US800173A - Linotype-machine. - Google Patents

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- N0.800,173.. PATBNTED sEPT.26,"1905.

W. H. SCHARF.l

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

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Specificatiolfof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application iiled February 15, 1905. Serial Noy 245,665.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HERMAN SCHARF, acitizen of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lino- .tering between them and forming a slug with burs, which render the slug unfit for practical use. The locking or compressing o`f the assembled line is effected generally by justifying or space barswhichare wedge shape and after the line is assembled and before the casting are driven farther in between the matrices, thereby effecting what is known as the justification of the line. In many kinds of work, however-such as tables, borders, dash and vertical work-no spacers are employed,` and it accordingly becomes necessary to provide'some other means forlocking or compressing the line during the casting operation.

In accordance with the present invention a vise-jaw is provided for this purpose, and said jaw has a body part and a movable part, the movable part of which is adapted to be held yieldingly against the line by the body part. Furthermore, the jaw is constructed so that blank slugs may be cast at any time and the two parts may be united to form a solid jaw when it is to be used in connection with justifying or space bars.

The invention will be more fully described in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective, partly broken away, of a portion of a linotype-machine embodying the improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section, taken on a plane indicated by the line 2 2 in Fig. 1 and showing the elevator for the matrices in elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of the vise-jaw. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on a plane indicated by the line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 5' isa sectional view of a nut employed in the improvements.

The assembled line of matrices w is conveyed and held in front of the casting mechanism by an elevator t of anysuitable form or construction, and Figs. 1 andQ show the elevator in this position, the casting mechanlism, however, being omitted. In this position the elevator surmounts the cap or body?) of the improved vise, andl the matrices are presented between a stationary jaw c and a sliding jaw, which has two parts-a body portion Z and a movable portion e. The movable portion of the jaw has preferably a relatively long face f, which presents toward the casting mechanism a smooth surface for casting and whereby blank slugs may be cast when desired. This movable portion of the, jaw is also preferably provided with one or more guide-pinsl g, which slide in corresponding grooves in the body portion of the jaw 0l.

Between the two portions d and e of the jaw is a spring t, which is seated in a suitable recess in the jaw, wherebythe movable portion e may be held yieldingly against the lineof matrices by the body portion. The body portion its into the cap o, whereit is slidable land has a'rib or projection c', whereby it is held within said cap. Against the end of thel jaw a nutZc bears, which nut also ts and is slidable in the capo and is engaged by one end of a screw m, the other end of which has a bearing n in the cap. Said j screwv has secured thereto a crank 0, to which a link p may be pivoted in order to provide convenient means for rotating the screw to force the or compressed against the stationary' jaw cand is ready for the casting to be effected. When the line contains justifying or space bars, it may be justified in the lordinary manner-that is, by driving the wedge-shape bars farther into the line, and accordingly means are provided for securing the movable part e to the body part 0l of the sliding jaw. These IOO means may comprise, as shownin the drawings, a screw r in the body part d, adapted to engage a recess s in one of the guides g. When it is desired to cast blank slugs, the sliding jaw may be moved up to the stationary jaw and, as will be clear from the drawings, the movable portion e will provide a smooth face for casting against. l

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiment shown and described herein, but that various departures may be made therefrom Without avoiding the spirit of the invention. i

5 I Claim as my inventionl. In a linotype-maehine, a vise to compress the line and having a jaw consisting of a body-piece, a movable piece and a spring between said pieces, said movable piece pre- 10 Senting an elongated face for Casting against. 2. In a linotype-nnaehine, the combination of a vise to compress the line and having :i jaw consisting' of a body-piece` a movable pieee and a springl between said pieces, and means to leek the two pieces together so as to 15 form a solid jaw.

This speeilieation signed and witnessed this 7 th da)7 ot' February, A. l). 1905.

WILLIAM llllllMNN SUllllll. In presence of LOU M. Cox, R. H. ',lnAim.

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