of my invention.

As hereinbefore referred to, the types are propels or shoots the type onto the traveling endless apron, and the latter carries the type tothe-channel 28'and into the path of the rapidly rotating cam or eccentric 8, which, as before explained, acts successively on the types to assemble them in a line in the assembling chamber or receptacle.

My invention greatly simplifies type-casting and setting machinery, and entirely avoids the complicated mechanisms which are necessary where finger'keys must be manipulated to shift into and out of position the matrices used in connection with a mold for producing the desired type characters. a

The simplicity of my invention, and the fact that the cast-types can be accumulated in suitable quantities for subsequent composing or setting renders it possible to efficiently and rapily perform the work required in book, newspaper, or other printing, where rapid I IO composing or setting is absolutely essential in order to produce a practicable machine.

It will be obvious that all types of the same kind will be deposited in one cell or magazine, and so on throughout the set of types. cast by 'the mold. The blanks or spaces will be accumulated in the cell or magazine to which they belong, and likewise thenu merals, punctuations, and the like, will be accumulated initheir respective cells or magazines. The yielding blocks corresponding to the moldcavities in which blanks or spaces, commas, periods, and other characters arecast must be formed in the proper manner to obtain the desired articles.

A seriousobjection to ordinary type-cast ing and setting machines resides in the fact that the types cannot be produced as rapidly as they are composed or set, and prior to my invention no means had been provided whereby a large quantity of the required type-characters could be accumulated for the use of the composer while other type-characters were being cast. This is an important improvement, in that some letters or characters are used more frequently than others, and it is particularly desirable to maintain a supply of such letters or characters as are most frequently used. This result is obtained by me by Very simplified means, while at the same time, when the quantity of accumulated types of the same kind is sufficient in any one or more of the cells or magazines, the casting of the particular type-character or characters can be suspended at the will of the operator until it becomes necessary to continue the supply.

- The capacity of my improved machine renders it particularly suitable for newspaper, and similar work Where rapid composing or setting is essential to meet the conditions required.

The mold is shown in the drawings as though in a single piece, but any other construction may be adopted, and the ordinary devices for cooling the mold can be employed if desired.

In the machine illustrated in the drawings,

the cast types are transferred directly from the mold to the type receptacles of a typesetting mechanism by pushing the types from the mold direct into the upper ends of the type receptacle, but the intervention of carrying mechanism between the mold and the type receptacles would not affect the character or scope of my invention, in that I believe myself to be the first to accomplish in one organized machine the simultaneous casting of a group or set of types bearing different characters, the transferring of the cast types to the respective receptacles of a typesetting mechanism, wherein the types are accumulated in assorted columns or piles, the releasing of the types in the order required, and the assembling of the types in line.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The method herein described of producing and composing types, which consists in casting a group or set of types bearing different characters, transferring the cast types directly to the respective type receptacles of a type-setting mechanism wherein they are accumulated in assorted columns or piles, releasing the types in the order required, and assembling the types in line, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a type casting mold, means for introducing type-metal into the mold, mechanism for ejecting the types from the mold, type-receptacles in which the types are accumulated directly'from the mold, and type-setting mechanism in operative connection with the said type receptacles, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a mold having a pluralityof mold cavities, and a plurality of matrices for simultaneously casting a group or set of types bearing different characters, means for introducing type-metal into the mold cavities, means for ejecting'the types from the mold cavities, type receptacles arranged to receive the types direct from the mold and in which said types are accumulated in assorted columns or piles, and type-setting mechanism in operative connection with the said type receptacles, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a mold having a plurality of mold cavities, and a plurality of matrices for simultaneously castinga group or set of types bearing different characters, a casting-pot for introducing type-metal into the mold cavities, means for ejecting the types from the mold cavities, cells or receptacles having their upper ends arranged in juxtaposition to the mold to receive the cast types direct therefrom, and type-setting mechanism in operative connection with the cells or receptacles, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a plurality of matrices, and a mold having a plurality of cavities for simultaneously casting a group or set of types bearingdifferent characters, with a casting-pot movable to and from the mold, means for removing the cast-types from the moldcavities, cells or receptacles in which the cast types are delivered and assorted direct from the mold, and type-setting mechanism in operative connection with the cells or receptacles, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a rocking-mold'having a plurality of cells for casting a group or set of types bearing different characters, a casting-pot, ejectors for ejecting the cast types from the mold cells, a series of type cells or receptacles in which the types are accumulated when ejected from the mold, and typesetting mechanism in operative connection with the type-cases or receptacles, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a plurality of matrices, and a mold having a plurality of cavities for casting a series of types, with a castingpot movable to and from the mold, and adjustable reciprocating ejectors mounted independently of the mold for removing the cast types from the mold cavities, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a plurality of matrices, and a mold having a plurality of cavities for casting a series of types, with a casting pot movable to and from the mold, andadjustable reciprocating ejectors mounted independent of the mold and adapted to enter .and leave the mold cavities, substantially as described.

9. The combination of a plurality of matrices, and a mold having a plurality of cavities for casting a series of types, with means for introducing type metalinto the mold cavities, ejectors for removing the cast-types from the mold cavities, and cells or magazines having their upper ends arranged in juxtaposition to the mold to receive the types ejected from the mold and in which the types ofthe same kind '11. The combination with a plurality of matrices, and a mold having a plurality of cavities for casting a series of types, of cells or magazines for accumulating the types, and a series of ejectors adapted to enter and leave the mold cavities and movable out of operative connection with the mold cavities to avoidejeeting cast types when required, substantially as described.

. 12. The combination with a mold having a series of cavities for casting-a series of types, of a series of ejectors adapted to enter and leave the mold cavities and movable out of operative connection with the moldcavities to avoid ejecting cast-types when. required, substantially as described.

13. The combination with a mold having a plurality of cavities for casting a series of types, of a series of pivoted ejectors adapted to enter and leave the mold cavities and to swing out of operative connection with the mold cavities to avoid ejecting cast-types when required, substantially as described.

14. The combination with a plurality of matrices, and a mold having a plurality of cavities for casting a series of types, of a series-of reciprocating ejectorsadaptedto enter and leave the mold cavities and movable out of operative connection with the mold cavitiesto avoid ejecting cast types when required, cells or magazines arranged to receive the types ejected from the mold and in which the types are accumulated, and mechanism for individually removing the desired types from the cells or magazines, substantially as described. I

15. The combination with a plurality of matrices, of a .mold having a plurality of cavities for casting a series of types, ejeetors adapted to enter and leave the mold cavities and movable out of operative connection with the mold cavities to avoid ejecting cast-types when required, means for individually removing the desired types from the cells or magazines, and mechanism for assembling the types in line, substantially as described.

16. The combination of'a plurality of yieldingImatrices, a movable mold, a movable castin g-pot, reciprocating ejectors, and operative devices for moving the mold and casting-pot and reciprocating the ejectors, substantially as described.

17. The combination of a series of yielding matrices, a movable mold having a plurality of mold-cavities, a casting-pot for introducing type metal simultaneously into the moldcavities, reciprocating ejectors, and means for moving the mold and operating the ejectors, substantially as described.

18. The combination of a series of matrices, a rocking mold, a tilting casting-pot, ejectors for ejecting the cast-types from the mold-cavities, and operative devices for rocking the mold, tilting the casting-pot and operating the ejectors, substantially as described.

19. The combination of a series of matrices,

means for rocking the mold and reciprocating the ejectors, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in presence of .two subscribing witnesses.

JosEPH o. FOWLER. [n s.]

Witnesses:

.THos. J. TOBIN, v E. M. FARRINGTON.

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