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ELBERT J. ANDREWS, oEQ'i-IARTEOED,,I ooNnEoTreUT, nssiqNoR To THE THORNE TYPE sETTrNejMiicI-nNEooMBANY, on JERSEY CITY, NEw

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. SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N o.' seale, dated separater e, 189e.

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. Be ity-,known that I, ELBERT J.,ANDREw,s, ,av citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, countyrofHartford, and State of Con- 5 necticut have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type Setting and lDis-j tributing Machines, fully described and represented in the following specicationandthe .accompanying drawings, forming a Vpart of `the samel- While the improvements are applicable to machines of lother construction, and to Ina-.

chines employing horizontal channels, and are broadly claimed, they are of special value in connection with the distributing portions of machinesv of the class shown and described in United States'Letters Patent Nos. 232,157, 283,934, 372,186, 372,187, and 417,074, in

which the distributing portion consists of two lsuperimposed vcylinders having vertical typechannels, the type being placed in the channels of the rotating upper or distributing cylinder and distributed vertically, under pressure of weight or spring-impelled pushers, past selecting-wards into the channels of the4 stationary lower or composing cylinder and, the invention consists in part of constructions insuchla machine.

The especialfobject of the` present invention is to' provide a construction by which 4o wear of the lower cylinder and wards by contact of the pushers, when the type in the upper channel are Aexhausted, is prevented, and, further, to provide means for this purpose whichshall also serve to hold the pushers in the'channel while permitting their convenient manipulation for the insertion of y type.

A further object is to provide a construction iny which the wear incident to stopping 5o the pushers shall be limited to parts which This invention relates to type setting and distributing machines, and especially to machines employing a channel or series of chan- ,nels from which the type are forced out by a weight or spring-impelled pusher into a receiver orY series of receivers, which may be the composing-case of a type-distributing mal chine, or the composing stick or channel of certain classes of type-setting maehines.

are placedloutside of the space to be occupied beJ kept `uniform and smooth, as is essential for thefree and correct movement of the type.

For a full understanding of the` invention adetailed description ofa constructionemapplied to av'type setting and distributing machine of the special classl above referred to, willr be given in connection with the'accompanying drawings, showing such partsA -of a machine as are necessary to illustrate the invention, and the features forming the inventionl then pointed out .in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure is albroken side elevation of a portion of the distributing and composing cylinders of the machine. is a horizontal section onftheline V2'of Fig. 1. Fig. 3-is a vertical section on the line 3 of Fig. 2. i

The organization and operation of the parts of the machine infconnection with which the construction of the presentinvention is used are fully set forth in the above-named Letters Patent, and reference is made thereto for a full showing and descriptionof the machine.

In the drawings, A is the distributing-cylinder; B, the composing-cylinder, the distributing-cylinder being provided with vertical channels d, in which the lines off type x to be distributedare placed, and fthe composingcylinder B beingl providedwith channels b, into registry with which channels ct are successively brought by the movement of the cylinder A, the type being nicked on their ing-wards 1, all as in the patents above referred to. Above the lines of type .inthe distributing-channels a are the pushers C, which may be pressed downward onlyby gravity, but preferably are acted upon by springs c, pressing upont-hetops #of the pushers, the sides of the channels being grooved to receive and hold the springs in position. The pushers C are provided at their upper ends with an outward projection 2, extending outside the channels, and upon the face of the cylinder are secured narrow bars d, forming stops which engage the projections 2 upon the pushers when the latter have reached the by the. type, so that the type-channels may bodying the same in the preferred form, as 1 Fig. 2

sides and the channels b provided with select- IOO lowest point in their movement. As shown in the drawings, these stops d are so located that the lower ends of the pushers C never engage the lower cylinder, and the weight of the pushers and pressure of springs c is entirely supported by the stops d. It will be understood that the type are inserted in the channels a, in the same manner as described in the patents above referred to, by raising the pushers C against the tension of springs c by engagement with the projections 2 and pushing the lines of type into the channels below the pushers, which are then released, the channels being of such length that a line of type can be introduced below the pusher without raising the lower part of the pusher above the bar d. It will be seen that by this construction all wear of the pushers upon the composingcylinder and wards is avoided, and all hammering and consequent wear in stopping the pushers is brought upon the bars CZ and outside of the space to be occupied by the type, so that this wear affects in no way the channel or any part traversed by the type, and as the stops are rearward of the type-space they interfere in no way with the insertion of the lines of type below them. The bars serve also to hold the pushers back in the channels, thus aiding in holding the lines of type, and the projections 2 afford a convenient means for raising the pushers to insert the type, and as the bars are rearward 0f or above the channel type-space the pushers need not be raised above the bars, so that there is no danger ofl pulling the bars out of the grooves in raising them, and the groove and rib within the channel usually employed for holding the pushers in the channels are not required.

It will be understood that the term rearward, used above and in the claims to define the position of the stops or bars d, refers to the direction of movement of the type, these stops or bars being rearward of or behind the type in all positions of the latter, and consequently rearward of that part of the channel which receives the type and forms the typespace. In the construction shown, in which the stops extend over the open side or in front of the channels, so as to hold the pushers in the latter, as is preferable, the pushers have a length greater than the type movement and projections at their outer ends which engage the stops, so that the latter may be placed rearward of the channel type-space, and the pushers consist of a single plate ruiming under the stop, so as to be held in the channel thereby and still uncover the entire typespace when withdrawn for loading the type without being released from the stop, but still held in the channel thereby.

It will be understood that type setting and distributing machines having horizontal channels are also subject to injurious wear of the pushers on the receiver, and that the pushers and type are liable to rise out of the channels, so that the features of preventing this wear and holding the pushers down in the channels are applicable to such machines, for instance, to machines such as are shown in United States Letters Patent No. 306,283.

What I claim isl. The combination -with a type-channel and type-pusher therein, and a receiver into which the type pass from the channel, of a stop located rearward of the channel type-space and arresting the movement of the pusher in position to prevent contact of the pusher with the receiver, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a type-channel and type-pusher therein, and a receiver into which the type pass from the channel, of a stop located rearward of the channel type-space and arresting the movement of the pusher in position to prevent contact of the pusher with the receiver, and acting to hold the pusher in the channel during its movement, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a series of typechannels and type-pushers therein, of a series of type-channels receiving type from the iirst-mentioned channels, one of said series of channels moving along the other, and stops `located rearward of the channel type-space and arresting the movement of the type-pushers in position to prevent contact of the pushers with the other series of channels, substantially as described.

i. The combination with a series of typechannels, of a series of type-channels receiving type from said first-mentioned channels, one of said series of channels moving along the other, pushers in said first-mentioned channels having a length greater than the type movement and having projections at their outer ends, and stops in front of the channels and rearward of the type-space engaging the pushers to hold them in the channels during movement and engaging the projections to arrest the pushers in position to prevent their contact with the receiving-channels, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a series of typereceiving channels havingselecting-wards, of a series of type-distributing channels, one of said series oi' channels moving along the other to bring the channels into registry successively, pushers C in said type-distributing channels having a length greater than the type movement and having projections at their outer ends, and stops d in front of the channels and rearward of the type-space engaging the pushers to hold them in the channels during movement and engaging the projections to arrest the pushers in position to prevent their contact with the receiving-channels, substantially as described.

6. The combination with the composingcylinder B having vertical type-channels b and selecting-wards l, of the distributing-.cylinder A having vertical type-channels c, pushers O in said distributing-channels having a length greater than the type movement and having projections at their upper ends,

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t and stops d above the channel type-space engaging the pnshers to hold them in the channels during movement and engaging the projections to arrest the pushers in position to 5 prevent their Contact with the receiving-channels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ELBERT J. ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

K. E. DRESSER, E. F. LINKE.

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