US792521A - Linotype-machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

D. S-KENNEDY. LINOTYPE MACHINE APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19,1904.

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LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19,1904.

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No. 792,521. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. D. S. KENNEDY.

'LINOTYPE MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19,1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGEN- THALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,521, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial N0. 233,491.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, of which I the following is a specification.

This invention has reference more particularly to an improvement in the commercial linotype-machine of the general organization represented in United States patents to Ottmar Mergenthaler, Nos. 436,532 and 557,000, and has in view a more speedy and convenient change in the font or face of the matrices employed therein. These machines as heretofore constructed have individual circulating matrices, some fifteen hundred in number, which are mounted in an inclined channeled magazine, to which they are delivered from the composed lines by the distributing mechanism at the top of the machine and from which they are delivered, one at a time, by an escapement mechanism at the lower end in order that they may pass successively to the lines in course of composition. vices were mounted inand formed a part of the magazine, which latter was permanently secured to a massive underlying frame em ployed to prevent it from springing out of shape. The upper end of the magazine was commonly provided with a channeled throat or entrance curved vertically to assist in guiding the matrices from the distributer into the magazine channels. When a speedy substitution of one font of matrices for another was required, it was necessary to remove the entire magazine, together with its escapements, its baseframe, and the channeled entrance at the top, the organization of the parts being such that this removal was necessarily in an upward and rearward direction over an elevated sustainhundred pounds, the interchange of magazines was a laborious and dangerous matter, commonly requiring the attendance of two persons.

The escapement de- In carrying my invention into effect I arrange the magazine-supporting frame, whereby the magazine is kept in position and prevented from sagging, permanently in the main frame as a part thereof, seat the magazine loosely upon the support, and so modify the form of the main frame that the magazine may be withdrawn laterally and turned downward at one side for removal. The escapement devices and the channel-entrance are preferably attached to the main frame, so that the magazine may be independently removed, and l prefer to provide the magazine and the frame with interlocking or suspending devices by which the magazine will be automatically engaged and suspended at the side of the machine when it is withdrawn, so that it way be conveniently grasped and handled by the operator, these devices serving also to facilitate the application of the substitute magazine.

The invention also includes other and minor details of construction, which will be hereinafter explained.

With the exception of the parts hereinafter described the machine may be of any approved construction.

The drawings represent the upper part of an ordinary commercial linotype-machine of the present day with my improvements incorporated therein, being limited to those parts with which the improvements are directly associated.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the magazine, distributer, and attendant parts of a linotype-machine in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the removable magazine and its stationary base-frame, the magazine being shown in an intermediate position in the course of removal. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the lower end of the maga zine on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing the supporting-rolls thereunder. Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating the arrangement of the rollers for holding the magazine in position and moving it endwise away from the escapement devices in the act of removal.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the rigid main frame, which may be of any appropriate form and construction.

B represents the distributer, extended horizontally across the top of the main frame and serving to deliver the matrices to the magazine in the ordinary manner.

C is the channeled throat or entrance into which the matrices fall from the distributer and by which they are directed as they slide downward into the upper ends of the appropriate channels in the magazine.

D is the inclined magazine, consisting of two parallel plates suitably spaced apart, as usual, and provided in their inner faces with grooves or channels to receive and guide the edges of the matrices which are carried therethrough by gravity.

E represents the so-called escapementbar, through which channels corresponding with those of the magazine are extended for the passage of the matrices as they are released from the magazine.

F represents the oscillating escapements mounted on the escapeinent-bar, one for each channel, and actuated. by key-rods G for the purpose of releasing the designated matrices one at a time and permitting them to slide forward into the vertically-channeled front plate II to the inclined belt I, by which they are carried to the assembling devices.

The foregoing parts are constructed and arranged to operate in. the ordinary manner with the following exception. The escapement-bar E instead of being secured to and forming part of the magazine I), as heretofore, is now secured. rigidly and immovably on the main frame, its upper end being in position to register with the magazine and receive the matrices therefrom. The throat or channel entrance C instead of being fixed to the magazine, as heretofore, is now hinged at c to the base-frame J, upon which the magazine is sustained. This frame J instead of being attached to the magazine, as heretofore, to be removed therewith is mounted rigidly in place in the main frame and is intended to remain permanently therein. The frame J, underlying the magazine, serves to sustain its weight, to prevent it from sagging, and to maintain it in operative relation to the other parts. The magazine D is seated upon the fixed base-frame J between the throat C at the upper end and the escapement-bar E at the lower end in such. manner that it may be drawn edgewise over the side of the frame and removed from the machine with a downward-tilting action, such as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. In order to permit the removal of the magazine in this manner, the main frame A is modified in form, its upper bar being extended rearward and upward in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 3 in order to be beyond the path of the magazine. In the machines as heretofore constructed this side bar was carried upward in such form and position as to prevent the removal of the magazine laterally. The construction and arrangement of the parts to admit of the inclined magazine being withdrawn laterally and of its being canted or balanced over the edge of the frame in the act of removal are of advantage in that they permit the magazine to be removed more readily and safely and with far less eflort than under the old construction.

The under side of the magazine and the upper side of the base-frame J may be of any suitable form and construction which will admit of their fitting firmly together without preventing the edgewise removal of the magazine.

I prefer to provide the magazine on the under side, as shown in the drawings, with transverse stiffening bars or rails d and to form the base-frame with transverse grooves j to receive and guide the'bars as the magazine is moved to and from its operative position.

In order to ease the movement of the magazine, I propose to provide the underlying fixed frame with horizontal rollers j to sustain the direct weight of the magazine. I also propose to use rollers on upright axes, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, in position to ride against the forward edge of the lowermost cross-bar d of the magazine.

In order to hold the magazine in position and prevent it from shifting edgewise, the cross-bar d is provided in its lower edge with notches to receive the rollers, so that when the magazine is carried home to its operative position it will settle forward in an endwise direction, the rollers entering the notches in the cross-bar and retaining the magazine in place, as shown in. Fig. 5. A slight pull edgewise on the magazine is sufficient to cause the rail d to ride upward, so that the rolls leave the notches and admit of the magazine being easily withdrawn. In this manner the magazine is moved endwise away from the escapement-bar E in order to prevent wear or friction between the adjacent surfaces and to prevent the possibility of the matrices at the end of the magazine being injured.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the rollers j are spaced irregular distances apart. Owing to this fact, they will enter the notches in the cross-bar only when the magazine is. in position. While it is being withdrawn it will be sustained endwise by one or more of the rollers andv prevented from sliding forward.

In order to facilitate the turning of the magazine downward in position to be conveniently grasped at the two sides as it is re moved from the machine, rolls L L may be seated in the side of the base-frame J, as shown. As a further means of facilitating the removal of the magazine I propose to provide suspension devices of any suitable character to sustain it in an upright position on the side of the machine. These devices are preferably made in the form of hooks N, secured to the magazine and adapted to engage the rolls L or equivalent supports on the side of the frame J. As the magazine is drawn outward the hooks will automatically engage the rolls and sustain the inner or rear edge of the magazine while it is being turned downward toward a vertical position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The magazine is provided on opposite sides with two handles 0, and when it is suspended on the side of the frame these two handles, which may be conveniently grasped, serve as a means of readily and easily transferring the magazine to a support or holder.

When the substitute magazine is to be applied, it may be conveniently suspended on the side of the machine in the manner indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, then easily turned upward at the outer side and pushed home to its place on the top of the frame.

In order to prevent the escape of the matrices from the magazine at improper times, a locking-bar P is thrust edgewise through the magazine, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to engage the lowermost matrices therein, or any other means may be provided to hold the matrices in place.

While I prefer to separate the escapementbar from the magazine and mount it rigidl in the main frame, it is to be understood that my invention includes a magazine removable in the manner above described with the escapement devices attached thereto in the ordinary manner.

The essence of the invention lies in mounting the magazine in the main frame in such manner that it may be drawn over edgewise and removed at one side and in constructing the main frame to permit such removal.

It is manifest that the details of construction may be modified at will and that the suspending devices, the form of the frame underlying the magazine, and the means for holding the magazine in its operative position may be of any suitable construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a linotype-machine, the laterally-removable magazine lying in an inclined position, and the stationary distributing mechanism above the magazine, in combination with the main frame having a fixed portion J, underlying and sustaining the magazine, and also having the distributersustaining portion deflected beyond the path 'of the magazine, substantially as described and shown, whereby the magazine is maintained in proper form and osition, but permitted to pass freely from t e side of the machine.

2. In a linotype-machine, the magazine inclined and removable edgewise, in combination with the main frame containing the secondary frame J, underlying the magazine and provided with a transverse guide to engage the magazine and control its movement.

3. In a linotype-machine, the main frame adapted to sustain the magazine and permit its removal at the side, in combination with means for suspending the magazine at the side.

4. In a linotype-machine, the main frame having the fixed magazine-support, J, with guides, j, and rollers, y", in combination with the laterally-removable magazine, having cross bars or rails thereunder.

5. In a linotypemachine, the inclined magazine removable edgewise, in combination with the stationary main frame underlying the side of the magazine and formed as shown to permit the magazine to be turned downward over the side during its removal.

6. In combination with the main frame having escapement mechanism thereon, the magazine removable edgewise, and means for moving the magazine endwise away from the escapement mechanism preparatory to its removal.

7. In a linotype-machine, the main frame adapted to sustain the magazine and permit its removal edgewise at one side, in combination with the magazine having handles at its sides, and means for temporarily sustaining the magazine at the side of the machine, to the end that the handles may be grasped by the attendant.

8. A magazine for a linotypemachine,pro Vided at its longitudinal edge with suspending devices, substantially as described, where by it may be temporarily suspended in an operative position on the side of the machine.

9. The magazine for a linotype-machine, provided with transverse guiding-ribs (Z on the under side and with suspending devices N, at one edge.

10. In a linotype-machine, a stationary inclined frame J, provided with transverse guides, in combination with the overlying removable magazine D, having on the under side transverse guides to cooperate with those on the frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 17th day of November, 1904, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. ROGERS, JOHN S. PANGAN.

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