US814681A - Type-setting machine. - Google Patents

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No. 814 681. PATENTED MAR. 13 1906.A

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE. AP?LIOA'TION FILED APR. 18, 1902.

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ggg/gw No. 814,681. PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906. W. J. ENNISSON.

TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.18, 1902.

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i W. J. ENNISSON.

PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18', 1902.

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No. 814,681. PATENTED MAR. 13, 19( )6.

W. J. ENN'ISSON.

TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED APR. 1a. 1902.

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No. 814,681. PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906. W. J. ENNISSON.

T YPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1952.

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No. 814,681. PATENTED MAR. 13

W. J. ENNISSON. TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.1B, 1902.

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No. 814,681. PATBNTED MAR. 13, 1906.

W. J. ENNIssoN.

TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 1B. 1902.

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No. 814,681. l PATBNTBD MAR. 13, 1906.

y W. J. ENNISSON.

TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 18. 1902.

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No. 814,681. PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

W. J. BNNISSON. TYPE. SETTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 1a. 1902.

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TYPHSETTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB.18', 1902.

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NIT'ED STATES` ATENT OFFICE.

WALTER J. ENNISSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITYPE COMPANY, OF MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-SETTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

Application led April 18, 1902. Serial No. 103,491.

To (LM whom it -maq/ concern.-

Be it known'that LWALTER J. ENNIssoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certainnew and I 5 o the usual keyboard and without injury to the ty e.

' Witii this object in view I have produced a complete type-setting machine embodying various novel features, many of which are zo applicablel also in other machines, but which are preferably combined, my improved machine in its most complete and preferred form including the following general features: A duplex reservoir system comprising a series z 5 of setting-chambers, each of which holds a single type ready for the action of the setter mechanism and standing vertically, and a series of magazine-chambers corresponding to the setting-chambers and each containing 3o a number of type, the corresponding chambers ofthe two series bein suitably connected for the passage of type om the magazinechambers to the single-type chambers; a duplex sgstem of .ejectors coacting to deliver a type om a setting-chamber to the setting mechanism and simultaneously transfer a type from the corresponding magazine-chamber to take the place of the type thus delivered; a raceway adapted to support and 4o guide vertical type which may be considered as comprising two parts or sections-namely, a circular receiving-raceway receiving the typeas they are e3ected trom the settingchambers and an assembling-raceway lalso -circular in form, but of reverse curvature to that of the receiving-raceway; 'a revolving type gatherer or sweep moving within the receiving-raceway and a reciprocating packer moving within the vassemblin -raceway; 5o means, asia switch coactingwit the t pegatherer and packer, to transfer the type gom the receiving to the assembli racewa a typeway or stick of indefinite ength w 'ch forms a continuation of the assembling-race- Way; an actuating mechanism including an ejector-actuating cam and connections 'for actuating the ejectors, as selected by the keys; an actuating-sleeve within the circle of the receiving-raceway carrying said ejector-actuating cam and the type-gatherer, and

y means for reciprocating the packer.

The invention includes various broad features of construction and combinations of parts, together with certain more specific eatures which are important in securing tlie best results in machines embod ing the general features of my invention, a l as fully de scribed and particularly claimed hereinafter.

For a full understanding of the invention a detailed description of a machine embodying all the featuresA of the invention in the best form now known tome will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication, and the features forming the invention will then be speciiically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. 1a is a side elevation of a part of the machine, showing the setter-cone and keyboard'lowered from the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine lookng from the side opposite that of Fig. 1B. Fig. 3 is al horizontal section on the line 3 of Fig. 1, but showing the main framework above the section-'line with the bedlate removed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the ower cone with its connected arts and showing partially the casing or iiamework by which the cone is supported. Fig. 5 isa vertical section on the line 5 of Fig. 1, the machine being shown in its normal osition of rest. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detai of the lower right-hand portion of Fig. 5, show' ing a type in a single-type chamber. Fig. 6HL

1s a diagrammatic flat development of the ejector-actuatin cam. Fig. 6b is an edge projection of t e ejector-actuating cam.

I Fig. 7 is a detail section similar to Fig. 6, but

showing the parts in different position; and Figs. 7, 7b, and 7C are similar views showing the parts in successive positions, these four figures being taken on, respectively, lines 7, 7a, 7b, and 7c of Figs. 6a and 6b inthe position ofthe ejector-actuating cam. Figs. 8 to 8f, inclusive, are details illustrating theftypechannels connecting the4 magazine-chambers sns the latter forming practically a lower vertical with the single-type chambers and the opera- I tion of the type therein. Fig. S is a plan view of the outer circle of the base of the setter-cone, a portion of the cylinder being shown thereon. Fig. 8 is a projection jot Fig. 8 and an elevation of a portion of the cone and cylinder. Fig. 8b is a vertical section on the line 8b of Fig. 8, showing a type in the' upper part of one of the channels. Fig. 8C is a plan view corresponding to Fig. 8b. Figs. 8d and S are sections on the line 8@ of Fig. 8, showing the inclined surfaces for changing the position of the type and positions of the. type in passing over same. Fig. 8f is a detail side view of a portion of the cylinder and channel, showing the type passing from the magazine into the channel. Fig. 9 is an enlarged horizontal section on broken line 9 of Fig. 5, showing in detail the receiving and assembling raceways and the typedriving devices coacting therewith. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the raceways similar to Fig. 9, but showing the parts in different positions. Fig. 10l is a vertical section on the line 10? of Fig. 9, partly broken away to show the type-drivin devices. Fig. 10b is a vertical section on t e line l()b of'Fig. 9.

The invention has been made in connection with and is shown as applied to a machine similar in general construction to the wellknown Thorne type-setting machine, which is fully shown and described in prior Letters Patent, so that a detailed description' is not re uired here. The upper and lower or distri uting and 'magazine cylinders A B of the Thorne machine are used; but the method and means employed for setting ty e from the bottom cylinder are entirely ditlerent from those of the Thorne machine. In my improved machine the lower cylinder B, which, as in the Thorne machine, forms a case for type, is set upon the base of inverted setter-cone C, the lower cylinder being shown as secured to the cone by means of screws l() 11 and anclior-plate 100,l vwhich forms a portion ofthe base of the cone, the cylinders and upper part of the cone being supported by the frame D. i

The general features of the machine illustrated include a series of magazine-channels or chambers b, arranged circumferentially upon .the periphery of the lower cylinder B, running longitudinally thereof; a series of single-type receivers or chambers c, alsol arranged o n a circle concentric with but of sma ler diameter than that of the magazine series, which series of single-type1 chambers encircle the inverted cone C near its apeX and is contained consequentlyvwithin a plane beneath that of the other or magazine series a series of type-conducting grooves or channels (Z' in the periphery of the setter-cone, each of which connectsa magazine-chainber With a corresponding single-type chamber,

siaeei extension of said grooves; a double series of ejectors-the magazine or horizontal ejector e` and a single-type or vertical ejectorjfor, respectively', the magazine and single-type chambers, these ejectors being connected together, so thatA a character may be ejected from a single-type chamber and replaced by a like character simultaneously ejected from a corresponding magazine-clianiber; a circular or receiving raceway q of a relatively small diameter, into which type are ejected from the single-type chambers; a revolving type gatherer or sweep i, adapted to carry type laterally al'ong the channel of the circular race; a supplemental or assemhlingrace i, which is a tangential continuation of the circular race, and a stick or typeway lc, practically a prolongation of the assemblingrace, terminating in the usual galley E, as shown, or in justifying mechanism, such as is employed with type-setting machines; a packei l, which carries the type laterally along said supplemental or assembling race into the typeway, where the line is heilig composed, tlie type gatherer and packer being so operated that the type are transferred from the former to 'the latter at the point where the two raceways imite, a switch m being at that point suitably placed to guide the type from the receiving into the assembling race;

actuating devices for the ejectors and the type gatherer and packer,l and a key system comprising a bank of finger-keys F and keylevers, which are suitably connected with the ejector-actuating devices by. means of which the several e'ectors are actuated automatically in accor ance with the keV-action.

Proceeding now to a detailed description of the machine shown, the magazine typechainbers consist of ninety rectangular chalinels b, (the machine illustrated being adapted to handle ninety different character types,) cut in the eriphery of the cylinder B equidistant and) parallel. In these channels are rovided the usual wards in one of the walls, y means of which wards the type are held side to side, face outermost, in vertical alinement in said channels. The bottoms for these channels are conveniently supplied by the base of the inverted cone at the outer edge,l upon which cylinder B rests. The ejectors e, belonging to the magazine-chainbers, and which l'` will distinguish by calling them magazine-ejectors," lieupoii the base of. the invertedcone above referred to, normally alongside of the bottoni type in said channels and swivelu on pins 12, projecting from the bottom sur ace of thecylinder B, these pins being located upon a circle within that of the channels b. The type-contacting surface of the ejector e (see F ig, 8")consists Iof the beveled edge 1, the upper portion of which projects beyond the bottoni line of the ejector to enable it to continue pushing the type by its upper portion after the forward edge ot' IOO IOS

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rests upon the bed-p enter, thereby allowing the ejectors to be readily removed by a sli ht outward ull. These ejectors are actuate by -bell-cran levers 101, pivoted within vertical slots in the upper iiange of a` sup orting-ring 102, which iete of. the main framework of the machine. The vertical arm of the bell-crank is provided at its up er extremity with a slottedend, in which is fitted Azo i channels tongue 13 of the ejector Ie. The other arm of this bellcrank extends horizontally and is connected by link 103 to one of the varms 'm2 of a three-armed lever having thearms m 'm2 m3, this circular series-of levers being pivoted in a flange '104, surrounding thel setter-cone, and arms m of the levers working in slots in the setter-cone, as described hereinafter.

, -Into the periphery of the inverted settercone C are cut longitudinally thereof a series of rectan ular type-conducting grooves or These grooves extend from near the top, which is the base 100,'of the inverted cone, where they are indirectly connected with the magazine-channelsV by` means that will be explained later, downwardly toward the conic apex into single-type chambers c, cut into the slightl -laring ortion 4of the cone-surface at the ottom t ereof. These single-type chambers constitute, in fact, vertical i extensions ofl the type conducting rooves d, and it -is obviousl that'the'ci'rcumerenceof 'said series of chambers, and likewise the width of the grooves which form them, is governed onlyby the thickness of the type contained therein, so that the grooves'may b'o'f'a width'onl v -suficiently reater than the thickness of t e type conucted thereby to insure the free passage of the type therein, and they continue along the surface ofthe cone in the direction of its apex between walls of constantlydiminishing thicknessto the point where the separatingpartitions have been reduced to a minimum,

' atwhich point is formed the circular series of `single-type` chambers around -the periphery of the sald .cone in a plane parallel to the base thereof. These chambers are radial with the axis ofthe cone and havean opening toward thecenter of the cone slightlyin excess of the height of the type, through which opening the `type canbe e ucted laterally while standinggvertically.vv he single-ty le .chambers are open at their topto admit t ctype feet foremost they descend. longitudinally from the oovcs d, as describe and are closedatt e bottom by` me'ans of the outer .wall of the circular race, which supplies the 'into t 4widely separated as to permit a t .'oor of the t e-chambers,iasvwill be more fully describedln the proper connection. The

lgrooves d are of uniform depth, correspondmg to the width pointwise of the ty e or slightly in excess of the width thereo but are of varying widths, each one being slightly wider than thethickness ofV the particular type to be conducted therein. These grooves `are provided with openings .105 at their upper ends, adapted to admit lengthwise a single type ejected therein laterally from the inclined guiding-Surface 106 next to be described, and the type arethence conducted upon the internal guiding-surfaces, successively, of three cone-casings, of which the up- -permost one or top ring 10-7 provided with a vertical slot 44, which nearly severs. the

lring and which isadaptedto b'e revolved to bring the slot to any one of the ninety `grooves inclosed thereby. vThe top ring is 'supported on'the next lower o r cone-supporting rin 108, (see Figs. 4 and 5,) and below this is t e third or lowermost cone-casing 109, which surrounds the lower part of the cone. These three casings thus form a continuous outer wall or bottom for the grooves d.

In the machine shown the magazine-channels b are not radial, the invention being shown as applied to the cylinders ofthe well-U known Thorne machine, so`that the ty e. are brought into position radially tothe c inder in entering or within the grooves d. his result is secured* in the presen-t machine as follows: Between the receiving-mouth of each 'connecting-groove and the bottom-of the correspondin magazine-channel bis an i inclined type-gui in surface 106,u onwhich the type 1s ejecte from the si e `of.the

magazine-channels, over which surface itl slides laterall `dropping upon its edge into the grooves `These inclmed guiding-surfaces are shown as formed by angular c'uts within the base of the cone meeting the tops. of corresponding grooves d, thereby forming thel oplenmgs 105. The depth of thesecuts the ty e to slide lupon the under surface thereo without touching the overhanging surface, while thev two surfacesv are not so e to turn sidewise or u on itsA axis therein. A he outer portions of t e slots are narrower than vthe inner portions, yso that the outer end of the type is retarded inthe slots, and the type' t u' A12o I to vertica position, soJ as to passinto the groove d with its foot downward,l as well as s swin s on its outer end from horizontal IOO rcs

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e base of thel cone is regulated to allow radially to the cone, as illustrated in Figs. 8 v

to 8. Surrounding the series of single-type chambers c is suspended concentric with sald chambers the serles of vertical ty e-ejectorsf, each of which is adapted to' v1 rate within the Walls 'of its single-type chamber. These ejectors are practically an extension of the 35 they'are directly over thechannel of the cir- 4o 1 chambers,I but the ejectors are stopped at alsothe inverted cone C. The circular plate sin le`type chambers to form the upper part have' dropped down into t eV circular race g,

' isthe circular type-race' g, `more fully 4de- ,not pinched, but is free to drop between'the .ejector endand the shell.v The ejectors'are swinging arms m3 of the three-armed levers l previously described, but arev made detachable therefrom, so' as to permit the ejectors to 'be readily removed for inspection of and access to the single-type chambers. For this purpose 'the-lever-arm m has side plates 14, between which the ejectorf is held by the projection at its upper end entering a notch in the lever-arm and by the spring 15. By turning the spring 15 to one side on its pivot the ejector may be withdrawn from between the plates 14. j

`Concentricv with the series of single-type chambers c within the circle thereof', but on a plane just below that of the type-chambers,

scribedin another connection,- which is cut, as'y it might be said, out of the. circularJcaseplate 110, which in turn is secured to the un* dersurface of top plate 1.11,. that supports 110Vt-husforms the outer wall of thecircular race andthe floor of the series ofl single-type chambers 0the cone C, into which the single type chambers are cut, resting upon'the outer wall `of the circular race.V I `Within the cone C and lsecuredthereto is a'guide-shell 112, the lower .end vof which forms an abuttingsurface, against which the type are ejected from the single-type chambers bythe ejectors f, and this shell extends downward belowjthe of t e inner wall ofthe circular race g, so that whent pe have been-carried out ofthe single-l :type c ambers against said abutting surface cular race.`The ejectorsf in c-arryingtype over the circular race g,fhowever, do not actu'- ally press the typejagainst the abutting'surface-'of vshell 112 opposite the single@ type such 'a point that when the ectors a-re at the end of vtheir ejecting motvement the `type is therefore' stopped by stop-ring 1.14 :upon the cone-casing 109, engaged'by lever-arms m3, which carry the ej ectors. Whenan 'ejectorf has carried a type over the raceway'g, it `is desirablethat thesaid ejector .be held momentarily in that 'position invorder to form raceway, and for this purpose the stop-"ring- 114 is provided onl-its under side'with thejcir- -cular groove 3, adapted toreceive theVl shaped bends of the flat springs/1 onithe ej ec'- tors atthe end of the type-ejectingmove.- ment. The springs -act t'o hold the ejectors in the positionto'lwhich they have been moved for ejecting the ty e until the type'.

but releasethe ejectors on the `return pull of the latter. A v y g: In the' vertical grooves Asuitably v provided at the upper end vof the guide-she 112 are a series of ejector-slides 115, which are provided with thin projections n, forming vertical plungers, which extend downwardly directly over and inline with the race gi and on the inner side of the ysingle-type*chambers c in their lowest position, and thus form the inner wall ofthe,` type-chambers. Each ejector-slide 115 is provided at its upper yend with a circular opening which' receives the lcircular head 17 on the lower end ofthe ejector-,actuating bar .116, this ejector-actuating bar being provided at its upper end with two arms 18 19, the former of which is engaged by the ,actuating-cam* hereinafter described, and the other, 19, .is hooked to engage the hooked'lower end 20 of the latch117, which is pivoted on and carried'by the upper hori- Zontally-bent end of the bar 118, actuated by thekey-lever l119. The latch 117 is held in position radially, so as to hold the ej ector-actuating bar 116 outward away from its actuf ating-cam when the hooked ends 19 20 are engagedby the spring 21, and the spring 22 at the loweiend of the ejector-actuating bar 116 ,acts to vswing the bar. 116 inward onthe pivot formed by the hea'd ,17, so as to bring the end`18y of the bar ,into position to be operated byv the cam when the ends 19 20 are disengaged. The ejector-actuating bar'116is cut away at a suitable point of its length to vfprm a shoulder 6, which -engages the inner `end of arm m ofthe three-armed lever, which carries the ejector on the downward move'- 4ment ofbar 116 and ejector-slide 115 by its inner surface 7 engages this armm on the upward movement ofthe bar 116 and ejectorslide 115, the threearmed lever and ejector f carried thereby being thus operated in opposite directions.` The circular series of ejectorslides 115, ej ector,- actuating bars 116, and latches 117 corresponding to the circular series 'of-ejcctorsand single-type chambers c, are guided bvsuitabl'e slots formed in the cone, guide-shell112, and in guide-ring 120.

y f The ejector-actuating cam 121 is carried at the -upper end of a vertical actuating-sleeve 1322, which incloses the circular series of vertical. 'bars 118, actuatedbyftheA key-levers. This vertical'actuatingLsleeve 122 in the con- 4.struction shown is mounted on :suitable balll n `,l c:a1'ingsat top andbottom andl is actuated a guide-wall for the type as 1t drops into the 'means presently-.to be described, The

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lower such of the'ejector-actuating bars 116 v asl are brought within the action of the cam by the r'elease' of the-,hookedv `ends 19 2O of b ar 116 and latch-117 f for actuating the plungers aand ejectorsf, and the bottom of the camgroove 'o also forms a cam-surface, as shown in'Fig. 6b, of such form as to permit the ends 1S' of the ejector-actuating bars 116 lto be pressed inward' and away from .the 'latches 117 vat the proper time by springs' 27E-land to `shell 112. The lower portion of the inner wall of this raceway is formed by the rin 23 advanced in the raceway g by inside the lower portion of the circular ate 110. The bottom of the raceway is formed by the plate 110; but for the'p ose of reducing the resiliency of the meta bottom a separable bottom consistin of a thin steel rin 8 resting on an under ying felt ring is pre erably used, ,upon which steel ring the type drops vertically. Between the two parts of the inner wall of the raceway g, ormed by the shell 112 and the ring 23, projects the ring 24 upon the actuating-sleeve 122, the outer end of which rin carries the type gatherer or pusher h, this ring 24 filling t e space between the lower end of the shell 1 12 and the ring 23, so as to form with these two parts. the practically continuous inner wall of the raceway. The pusher h, carried by the ring 24 on sleeve 122, has its forward` or type-drlving surface of substantially the same width and vvheight as the type to be driven thereby, so that the type are driven through-thenracewa by the type-gatherer engaging them su stantially throughout their rear surfaces. The type collected and atherer h are guided from the raceway at t e proper point by switch m, and thus diverted into the raceway fi, the inner Wall of4 which forms a continuation of the outer surface of. the switch and ofthe inner wall of the raceway g, but tangential to the latter', this assemblin -raoeway L being curved for a portion of its ength o positely to the curve of the raceway g an developing into the straight typewayglr.` The outer wall 25 ofl the raceway i `op osite the switch m is pref- .erably made rea ily removable for access to yss the raceway i, and for this purpose is shown assup rted by swinging arm 123, which is pivota ly mounted at the center of the arc of said wall upon the u per end of stud 124, supported on the bedlate' L. A thumbscrew 26 serves to hold t e removable wall 25 securely in place on the stud. The removable portion 25 of the wall of raceway 'i is slotted longitudinally to permit the two lower rongs ofthe three-pronged packer l to extend) through them into the race, the u perprong of the packer extendin into t e race above the type-wall 25. T e Amiddle prong of the packer Z is slightly'lon er than the upper and lower prongs, and t e three the typethatfboth the prongs on the packer l and the projecting portions ofthe type-gatherer h extend across the raceway g, and the packer l passes through the type-gatherer h in taking the collected type from the latter and advancing them through the collecting-raceway' i. The cut-away portions of the type-gatherer h also permit it to pass the switch m.

The packer l is carried by a vibrating arm 126, the hub of which consists of sleeve 127, mounted upon the stud 124, previously referred to, and the packer is actuated by packer-cam 128, carried by the actuatingsleeve 122, upon the lower face of which cam is the cam-groove which actuates lever 129, pivoted at 130 on the bed-plate, which lever 129 has a-slot-and-pin connection with crankarm 131 on the sleeve 127, the sleeve 127 thus being rocked to reciprocate the packer l in a curved path for advancing the type in the raceway i and returning the `acker to position. The cam-'groove in pac er-cam 128, as shown in Fig. 9, is formed so that the packer moves at a high speed during the first part of its forward movement, so as to carry the type -packer then returns at a high speed for the next forward or packing movement. Rapidity in the action of the packeris thus secured without danger of injury to the type.

The driving mechanism may be of any suitable character, but 4as shown consists of a horizontal -main driving shaft S, suitably mounted on the frame and provided with a sliding clutch-jaw 27, splined thereon and adapted to engage or release a clutch-j aw 28, carried by a drivin -sleeve loose on the shaft S, which driving-s eevel through bevel-gears 29 drives vertical shaft 132, the lower end of which carries a pulley 30, which drives the ac-` tuating-sleeve 122 through belt 31 and pulley 32 on the lower end of the sleeve. The main driving-shaft S also o crates the justifier and the type-distributer 1n the machine shown; but this is immaterial so far as the present invention is concerned.

The enga ement of the clutches27 28 on driving-sha S is controlled by the hand-lever 33 at the front of the machine within convenient reach of the operator, which,

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lever, throu h suitable link-and-leverconnections, (not s own,) actuates the sliding clutch 27 previousl referred to, so as to connect the driving-s eeve carrying the clutch member 28 to and disconnect it from the shaft S.

It will be seen that many of the operating parts of the machine are located within the hollow of the cone C, and Afor the purpose of rendering these parts readily accessible the cone has been divided into two sections, as previously described, the lower section of which, with the keyboard, and ej ectors, may be readily disconnected and drawn downward away from the other part of the cone. and the cylinders, so as to give convenient access to all the.

interioroperating parts. The cone C, there- ',fore, really consists of two cone-irustums, lo the upper one of which is fixed and supports the cylinders, while the lower one is removable downward from the upper part of the cone. The parts of the cone which move downward are those shown in Figs. 7 to 7c. The circu- I5 lar plate 111, on which the lowerportion of the cone and the single-type chambers c rest, is the top plate of a casing K, within which is mounted the operatin parts for the packer Z, previously describe and the bottom of this casingis formed by the bed plate or frame L, which carries the keyboard and key-levers controlling the ejectormechanism v'and in which the actuating-sleeve 122 is mounted. The side of the casing K carries a bracket 134, which by means of hooks 36 is removably attached to the cone-supporting screw-blocks 135, mounted on the vertical screw-shaft 136, so that the rotation of the shaft-moves the blocks 135 and parts carried thereby up and 50 down, the shaft 136 being shown as rotated by the handle 37 actuating thecscrew-shaft through bevel-gears 38. For withdrawing thelower part of the cone it is necessary to detach the ej ectors f from the ej ectors e, and for this purpose the three-armed levers carrying the ejectors g are detached from the linksI 103, by whc they actuatel the ejectors e. For this purpose the links 103 connect v v with the arms fm,z of the three-armed levers by 40 ins 8,` carried by the arms m2 and entering oosely holes in the lower ends ofthe links 103, so that by moving these links 103 sidewise the links will be Withdrawn from the pins 8 anddetached from the levers. This sidewise motion of the links 103 for withdrawing the pins 8 from their holes in the le-f ver-armsm2 is secured b the revoluble disconnecting-ring 39, whic is supported upon an outward flange 40 of the 4rin 41, this disconnectin -ring 39 being provi ed-With holes through wich the lower ends of the links 103 pass.. 39 slight therefore, the pins 8 will be withdrawn from the lower ends of the links 103. j The o' eration of the machine will be understoov from the above with a brief description. The depression of one of the keys F ofthe keyboard through lever -119 and bar 1.18 draws down the latch 117 corresponding to the key depressed, so as to draw the hooked end 20 of the latch downvbelow the hooked end 19 of the ejector-actuatin bar. 116, thus, releasin thelatter, and upont 'sreleasefroml the late -bar 116 is thrown inward by the .65 lspring 22, so as 'to bring the projection 18 into BlyA revolvingl the disconnecting-ring n the cam-path o. The normal position ofthe -partsbefore the depression of a key is shown 1n Figs. 5 and 6, and the position of the parts after the depression of a key and the lowering of the latch 117 to release the corresponding ejector-actuating bar 116 is shown in Fig 7. The ejector-actuating cam 121, oarriedby the constantly-rotating actuating-sleeve 122 now pulls the. ejector-actuating bar 116 upward by the engagement of the bottom of the campath 0 with the projection 18, the projection eing held positively in the cam-path by the undercut form of the bottoni ofthe cam-path and of the projection 13, and thus 'raises the ej ector-slide 115 and plunger n carried thereby, thus raising the plunger n above the single type in type-chamber c, so that the type may be moved inward from the type-chamber into aposition over the raceway g. The key meanwhile .having been released, the keyspring returns the key-lever 119 to normal position, and thus 'through bar 1 18 raises the latch`117 to its normal position ready to reengage the ejector-actuating bar 116 when the latter is returned to normal position. The parts are now in the position shown Iin Fig. 7a, with the ejector-slide 115 approaching the end of its upward movement, As the slide -115 completes its upward movement lever, which carries the ejector f, 'and thus lrocks that lever from the position shownl in` l Fig. 7 a into the v position shown in Fi 7b, y thus moving the type inward fromthe'slngletype chamber c into position against the abutment formed by the lower end of the guideshell 112, but the lejector being stopped by the stop-ring 114, so as not to press the type against the abutment, but leave it free to drop into the raceway. When the ejector A hasv it strikes the inner arm m of the three-armed IOO reached the limit of its movement, the spring l 4 catches in the notch 3 in the stop ring 1 14, and thus holds the ejector in position to support and form an outer guide for the type as it drops into the raceway. As ,the armfm/ of the three-armed lever -is thus raised by the slide l115, so as to throw the ejector f inward for delivery of a type from the type-chamber c, the -arrn m2 of the lever, through link 103- and bell-'crank 101 ,f engaging the end ,13` of the horiontalr ejector e moves the ejector horizontally, so as to carry the bottom typel sidewise from the channel b and into, osition to fall into the inclined slot 106,by w ich the `typeisturned into a` position radial to thel cone and asses throu h the opening' 105 into the top o the channe d, so as to slide down the latter into the type-chamber c to take the place ofthe type delivered therefrom. AIn, this transfer of the type into the inclined slot 106 by the ejector e the top of the inclined side of the-ejector acts upon the type asit is directed downward from the channel b bythe guiding-surface 2, and thus assures its proper delivery. The'operation of delivering a type from the magazine-channel b to the upper end of the groove d is fully shown `into the position shown in Fig. 7b, in which the type is ready to dropfrom the chamber c into the raceway g. The rotation of the ejector-actuating cam 121 now 'moves the bar 116 downward, and at the. same time the cam formed by the projectin lower surface of the'cam-groove o rocks the' ar outward on its pivot in the slide 115 against the pressure of spring 22, the projection 18 being held in proper positionduring this operation by the flanges 9 on the u )per wall of the cam-groove and on the top of the projection 18. When the bar 116 has been moved nearly into its outer position, the final portion of 1ts Inovement is iven by the inner surface ofthe campath. y this downward movement of the bar 116 the slide 115, with the plunger n, is

Amoved downward, so that the lowervend of the plunger n follows the type downward toward the raceway g and is brought into posi` tion to form the rear wall of the chamber c and support the next type therein, and by the outward movement of the bar 116 the hook end 19 is brought into position so that on the completion of the downward movement of the bar 116 this hook will take over the hook 20 on the lower end of the latch 117 and hold the bar 116 outward in normal position when released by the cam 121. When the bar 116 has nearly reached the limit of its downward movement, the shoulder 6 thereon en Y ages the top of the arm m of the threearme lever and rocks this lever so as to move the ejector f outward to normal position and permit the next type to enter the chamber c from the groove d, and through the connections previouslydescribed the leverarm rn2 returns the ejector e to normal position. The position of the parts with the bar 116 approaching the limit of its downwardmovement and just about to engage the leverarm m to actuate the latter is shown iny Fig. 7, the typedelivered from chamber c being shown as having dropped onto the raceway and another type as moving down the groove d to take its lace in the t e-chamber c when the arts ave reached t eir normal position. (ghown in Figs. 5 and 6.) The plunger n, aswill be clear from the above description, does not normally act to move the type downward into the raceway g, but they type normally drop into the raceway when moved Iinto position thereibr by the ejector f. The

plunger n, however, in addition to serving as the rear'wall of the type-chamber c, acts to insure the delivery of the type downward to the raceway in case the t should stick for any' reason and not drop o itself. The timing-of this plunger is such as to assure the delivery` of the type to the raceway within proper time to be carried therefrom by the typegatherer h, as presently to be described, and

efore th`e ejector is Withdrawn, so that the type is supporte( by the ejector until the plunger assures its delivery to the raceway. One or more type having thus been delivered to the raceway g, they are held temporarily in vertical position in the racevi'ay by the circular form and small radius of the latter and are gathered together in the order in which their type-channels c are arrangedaround the raceway by the rotating type-gatherer h; and thus collected are moved around in the raceway until they come to the switch m, by which they are guided out of the receivingraceway g into the assembling-raceway i. Just before the type-gatherer h reaches the switch 'm the reciprocating packer l on its movement toward the raceway i comes opposite and its three fingers pass through the openings in the type-gatherer h, so as to take the type from the latter and advance them past the switch m and through the raceway t into a stick or t eway k, While the type gatherer and pac er are,v operated from the same part-that is, the actuating-sleeve 122-as is preferable for accuracy of timing, the driving connections for the packer l are such that it is moved at a speed exceeding that of the type-gatherer at the time the packer takes the type, so that the type are carried away from the type-gatherer by the packer and moved in advance thereof at the point wherethe type passes the switch m.

This avoids all danger of the type being in- It will be understood that the type-gath- A erer h at each rotation will collect and transfer to the packer Z allthe type that have been delivered to the raceway g since the previous rotation of the type-gatherer and that this type will be collected and delivered to the packer and delivered by the packer to the stick in` the order in which the type-chambers c are arranged about the circular raceway g. Any number of keys of the keyboard ,I therefore, or, in fact, the entire keyboard, may be struck at the same time, so as to release the catches 117 of all the ejectors and. allow the ejector-bars 1 16 to be thrown into position to be actuated by the actuating-cam 121, and

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the actuating-cam will then operate on all j collected therein and delivered therefrom, so that type will always be delivered and Kpacked in the order in'which they are arrange about the raceway, except when they are collected on successiv rotations of the t pe-gatherer. The speed of he machine, there ore, 1s largely increased by the fact that the type-charnbers may be arranged in the order ofthe most frcquently-occurring combinations of' letters, syllables, prefixes, and endings of the language to which the machine is adapted,thus enabling a number of keys to be struck simultaneously, or practically so, and the delivery of the type in proper order still being assured. As a complete revolution of the ejector-actuating cain and the type-gatherer must intervene between the delivery of type into the raceway inv a reverse order -to that ofthe arrangement of. the ty e-channels c inthe circle, the speed at which such a machine will compose typel must be governed largely by the speed ofthe ejector-actuating means and type-gatherer,\and a very important feature ofthe present machine is that tlie'ejector-ac- Ytiiating means and t pe-gatlierer revolve in a comparatively smal circle, so that a proportionally higher speed of the machine is attainable as compared with machines in which the type-carrying device moves in a larger circle. By so arranging the machine, therefore, that the type are brought inward to a circular -raceway of small diameter a great increase in speed is secured.`

lt will be understood that many features of my improved machine forinparts of the invention independently of other features shown and may be used in combination with other devices in type-setting machines and that the form and arrangeiient of many of the parts may be changed without departing from the invention.

Thefforin and arrangement of the connecvvtions between the magazine-chambers and single-type chambers has resulted soi'iiewhat .i from thetype of machine in connection with auf which the invention has been made, the genera-l construction of machine shown with the vertical distributing and receiving cylinders o upon or'within a cylinder and a cone, and a .very simple and elicient construction may 3 thus be provided, it will be understood that i ing the broader features of my invention, al-

.- these connecting-erooves between the magazineLchambers and the single-type chambers may be provided in any other snit-able manner-as, `for instance, by eniployiner separate tubes orchutes for this piirposc.

y An important feature in the prac-tical construction and operation of machines embodyneiaeei way holds the type with their pointWise 'dimension Widthwise of the raceway. The raceway Will thus roperly support and guide all the type of tiie font, and as the type are advanced setwise in the raceway no turn- 7o ing of the type is necessary to bring them intothe line` in proper position. The type being moved pointwise to the raceway by the ejectors also, the movement of all the ejectors is the same.V rlhis also enables the setting- 75 chambers to be brought closer together, if desired, as the width of the chambers need be only the setwise dimension of the type.

-While preferably the magazine-chambers and the setting-chambers, which latter are 8o preferably single-type chambers, will be used, and these are important in securing a machine operating with certainty at a high speed'and carrying a large supply of type which may convenientlyv be renewed by di's- 85 triliution, it will be understood that the typechanibers cinight be extended verticalh or horizontally, so as to form .setting-cham ers holding more than one type or to form in themselves magazine-chambers, the bottom 9o or inside type in which would be delivered to the raceway and the next type take its place for delivery on the next ejector movement. Many features of the invention, therefore, are not limited to the use of setting-chambers .9 5 in combination with magazine-chambers.

l.fla-fiile the machine shown as embodying the invention is adapted for setting ordinary type, and l have'aimed especially at the rolduction of a machine capable of han g im such type at high speed with accuracy and with a minimum of Wear on the type, it will be understood that the invention is' not limited to machines for handlin such ordinary l type, but may be applied a so in handling 1o; utype, matrices, or the like of any suitable material, and the word type7 is used herein .in this broad sense.

What l claim isl. The combination with a circular serieswgsin of type-chambers, of a circular raceway, and' ya type-gathering device revolving in said raceway and adapted to gather t e in said racewa substantially as describe 2. 'if e combination with a circular series rif of type chambers, of a circular raceway adapted to guide vertical type laterally, and a type --gathering device revolving in said racew-ay and adapted to gather t e in said L raceway, substantiallyas describe 12 3; The .Combination with a circular series of type-chambers arranged to hold vertical type, ofa circular racewar adapted to guide -vertical ty e laterally, and a typeathering device revo ving in said raceway an 'ada ted :2 1 to gather type in said raceway, substantially as described.

Il. rllhe combination with a circular series of type-chamber@ ci a circular raceway arthough not indispensable, is that the racelranged within the circular series of chambers, :3e

and a type-*gathering device revolving in said raceway and adapted to gather typein said racewa substantially as described,

5. T e combination with a Circular series of typechambers, of a circular racewa arranged within the circular series of cham ers, and adapted to guide vertical ty' e laterally, and a type-gathering. device revo ving in said raceway and adapted to gather ty e in said racewa substantially as describe 6. T e combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold vertical t pe, of a circular raceway arranged within tiie circular series of chambers, and a typegathering device revolving in said raceway and adapted to gather type in said raceway, substantially as described.-

7 The combination with al circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold single type, of a circular raceway, and a typeatherin device revolving in said raceway an adapte to gather type in said raceway, substantially as escribed.

8. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold sin le-type, of a circular raceway adapted to guide vertical type laterally, and a type-gathering device revolving in said raceway and ada ted to ather type in said raceway, substantially as escribem 9. The combination with a circular series of t e-chambersv adapted to hold single vertica type, of a circular raceway adapted to 'guide vertical type laterally, and a typegathering device revolving in said raceway and adapted to gather type in said raceway,

substantially as described.

10. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold single type, 'of a circular raceway arranged within the circular series of chambers, and a type-gathering device revolving in said raceway and adapted to -gather type in said raceway, substantially as described.

11. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold single type, of a circular racewa arran ed within the-circular series of cham ers and adapted to guide vertical type laterally, and a typeatheriu device revolving in said raceway an ada te to gather type in said raccway, substantially as escribed.

12. The combination with a circular series oft pe-chambers adapted to hold single vertica t e, of a circular racewa arranged Within t e circular series of cham ers adapt. ed to guide vertical type laterally, and a type# gathering device revolving in said raceway and adapted to gather type in said raceway, substantially as described. 13. The combination with a circular series of type chambers, of a circular raceway adapted to guide vertical type laterally therein, and means for delivering type-"from said chambers to said raceway and adapted to gather type in said raceway, substantially as described.

14. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold vertical type, of a circular raceway adapted to guide vertical type laterally therein, and means for delivering type from said chambers to said raceway and adapted to gather type in said racewa ,substantiallygas described.

15. he combination with a circuler series of type-chambers adapted toy hold single vertical t e, of a circular raceway, and means for de ivering type from said chambers to said raceway and adapted to gather type in said raceway, substantially as described.

16. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold single vertical type, of a circular raceway adapted to guide vertical type laterally therein, and means for delivering type from said chambers'to said raceway and adapted to gather type in said raceway, substantially as described.

17. The combination With a circular series of typechambers adapted to hold vertical type, of a circular racewayadapted to guide vertical typesidewise therein, means for de livering single type from said chambers to said raceway, a typelgathering device revolving in said raceway, and means for guiding type from said raceway and adapted to gather type in said raceway, substantially as described.

I8. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers, of a circular raceway and means for delivering type from said chainbers into position over said racewa and then downward into said raceway, su stantially as described. 'l j v 19. The combination with acircular series of t pe-chambers, of a circular race'way within t e circle of said chambers, and means for delivering type from said chambers into posi-- tion over said scribed.

20 The combination with a circular series of typechainbers, of a circular racewaybelow said chambers adapted to guide vertical type. sidewise therein, and means for delivering type from said chambers laterally into vertical position directly over said raceway raceway, substantially as dewhereby the type may drop vertically onto said raceway, substantially as described.

21. -Tlie combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold vertical type, of a circular raceway below said chambers adapted to guide vertical type sidewise therein, and means for delivering t pe lfrom said chambers laterally into vertica position directly over said raceway whereby the t may drop vertically onto said-raceway, silbstantially sdescribed.

22. The ombination with a circular series of type-chambers, of a circular raceway below said chambers adapted to guide vertical IOO IIO

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type sidewise therein, means for delivering type from said chambers laterali-Tinto vertical position directly over said raceway whereby the type may drop vertically onto said race/way, and a plunger for assuring the pas- :sage of the type into the raceway, substantially as described.

23'. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold vertical type, of a circular raceway below said chambers adapted to guide Vertical type sidewise therein, and ejectors delivering type sidewise from said chambers into position directly over said race, substantially as described.

24. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold vertical type, of a circular raceway below and within the circle of said chambers, and means for delivering type from said chambers laterally into Vertical position directly over said raceway whereby the type may drop vertically onto said raceway, substantially as described.

25. The combination with a circular series of typechambers adapted to hold vertical type, of a rcircular raceway below and within the circle of said chambers adapted to guide vertical type sidewise therein., and ejectors delivering type sidewise from 'said chambers into position directly over said race, substantially as described.

26. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers adapted to hold vertical type, of a circular raceway7 ejectors delivering' type sidewise from sai'i chambers into position directly over sai.- raceway, and plungers adapted to move the type downward into the raceway, substantially as de.

scribed.

27. The combination with a circularseries of type-chambers, oi a circular raceway, ejectors delivering type 'sidewise from said chambers into position directly over said raceway, vertical plungers above said raceway closing said type-chambers to the raceway, and means for 'withdrawing said plulngers to per; mit a type to be moved over the raceway by the eiectors and for returning the plungers to position, substantially as described.'

2S. rl`he combination with a circular series of typechambers, of a circular raceway, means for delivering type from said chambers to a position over said receway, and an abutting surface against which the type are delivered by said means, substantially as described. 29. The combination with e circular series of type-chambers, ci a circular racewsy below said chambers, ejectors adapted to transfer type from said chambers to position over said raceway, and means for retaining said electors tempore in c position, substa'1"ially es i l "fl Tb eiieei said raceway, means .for retaining said ejectors temporarily in the ejecti'ng position, and. means for forcing said type downward into the raceway while said ejectors are thus retained, substantially as described. 4

31. The combination with a circular series of type-chambers, of a circular raceway below said chambers, ejectors for transferring type from said chambers to position over said raceway, an abuttimr surface opposite said ejectors, and means lor stopping theejectors to prevent their clampingr the type against the abutting .surface whereby the ejected type are permitted to drop into the raceway, substantially as described.

32. The combination with a circular series of ty e-chambers, of a circular raceway, ejectors tor transferringr type from said chambers into position over said raceway, an abutting surface opposite said ejectors, means for stopping the ejectors to prevent their clamping the type against the abutting surface whereby the ejected type are permitted to drop into the raceway, and means for retaining the ejectors in ejecting position until the type have moved downward into the raceway, substantially as described.

33. The combination with a circular series of typechambers, of a circular raceway, ejectors for transferring type from said chambers 95 into position over said raceway, an abutting surface opposite said ejectors, means for stopping the ejectors to prevent their clamping the type against the abutting surface whereby the ejected Vtype are permitted to drop into the raceway, means for retaining; the ejectors in retaining position unti the type have moved downward into the raceway, and vertical plungers following said type into the raceway while the ejectors are thus re- TOO tained, substantially as described.

3A. 'l he combination with a circular series ofvtype-chambers, cfa circular racew/ay adapted to guide vertical type sidevise thereinh ejectors delivering type sidewise from said chambers into Vertical position directly over said raceway, verticalplungers above said rac-away closing said type-chambers to the raceway, and means for withdrawing said plungers to permit a type to be moved over M5 theraceway by the ejectors and for returning the plungers to position, substantially as described.

35. 'lhe combination with a circular series of type-chambers, of a circular racer-Nay adapti 2o ed to guide vertical type sidewise therein, means for delivering type from said chambers to vertical position over said raceway, and an abutting surface against which the t delivered. by the eiectors, substanti described.

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