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US807424A
US807424A US14076003A US1903140760A US807424A US 807424 A US807424 A US 807424A US 14076003 A US14076003 A US 14076003A US 1903140760 A US1903140760 A US 1903140760A US 807424 A US807424 A US 807424A
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  • My invention relates to improvements in printers metal slugs commonly used for the spacing of lines of type; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to utilize the slugs as a tie-up for type-forms by so binding the types that they are in no danger of becoming disarranged or pas, (doing away with the old-fashioned method of using string or twine for the purpose,) and, secondly, for the blanking out of type-formsthat is, by a combination of slugs to form a hollow space where no type is used in composition, the improvements in no way to aifect their utility as slugs as they are now used in all printeries. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 indicates a perspective view of improved slug.
  • Fig. 2 shows the staple used.
  • Fig. 3 represents a type-form secured by slugs as intended in my invention, also showing slugs as used for blanking out and their common use in spacing lines of type;
  • Fig. 4 two ends of slugs engaged as used for the purpose of tying up a type-form.
  • Fig. 1 indicates the improved printers metal slug, with a knob or boss (1 at one end and slot or gain 6 at the other.
  • a multiple of bosses or gains may be used for the purposes of dovetailing; but one boss and one gain, as shown, is preferable. Slugs are interchangeable.
  • the letters 0 indicate mortises at even distances from the ends and running perpendicularly through the width of slug for reception of pins or staples.
  • the staple d is used for securing ends of slugs for the purpose of a tieup and is formed of three bends or kinks at angles of forty-five degrees, the top portion being lateral to the ends of pins which bind in mortises of slugs and so fashioned that when slugs are snugly bound around the typeform the ends of slugs will be separated by a nonpareil or six points, type measure, each way, as Fig. 4. This is to allow for a take-up or squeeze when form is being locked up in chase at the imposing-stone. When form is securely locked in chase, staples d are then removed and replaced only after form has been to press and just previous to unlocking for distribution.
  • the compositor may start with two slugs in the galley and set his type in or against them, or he may set in the usual way and place slugs around form at finish, spacing out with leads to cause slugs to bind sufficiently.
  • a blank space in form it is only necessary to learn the number of ems each way, and slugs may be assembled almost as quickly as compositor can lift them. Where the blank space is a large one, a number of squares or oblongs may be formed to fill same, and greater security will result.
  • the improved piece of metal is still a slug and may be used for spacing of lines and all other purposes the compositor has hitherto found for them.
  • Slugs may be made of any suitable metal consistent with strength, preferably brass or steel.
  • a tie-up for printers type-forms consisting of metal slugs, having a boss at one end and a gain at the other, and also having mortises at equal distances from the ends, running perpendicularly through the width of slugs, for receiving staples formed of three bends or kinks at angles of fort -five degrees, the top portion being lateral to the side portions of the staples; all substantially as set forth and used for the purpose specified.

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No. 807,424. PATBNTED DEG-.12, 1905- A. H. FIELD. PRINTERS METAL SLUG.
APPLICATION TILED JAN. 27. 1903.
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ALBERT H. FIELD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.
PRINTERS METAL SLUG.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Dec. 12, 1905.
Application file'i January 27,1903. Serial No. 140,760.
To all whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, ALBERT H. FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Printers Metal Slug, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in printers metal slugs commonly used for the spacing of lines of type; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to utilize the slugs as a tie-up for type-forms by so binding the types that they are in no danger of becoming disarranged or pied, (doing away with the old-fashioned method of using string or twine for the purpose,) and, secondly, for the blanking out of type-formsthat is, by a combination of slugs to form a hollow space where no type is used in composition, the improvements in no way to aifect their utility as slugs as they are now used in all printeries. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 indicates a perspective view of improved slug. Fig. 2 shows the staple used. Fig. 3 represents a type-form secured by slugs as intended in my invention, also showing slugs as used for blanking out and their common use in spacing lines of type; Fig. 4, two ends of slugs engaged as used for the purpose of tying up a type-form.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
Referring more particularly to the drawings, Fig. 1 indicates the improved printers metal slug, with a knob or boss (1 at one end and slot or gain 6 at the other. A multiple of bosses or gains may be used for the purposes of dovetailing; but one boss and one gain, as shown, is preferable. Slugs are interchangeable.
The letters 0 indicate mortises at even distances from the ends and running perpendicularly through the width of slug for reception of pins or staples.
The staple d, as in Fig. 2, is used for securing ends of slugs for the purpose of a tieup and is formed of three bends or kinks at angles of forty-five degrees, the top portion being lateral to the ends of pins which bind in mortises of slugs and so fashioned that when slugs are snugly bound around the typeform the ends of slugs will be separated by a nonpareil or six points, type measure, each way, as Fig. 4. This is to allow for a take-up or squeeze when form is being locked up in chase at the imposing-stone. When form is securely locked in chase, staples d are then removed and replaced only after form has been to press and just previous to unlocking for distribution.
In the matter of tying up, the compositor may start with two slugs in the galley and set his type in or against them, or he may set in the usual way and place slugs around form at finish, spacing out with leads to cause slugs to bind sufficiently.
Regarding a blank space in form, it is only necessary to learn the number of ems each way, and slugs may be assembled almost as quickly as compositor can lift them. Where the blank space is a large one, a number of squares or oblongs may be formed to fill same, and greater security will result. The improved piece of metal is still a slug and may be used for spacing of lines and all other purposes the compositor has hitherto found for them.
Slugs may be made of any suitable metal consistent with strength, preferably brass or steel.
Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
As a new article of manufacture, a tie-up for printers type-forms, consisting of metal slugs, having a boss at one end and a gain at the other, and also having mortises at equal distances from the ends, running perpendicularly through the width of slugs, for receiving staples formed of three bends or kinks at angles of fort -five degrees, the top portion being lateral to the side portions of the staples; all substantially as set forth and used for the purpose specified.
In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
' ALBERT H. FIELD. Witnesses:
HORATIO JORDAN, HENRY B. HATHAWAY.
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US2902932A (en) * 1955-09-08 1959-09-08 Gustaaf Adolf Frisch Tie-frame for securing a rectangular assemblage of typographic material

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US2902932A (en) * 1955-09-08 1959-09-08 Gustaaf Adolf Frisch Tie-frame for securing a rectangular assemblage of typographic material

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