US633933A - Printer's fudge. - Google Patents

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Patented Sept. 26, I899.

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Patented Sept. 26,1899.

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- G. E. WILSON.

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UNITED STATES": PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. WILSON, mm YORK, N. Y.

PRINTERS FUDGEL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,933, dated September 26, 1899. Application filed .Tune 10, 1899. Serial No. 720,017. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: I I

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident-of New York,'borough of Brooklyn, in the oounty of Kings and State of New York, have made andinvented certain new and useful Improve- I ments in Printers Fudg'es, of which the following is a specificaiion.-

My invention relates to an improvement in printers fudges-that is, a device for re-' ceiving and containing type or linotypewhich,as is well understood by those skilled I in the art, is somewhat in the nature of a chase or galley, excepting that in the case of the latter the device is usually in the form of an open frame, whereas in the case ofa fudge it is made in the form of a box 'orreceptacle having a curved base or bottom and four sides or flanges. Heretofore it has been the cus-: tom to lock the linotype within the fudge bymeans of a movable plate bearing upon the ends of the linotype, which plate in turn is adjusted and held in place by two or more screws or bolts, the ends of which bear or impinge against the movable plate. In practice this construction and. arrangement has been found defective in that great care must be exercised to vturn up the belts or screws to the proper distance inorder that the movable plate may exert the proper pressure or tension against the linotype to securely lock them in place.., Should the bolts or screws not ,be sufliciently tightened, thelinotype would be allowed to drop out of the f udge'or receptacle, and, on the other hand, should too greatpressure be exerted upon the movable plate by turning the bolts too far the linotype will be distorted or bent and the printed impression therefrom be uneven or blurred. Again, this distortion of the linotype is liable to occur should one bolt not be sufficiently screwed up while the other'is screwed up too far. To avoid this danger and to'nicely and properly adjust the sev-, eral parts of the device consumes aconsiderahle length of time, an element of -much importance in the use of fudges.

The object of my 1nvent1on is to overcome these defects and to produce a device of this character wherein the linotype may be quickly and securely locked without danger of any distortion thereof and upon which the locking-pin.

pressure will be evenly distributed; and with these and other ends in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construc- 5 5 tion and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a ,plan view of my improved device, showing linotype contained and locked therein. Fig. 2 is a sectional View thereof, taken on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4. of Fig. 1, the locking-wedge being shown in dotted lines in its open adjustment. Fig. 5 is a sectional view ,of one portion of the device, showing the method of holding or looking a slug within the same. Fig. 6 is a detached view of one .section of the movable plate, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the other section of said plate. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the device with the linotype removed, the wedge being raised and provided with a modified form of locking 7 5 device for said wedge. Fig. 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 9 i) of Fig. 8. Fig. 10

is an end view, the wedge being raised and showing means for locking. the wedge in its lowered position. Fig. 11 is a view of a por- 8c tion of the device with thewedge closed and locked in its lowered position. Fig. 12 is a detail sectional view showing the wedge raised I and taken on the line' 1212 of Fig. 10. Fig.

13is a perspective view of a modified form of Fig; 14 is a perspective viewof thewedge. V

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base-plate, curved in cross-section, as illustrated in Fig. 3, said base-plate having one of its ends extending beyond the case or receptacle, as shown at a, and its opposite end also extended beyond the case or receptacle and provided with an opening I) for the purpose of bolting or otherwise securing-it to the 9 5 cylinder. of the printing-press. To the sides of this baseplate A aresecu red the plates B, forming side walls for the receptacle. To the ,base A and near one end thereof is also secured the plate or block 0, held in position by means of the screws 0, the side plates B being also secured to this plate or block Biby means of screws. (Not shown.) Between the opposite ends of the plates 0 is located the end plate D, to which said side plates are se cured by means of screws, (not shown,) said plate D being formed integral with said baseplate A or secured thereto.

The above-mentioned parts-namely, the base-plate A, side plates B, and end plates 0 D-form a box or receptacle curved in crosssection and adapted to contain and hold in position linotype, as will be hereinafter described. Through the plate D passes a pin E, the inner end thereof extending into the box or receptacle forming a support or pivot for the wedge F, the latter curved in its length to conform to the shape of the baseplate A and wedge-shaped in cross-section, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the bottom of said wedge resting upon the base-plate A when in its closed position and the top or upper side thereof resting flush with the upper side of the plate I). This locking-wedge has its pivoted end slightly out away, as shown at F, in order that when raised it may be moved on its pivot E toward the plate D and the sectional plate G H, hereinafter referred to, also moved toward the plate D to allow of the linotype being easily and readily inserted or withdrawn from the receptacle, it being understood, however, that when the wedge is lowered it will slide along the pin E to the position as occupied in Figs. 1, 3, 5, and 1.1 by reason of its being beveled or wedge-shaped, its upper edge or portion being thicker than its lower portion. Within the receptacle and adjacent to the curved locking-wedge F is located a movable plate made of two sections G H, the separated parts thereof being illus trated in Figs. 6 and 7. The lower section of this plate is curved in cross-section to correspond with the curvature of the base-plate A and rests upon the latter and has projecting therefrom the pins g, passing through openings formed in the plate D,.as illustrated in Fig. 5, said pins being provided for the purpose of properly guiding this section of the plate in its movements toward and away from the ends of the linotype. The uppersection of the movable plate is cut away, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5, forming a shoulder h, which rests upon the lower section H, the downwardly-extending edge 2' of the plate G fitting down behind said section H, said edge being notched, as shown at t", for the passage of the pins g, whereby when said section H is moved inwardly toward the center of the receptacle or case the lower section H will be caused to travel with it. The section G is also cut away, as illustrated at K, whereby when the two sections are assembled, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5, a space in theform of a groove or slot 2' will be left between the two sections for the purpose of receiving the lug or projection Z, formed on the slug L, a corresponding groove on being formed in the plate 0 to receive the lug or projection 02 on the opposite end of said slug L, as illustrated in Fig. 2. These slugs, as is well understood by those skilled in the art, are inserted at intervals between the lino type for the purpose of giving the proper bevel to the latter and allowing them to be properly assembled and locked within the case. The wedge F is also notched at its lower edge, as shown at 0, to prevent its interference with the pins g and in order that said wedge when closed may rest on the bottom plate A.

For the purpose oflocking the curved wedge F in its closed position, I provide a thumbscrew M, which is threaded into the plate D and has its inner end when screwed up projecting into a recess or slight depression formed in the wedge, as shown in Fig. 5. Instead, however, of employing a thumb-screw M for the purpose of locking the wedge in its closed position, as above described, I mayernploy the device as illustrated in Figs. 8, 10,

11, and 13, which consists of a headed pin 2, Fig. 13, the head 3 of which has a groove in which fits one end of the spring 4, the opposite end of-the spring being bound between the plate D and the head of the pivot E, the tendency of this spring being to hold said pin 2 in the position as illustrated in Fig. 11, the pin proper, 5, passing through a hole or opening formed in the plate D, the inner end projecting into a depression 6, formed in the free end of the wedge and holding or looking the same in its closed position, as in the case of the thumb-screw M. The rear plate '7 of the head 3 of said locking-pin 2 has formed in it several notches 8, in which fits a pin or lug 9, formed on or secured to the plate D. \Vhen it is desired to unlock the wedge, the pin is slightly pulled downwardly and given a partial turn, whereby the rear side of the plate 7 will rest against the pin 9 and-hold the locking-pin in its position as illustrated in Fig. 8, whereupon the wedge may be raised. When it is desired to lock the wedge in its lowered position, the pin will be given a slight turn until one of the notches 8 comes opposite to the pin 9, whereupon the spring 4 will imme-- diately force the pin inwardly, the end of said pin projecting into the recess 6 in the wedge, and thereby hold it in its lowered position.

Having fully described the construction of my improved device, I will now proceed to describe the operation thereof.

When it is desired to insert the linotype O, the wedge F is raised to its open adjustment, the same swinging on the pivot E, as hereinbefore described, and the movable sectional plate G H moved toward the plate D as far as possible. The linotype O and whatever slugs L are necessary are then inserted within the case, said linotype, as is well understood, being of substantially equal length. The

curved pivoted wedge F is then lowered between the stationary plate D and the movable plate G H, the effect being to force said movable plate against the ends of the linotype and securely lock the latter between said movable plate and the plate 0, the upper side of the wedge, when the latter is entirely closed, resting flush with the upper sides of the plate D and plate G H. After the wedge has been lowered the thumb-screw M is slightly turned inwardlythat is, until its shoulder bears against the plate Dthe inner end thereof being projected into the depression formed in the wedge and preventing the latter from accidentally rising.- In order to more securelylock the linotype in place, I provide the plate 0 with two inwardly-extending knife-edges o,as illustrated in Fig. 2, corresponding edges 19 being formed on each of the sections G H,the purpose and function of said knife-edges being to bite into the metal of which the linotype are formed when the movable plate G H is moved forwardly by the locking-wedge F. When it is desired to remove the linotype, it is only necessary to slightly turn downwardly the thumbscrew M, and by introducing a rod or small tool into the opening '0", formed in the free end of the locking-wedge 13, the latter may be raised, whereupon the plate G H may be moved away from the ends of the linotype and the latter lifted out of the case.

From th'eabove it will be understood that my invention is extremely simple in construction and that the linotype may be easily and readily inserted into the case and quickly,

locked therein without danger of bringing any uneven pressure thereon and without a any loss of time consequent upon the adjust ment of bolts or screws. 7 Having fully described my invention, what ,sisting of I claim as new, and desire to securo by Letters 3 5 Patent, is c 1. A device of the character described, consistin g of a bottom plate, side and end plates,

a movable plate located between the side plates, and a wedge pivoted at one end and fitting between-the movable plate and one of said end plates, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character described, conmovable plate resting on the bottom and be tween the sides, a locking-wedge pivoted to one of said end plates, and adapted to move said movable plate when lowered, substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described, con= structed with a locking-wedge pivoted at one end and adapted to be lowered for locking the linotype within thedevice, and raised for permitting the linotype to be removed there from, substantially as described.

4. In a printers fudge, the combination with the base-plate, of side and end walls, a

and between said side walls, and a wedge piv oted between the end wall and movable plate, substantially as described.

' Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 8th day of June, A. Dr 1899. I

. GEORGE E. WILSON. Witnesses:

HENRY F. LIPPoLn, GEORGE 0001:.

a bottom, sides and end plates, a'

sectional movable plate resting on the base

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