US548533A

US548533A - Spacer or spacing-gage

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Publication number: US548533A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 1912-10-22

Description

(No Model.) 7 7 J; H. FOSTER.

SPAUER 0R SPAGING GAGE.

No. 548,533. Patented Oct. 22, 1895.

ATTORNEYS.

W/TNESSES:

ANDREW LGIMUAII.PNOTQ-UI'NEWASMINEWMEC.

' UNITED STATES;

PATENT rrrcn.

SPACER OR SPAClNG-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,533, dated October 22, 1895.

Application filed June 18, 1895- Serial No. 553,180. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES HERBERT Poems, of Meriden, in the countyotNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Spacer or Spacing-Gage, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de- SGIlpUOD.

The invention relates to hand-printing with ready-made characters, and its object is to provide a new and improved spacer or spacing-gage which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to enable the operator to place the printing characters in the proper position to form accurately spaced and aligned words.

Theinvention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement as applied and arranged for printing in a straight line. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improvement arranged for printing characters in the segment of a circle, and Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 4 4: of Fig. 3.

The improved gage is provided with a rule A, on which is fitted to slide longitudinally the rest 13, formed with a transversely-extending arm 13, on which rests one side of the printing-block 0, provided on its under side with a character. The front end of this block ahutsagainst the side of the rule A, so that the block is held firmly in position and consequently guided by the rule A and arm B while printing.

In the rear of the extension-arm B is arranged a spacer-arm D, parallel to the arm B and formed on the gage D, held adjnstably on the rest B and adapted to be secured thereto by a clamping-screw E. The latter is held in the rest B and extends through the longitudinal slots B and D formed in the rest B and gage D, respectively. The lower head of the clamping-screw E is fitted to slide loosely in a longitudinallyextending recess A, formed 7 in the top of the rule A. Now it will be seen that; by loosening the clamping-screw E the rest B and the gage D may be adjusted one on the other, so as to bring the two arms l3 and D a distance apart corresponding to the space desired between two characters printed on the paper or other article.

When the rest B and gage D have been adjusted, they are fastened together by the clamping-screw E, and then the operator places the printing-block O in position on the arm B, as previously described, and illustrated in Fig. 1, with the other arm D on one side of the character previously printed. When this new letter has been printed, the block G is removed and the rest B and gage D are shifted forward on the rule A to bring the arm D again to one side of the previouslyprinted letter, so that a new type-block can be placed on the arm B and rule A to print the next following character. This operation is repeated until the entire word is formed.

It will be seen that by the arrangement described the characters are first brought into proper alignment and at the same time are accurately spaced, so as to insure proper printing.

When it is desired to print words in the segment of a circle, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, I provide the rule A with a series of apertures A arranged longitudinally at or near the middle of the rule, one of the apertures being adapted to be engaged at a time by a pointed tool F in the form of an awl or like instrument. This tool F is passed through one of the apertures A into the paper or board on which the word is to be printed to serve as a fulcrum for the rule A On the upper or outer end of this rule A is held the rest B having, besides the slot B and arm B an auxiliary arm B the gage D having the arm D arranged crosswise, so that the arm D stands parallel to the auxiliary arm B The gage D is adjusted transversely on the rest B to bring the arms B and D the desired distance apart, and then the rule A is swung from the tool F, as a pivot after a character has been printed. It is understood that the character-block is placed on the arm B, with the other arm D on one side of the previously-printed character. A clampingscrew E serves to fasten the rest B and gage D together, and the head of this screw E is adapted to pass into a recess A leading from the longitudinal recess A of the rule. (See Figs. 1 and 4.)

The slots 13 and D in the rest and gage, respectively, are enlarged at the end to permit of passing the screw E into the side recess A On the under side of the rule A is placed a washer G, around the pointed end of the tool F, so that the rule A is held a suitable distance above the paper, board, or other article on which the characters are printed. A similar washer G, of rubber, felt, or like material, is attached to the under side of the rule A at the other end.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A spacing gage, comprising a rest provided with an arm extending therefrom, and

a gage adjustable on the rest and provided with an arm extending parallel to the arm of the rest, substantially as shown and described.

2. A spacing gage, comprising a rule, arest adjustable thereon and provided with a projecting arm, and a gage adjustable on the rest and provided with an arm extending parallel to the arm of the rest, substantially as described.

3. A spacing gage, comprising a rest provided with two projecting arms standing approximately at right angles to one another, and a gage adjustable upon the rest and provided with an arm arranged to extend parallel to either of the arms of the rest, substantially as described.

at. A spacing gage, comprising a rest provided with two projecting arms arranged at an angle to each other, and a gage adjustable upon the rest and provided with an arm ar ranged to extend parallel to either of the arms of the rest, substantially as described.

5. A spacing gage, comprising a rule, a rest adjustable longitudinally thereof and provided with two projecting arms, one of which extends longitudinally of the rule and the other transversely thereof, and a gage adjustable on the rest and provided with an arm arranged to extend parallel to eitherof the arms of the rest, substantially as described.

JAMES HERBERT FOSTER.

W'itnesses:

L, GRIFFIN, LANETTE M. FOSTER.