US816849A - Linotype-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 816,849. PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

- P. T. DODGE.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

TATBNTED APR. 3, 1906.

P. T. DODGE. LINOTYPB MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.1005.

$144101 1 tea iently lun'idlcd and adjusted.

zinc is removable at the rear in order to pernut the application of another coi'itainn'ig stantial amount of time and severe exertion .i'hc removal and application of the niagazii'ie,

he withdrawn in a forward direction, and I PHILIP 'll. 1,)ODGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSlGNOR TO MERGEN' Tl'lAl'JElt LINOTYPE (jOh'lPlltNY, A. CORPORA'ITION (1E NEW? YORK.

AKJMINE...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 1966.

Application filed June 6,1905. Serial No. 263,783.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP T. Donon, of Brooklyn, coun t v of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 1m proveinent in Linotype-\lachinos, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to Mergenthaler linotypc-machines of the character re pre sented in United States Letters Patent No. 557,000. In machines of this class the circulatin matrices are storedv in inclined channelec magazinesflo which the are delivered at the top by a distributing mechanism. and from which they are released at the lower end by means of finger-key mechanism, one at a time,in the order in which they are to appear in line In this class of machines the magamatrices for a dill'crrmt size or style of type. The magazine when filled with n'iatrices ".veighs upward of one hui'idred pounds, and the usual method of removal involves a subon the part of the attendants The ob ect of my invention is to lacihtate and Mathis end 1 construct the magazine and iramc in such manner that the magazine may provide on the main frame means for lifting the forward end of the in agazinc above its operative position and simportin and guiding it during its removal and replacement and also, if desired, for suspending it in front of the machine, so that it may he more conven- Referring to the d-rawii-igs, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the upper part of a machine .l ntving' my improvements applied in one form, the magazine being in operative position. ,7 Fig. 2 a similar view with the forward end of the magazine elovatml and sustained preparatory '[O lh removal. Figs. 3 and 4 are longitudimil vertical sections through the upper ('lHl ol' the magazine and of:sliglulyalill'vrent l'ori'ns. Fig. 5 is areal. elevation of the magazine shown in the preccdil'lg l igu res. Fig. (i is a side elevation showing a modified or alternative coi'istruction.

With the exception of the parts described and-claimed herein the machine may be of an ordinary or appropriate construction.

cloning. to the drawings, A. represents the upper rigid part of the main frame; B, the k and sustained by an ui'iderlying rigid base frame 1., forming a part ofthe main frame.

The l-r-scapements are seated in the escapemerit-bar F, fixed. to the main frame and containing channels which are cont nuatlons of those in the nia 'azinc so that the imitrices passing from the magazine to the ESP/ZIP(3- ments are delivered hythe latter through the lDitI F into the front channeled guide (i, through which. they descend. to the assembling devices in the usual manner. The magazine and the supporting-frame are of such form that the magazine may he lifted at the forward end and drawn forward off from the machine. As the magazine and the contained matrices are commonly of substantial weight, it is desirable to provide means for mechanically raising the forward end of the magazine above the adjoining parts and for sustaining and guiding the magazine during its application and re moval. For this purpose 1 provide a sliding support ll, consisting of two horizontal side liars mounted to slide in guides in the sides of the main frame and connected 'at the forward end by a transverse roller or rod h, which I licsno'rmally behind and heneath the forward end of the magazine, as shown in Fig. l. The side bars are provided, as shown in Fig. 5, with laterallyprotruding handles it, or otherwise formed so that an operator standing at the forward end of the machine may draw them forward. The cllect of such movement is to cause the bar or roller h to lift the forward end of the magazine, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to such height that it may then he moved forward forreinoval over the other parts at the front of the machine. When the magazine is thus lifted, the frame ll, extending forward beyond the front of the machine, serves as a horizontal cross-bar it and sustain or suspend the maga- In the machine, I provide it near the rear end 39 longitudinal guides of any suitable characbe supported depending hooks 7L2,

- 5 theme azi "leis moved from its operative po-. 3

v e effected. by the insertion of a bar M translateral which travel .and seat themselves in longituguide and support to the forward end of the,

magazine, so that the'att'endant may conveniently draw the magazine forward from" the machine.

the rear end and a portion of the weight will by the base-frame a, while the remainder will the frame H. In order to further facilitate the removal and replacement of the magazine, (propose to provide the same-on the-under I si e midway-of its length, or thereabout, with During its forward movement be supported by the front of which will encounter the Y zine as it is tipped over to' a vertical position, in the manner indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When thus supported, it maybe con-' veniently grasped at; the two sides and moved without difiicult In applying the ma azine it is first supported on the bark, t en tipped backward and pushed upward and rearward toit's final position, after which the frame. H is pushed rearward, allowingthe forward end ofthe magazine to fall to its operative position on thebase-frame a. v

In order to prevent the. ma azine from passing forward prematurely w en its forward end is raised and'to insure its proper locatiom with one or morei tran'sverse projections 6, adapted to seat themselves in corresponding notches in the frame a.

It will ofcourse beunderstood that before sition t e matrices will be locked therein to prevent the r accidental escape. Thismay versely through the magazine in a position to engage the ears of the matrices, or by a rolling orrocking bar mounted permanently in the magazine, or by other means, various devices for this purpose being already known in theart. h a

In order to guide the magazine accurately to its 'place'and to prevent. it from shifting y during its movement to and from the operative position, I propose to provide ters'uch for example, as alongitudinal rib or ribs N on the under side of the magazine,

dinal grooves 0, formed in the upperface of the frame a, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

While I prefer to fix the esenpe-lnent-har on the mam frame, itis t1 he understood that it form a forward continuae, as is usual m eonnnermay be fixed to and tlon of the magazin cial linotypes of the ments being in magazine.

. The essential feat ure of my invention eonsists in lifting the-forward end of the nmgazine and supporting the same during its for I w'ard-and-backward movement; but it is to present day, the eseapel sueh ense removed with the 1 t shown and claimed are specially designed to ive it support while beun'derstood that the ously modifiedinvention. 1 .In Fi :6 I I native orm, in which the mai'n;.frame, 'the magazine, and other partis'pexceptthe lifting devices, are identical'withthese in-the preceding figure. place of thelsliding frame H, I provide a transverse lifting rod-or'ro'll H, carried by crank-arms h on opposite-ends of a rock-shaft -h extended through the'baseframe a from side to side."' The rod'H lies normally beneath the magazine, and one of the sup ortin handle-Ii hen this handle. ispulled forward, the effectis to lift the rod H. ,causing it .in turn to lift and sustainthe'end 'of-the magazine, as shown. in dotted lines. The magazine thus raisedmay bereadily drawn forward andremoved'from themachine,

It is to be noted that my invention. has reference particularly to-that class of machines in which theheavy magazineis arranged at the top in an inclined position and in suc'h without departing from my relation to the other parts that can be removed only in an endwise direction at thefront of the machine The parts he're'in lift a'magazine of this-character clear of the cooperating parts at its forward; end and to it is being'withdrawn A clear distinction is to cm the machine.

a machine in which the be drawn between magazine is thus removedat theiront and those machines-in which vertical magazines a15 removed edgewise horizontallyfrom one S1 e.

I believe myself tobe the first to construct a machine in which the magazine is removable endwise in a forward direction, and in which there also exists means for mechanicall'y lifting and sustaining the forward end of the magaz ne during its removal. 'I believe alsoI am the first to combine with he magazine removable in a forward direction means for suspending the same in front of the ma- .de-tails may be vari- I 'i -arms .72. is fashioned into a loo chine after it has been drawn forward from v the operative position preparator moval.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim is I '1. In a linotype-maehine, the combination of a main frame, an inclined magazine removable cndwise at the front of the machine, and means for meehanically lifting the forward end of the magazine and sustaining it during its removal andreplacement clear of the ad jaeent parts at the front of the nlaehine.

2 In a linoty )e-n1achine, the emnhinntion of a main frame, nn eseapementmeehanism fixed thereon, a magazine sustained on the frame in operative relation to the eseapement mechanism and removable endwise .nfl he front of the machine, and meehanisni for mising' the magazine and sustaining the same f to its reclear of the escapement mechanism during its removal. 7 3. In a ljnotypermachine, the combination ofa main frame, an inclined magazine mount- ;ed thereon and removable endwise at the front of themachine, and a support movable forward beyond the magazine and adapted to raise thesame and sustain it during its removal. i

' 4; In a linotype-maclnne, a mam frame,-

-. an'inclined magazine removably mounted thereon, magazme-supports adapted to be advanced to the front of the machine, and means forsus ending the magazine thereon.

5. The corn ination'of the main frame and the, base frame a thereon, the removable magazine, and the slidin frame H. 6. The combination 0 the main frame and secondary frame a thereon, the forwardlysliding frame H, and the removable magazine provided with suspending means to engage the frame H.

7. In a linotype-machine', thegfiain frame,

the inclined r'rame a thereon, the magazine removable in a forward direction, the movable snp ort for the forward end of the magazine, an means, such as projections b, to prevent aceidental movement of the magazine GDdWlSG-r 8. In a linotypemachine and in combina- PHILIP T. DODGE.

Witnesses K. L. BRENNAN, WALTER MOBLARD tion with a supporting-frame a, a magazine B

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