US60450A - Patrick welch - Google Patents

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.PATRICK wisten,4 or NEWAYORK, N.4 Y.

Letters .Patent No. 60,450, elated Decembe1"11,l1866.

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TO ALL WHOM ITMMAYl CONCERN:

Be it known `that PATRICK WELCH, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain improvements in Machines for Dressing and -Finishing Printers Types; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to dress and finish printers' types after they comefrom the moulds in a rapid, cheap, and efficient manner. This I accomplish by setting the types up in a manner hereinafter set forth, and by means of a bed or table provided with'a groove or channel, which is'formed by bolting or otherwise securing to said bed suitable guides; throughthis channel, the types standing upon their feet, are fed bxpuitable feeding devices, and their sides and edges are properly rubbed and Adressed. by knives or cutters set in the sides of said channel. Upon or connected with this table are suitable frames or slides for holding and moving the types while in form.

" In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a plan of my machine.

FigureQ is a front elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the same.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section in detail, showing the devices for feeding up the form.

Figure 5is a vertical transverse section in detail, Showing the devices for setting the types over into the form after passing through the machine.

Figure 6 is an elevation in detail of a portion of a clamp for holding the types from falling during the operation-.bf the devices shown in iig. 5.

Figure 7 is `a plan in detail, showing the types in rorim'preparatory to their being operated upon, the pusher which pushes them forward, and the stop which holds the lead next to the row of types which is being operated upon from falling forward. v

Figure 8 is a detail side elevation of a row of types as they come from the moulds, properly set up to be operated upon for the iirst time.

Figure 9 is an end view in detail of a number of rows of types set up, asin g..8.

Figure 10 is a detail side elevation of a row of types ready to be operated upon a second time, to remove the projections and roughness on their edges.

Figure 11 is a detail view of a portion of the feed-bar and pusher for feeding the rows of types into the machine. b

A is the bed of the machine. On this bed there is a table or raised portion, on which the types are placed in form, with rules between the lines, previous to their being operated upon. C is another `table or raised portion, on which the typesare set after passing through the channel where they are dressed or finished. D is the feed-bar for forcing the types through the machine. t is operated by the lever E, which has its fulcrum at F, one end being connected to the feed-bar, D, by the sliding joint H, and the other havinga slot in it through which the rller or crank-pin, I, works to drive the said lever by means of4 the wheel J. K is a stationary sup` poi-'t for the feed-bar, D, and it also serves as a portion of one side of the channel through which the types are fed. L L are beds for the knives M M and the extra knives N N, for trimming oii the projections around the faces of thctypcs, are secured partly bysaid bed and partly to the knives, M M. lThe knives, M M, are set at any angle, so that they will cut downward along the surface of the types, and as the types are set closely together the'knives are thereby prevented from leaving any burr or feather onthe corners of the types.v The knives, M M5 are made adjustable by the screws, O O, by which they are drawn outward, and by the screws, P P, by which they are s'et further in when desired. The screws, Q Q, fasten them firmly when they are in the right position. The hui-ves, N N, swing on the screws, R R, and are adjusted and fastened by the screws S S. T is a stationary guide for the types after' they have passed the knives. A movable guide, U, supports the other side of the row until it iilled, when the said movable guide is raised, and the pusher, V, pushes the type over on the table, C. The channel through which the types are made to pass is made up on one side by a rule which rests against the stationary piece, K, the knife-bed, M, and the stationary guide, 'l,\and on the other side by the rule between the first two lines of types, the knife-bed, M, and the movable guide, U. The bottom of this channel is formed by the top of the table, B, the adjustable support, W, and the top of the table, C.' The knife beds, L, and the knives, M, extend down below the surface of the channel, and slots or openings, a a, are out into the support,'W, to allow the knives to be set near enough to accommodate the thinnest types, while, for the thickest there is always an unbroken track or support under the centre of their feet; The support, W, is -adjusted so that it shall always be in the middle of the channel by means of a screw, Z5. Y is a slide on which the knife bed, L, is secured. It may be adjusted to lregulate the width of the channel by the screws, e e, acting on the stationary post, d, and is secured lirmly when in the position by the screw, e. The types to be operated upon are set up in form with rules between the lines, and placed on the table, B, where they are securely held on one side by the Hange or guard, f, and on the other by the movable guard, g, which is pressed firmly against them by the. spring, 7L. 0n the side nearest the operator the types are held upnby a piece of furniture, z', against which the frame or pusher, j, acts in feeding up the form. The frame, j, is moved at the proper time by the pawl, Z, and ratchet-wheel, le, which in turn are operated by the cam, m, on the shaft, n, as seen clearly in iig. 4. o is a spring, which by pressing down on the bar, p, draws backA the pawl, Z, by means of the rod, q, when the cam, m, allows it to do so. On the shaft, r, on which the ratchet-wheel, k, is fixed, are two pinions, s s, which mesh into teeth on the under side of the frame, j, and thus move it forward. The movable guard, g, is made to yield to allow the types to be readily emptied or placed on the table, B. On the inner end-of the said guard is a spring-catch or stop, u, which holds theend of the lead which is next to the line of types operated upon from springing iu and disarranging the form when the pusher, t, on the feed-bar, D, is moved forward. The manner in 'which the said spring-stop n operates to hold the lead next to the row of types to be operated upon is clearly seen in tig. 7, where the projection, 4, holds the lead, 5, from springing forward. This spring-stop is pushed back out of the way by the pusher, t, when it returns, as seen in hg. 1. This spring-stop, u, is adjusted to suit types of diiferent thicknesses by means of the screw, v, on the guard, g. The slide or rest, w, in which the cuter end of the guard, g, slides, is adjusted to suit the diiferent widths of the form by the screw, y; a a are guides in which the frame, j, slides. Thepusher, t, is adjusted. by the screws, f f. This pusher is 4secured to the feed-bar, D, by the screw, 2, and can be vibrated or swung on. saidscrew as a centre. It is held in any desired position by the screws, ff, which work in lugs or projections, 3 3, on the said feed-bar, D. After a row of types has been pushed from between the leads, the lead which lies against the stationary piece, K, and which rests upon the stops, b b', is allowed to drop down out of the way by the removal ofthe said stops from under it. The said stops, Za 6', are swung out so as to release the said lead by the inclined slide, c', on the wheel, J, which trikes the arm, d', on the rock-shaft e', and thus throws out the stops, b, and allows the lead to drop through the table. After the types have passed the knives they are pushed on into the channel between the guides, T and U, untilthe said channel is full, when the movable guide, U', is raised by means of the cam, g', acting on the lever, L, which has its fulcrum at z", and is attached at j to the post, c, which it raises, carrying np the rod, Z, towhich Athe movable guide, U, is attached. So soon as the said guide, U, is up and out of the way the pusher, V, is pushed forward pushing the row of types into the forni on the table, C. The pusher, V, is operated by the cam, m', acting upon the projection, a', on the rod, o', thereby operating the lever, p', which has its fulcrum at q', and which pushes the pusher, U, in at the proper time. 'r' is a cam which acts on the lever, e', to operate a stop or holder, t',A pushing it forward against the type next to the last one in the line which is to be pushed over on the table, C, thus holding said type between the' said holder, t, and the guide, u, and preventing it from falling down in the way or twisting around, as the last type in the line passes from before it. u is an adjustable guide `to hold thc types on the table, C, inform; it is made adjustable by the screws u 11 and the spring/w', so that if it is found on operating the machine that a type passesso as to take in the said type, or else set further in, so as to givebcaring enough to hold the said type firmly. The guide or guard, y', is also made capable of yielding, so that if an extra type should be set up in a line theA said guide, y', may not be bent or any other part of the machine broken. The guide, y', yields by means of the spring a2 a2, and is held firmly in place by the bolts, b2 112, which pass through slots in the guide, y', and enter the table, C. c2 is the driving pulley, and d2 the driving shaft. On the said shaft is a mitre gear, c2, Whichmeshcs into a similar gear, e3, on the shaft, n, thereby driving the shaft, u, and a pinion, f2, which meshes into, the Wheel, J, and drives that. g2 are hangers which support the shaft, n. h2 is a spring which throws down thc lever, E, as the crank-pin, I, passes the centre. t? is a stop which is held up against the end of the line of types by the weight, jz, and thus prevents the. said line from falling into pi as it advances.

The types to be operated upon are set up in form in the following manner: All the projections on the` ascending letters, such as the d, k, and Z, and on the descending letters such as the q, p, and y, are set in one direction, the body of the types being always set lengthwise in the line and the faces upward, as seen in iig.

By this means the projection on the edge of each of the sort of types mentioned sets over or upon the shoulder of the next typein front or rear of it, thus allowing the shanks of the types to set snugly together, thereby -obviating the liability of their becoming bent or broken by pressure in pushing them through 'thel lmachine. Between these rows of types narrow leads should be placed, the said leads being so narrow as not to come quite up to the projections around the faces of the types, thus preventing said projections from striking or :ribbing against the said leads or against the types in the adjacent lines. The types should always be first set with the body of the types forming the length of the line and the thickness of the types forming the thickness of the lines; and after the sides of the types have been dressed in this position the form is again divided into lines by leads forming lines, in which the body of the types are cross-wise in the lines, and being again put through the machine in this position they are finished on their edges. Types other than those of the ascending or descending kinds are l'irst set up with the body lengthwise of the line in a similar manner. The form is thenV placed on far beyond the guide, u', that the holder, t', will not hold it firmly, the said guide, u', may be set further out, so'

the table, B, the lines parallel to the pusher, K, and the furnituie, z', and frame, 7L-pushed up snugly against the types, and the pawl, Z, adjusted. Power being then applied to the driving shaft, the form is fed up, one line at a time,to be pushed through the channel by the pusher, t; while being pushed through, there is a lead rest- .ing against the stationary guide, K, then a row of types, to be operated upon by the pusher, t, and then another lead, which is prevented from falling forward, when the types pass from in front of it by the spring stop, u. The pusher, t, pushes bthe line of types into and through the channel between the knife beds, L L. In passing through this channel the shoulder knives, N N, remove the projection which is formed on the types at the junction of the matrix with the mould. i The first pair of knives, M, cuts or trims off the most of the roughness on the surface of the types, after which the second pair completely smooths and\dresses the sides of the types.

'After passing the knives, the types are pushed on into the channel between the guide T and the guide U, when they are set over, a line at a time, into the table, C. When the whole vform is dressed in this manner, the dressed types on-the table, C, are divided into lines by rules, the types in each line being equal in number and with the body of the types crosswise of the line; the machine then beingadjusted to suit the dierence between the thickness and the body of the types, they are put through again and the edges finished. i

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- 1. Setting up vthe types in lines standing upon their feet, in the manner described, to prepare them to be fed to the machine, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination with a table or bed having a channel for the types formed upon it, substantially as described, of v the knives M M and feed-bar D,`as and for the purpose set forth. v

3. The combination with the knife beds L L, forming aportion of a channel for the types, of an adjustable support W, substantially as herein set forth.- Y.

4.- Th'e combination of the knives N N with the knives M M and feed-bar D, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the movable guide U and the pusher V with the knife-beds L L, forming a channel for the types, and knives M M, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the feed-bar D with the frame or pusher j, the said .pusher being operated substantially as described. A

`7. The combination of the stop u with the feed-bar D and pusher t, substantially as herein set forth.

8. The .combination with the movable guide U and pusher V of the yielding guard y', and adjustable guard u', substantially as set forth. n

9. The combination with the pusher Yand adjustable guarda of the stop or holder t', substantially as herein described.

PATRICK WELcHi' Witnesses z H, JAMES WESTON, Isaac H. How.

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