US825054A - Linotype-machine. - Google Patents

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N0.'825,054. I PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. T. s. HUMANS.

' LINOTYPE MACHINE.

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'Specificati on of Letters Patent.

LINOTYPE COMPANY; A CORPORATION OF NEW LINOTYPE-M' QHINE- Application filed March 26, 1906. Serial No. 308,043.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, THOMAS Smnio'NsHd- MANS, of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented 5 a new and useful Im rovement in Linotype- Machines, of which t e following is 'a specification.

My invention relates to that class of linotype machines in which circulating matrices, each containin two separately-usable characters, are com ined w th assembling mechanism 'whereby each matrix entering the composed line may be set to a higher or a lower lever in order to bring one or the other of its characters into line for use, as shown, for example, in United States Patents No. 547,633 to P. T. Dodge and No. 615,909 to J. R. R0 ers. In these machines the matrices are de ivered one after another into a channeled support known as the assembler-elevator, which is movable vertically in order to raise the completed line preparatory to its being transferred horizontally from the elevator through a stationary channel, known as the intermediate channel, toward the devices for presenting the matrices tothe mold.

In the Rogers patent the assemblin -elevator is provided with a horizontal bla e located at the receiving end and movable forward and backward transversely to the line, so that it may be withdrawn from the path of the matrices in order to permit them to descend to the normal level with their upper the path of the incoming matrices in order to sustain them at the higher level until they mounted in the elevator and movable in thedirection of the len th of the line, so that it heretofore, is advantageous in that the gapor opening for the downward passage of the matrices may be varied at will, so that, if I desired, all but the last'matrix in the line' characters in line'wor moved backward into may be moved backward from the path of- I 7 I may be maintained in the upper position, an

action not possible with, the Rogers structure. When the slide is moved back topermit the descent of the incoming matrices, its

0 dpositeend is projected beyond the de live'ry s1 e'of the assembling-elevator, so that when the elevator is raised to a higher leveland the matrix-line moved horizontally-outof the Patented July 3,1906.

elevator into the intermediate channel the projecting end of the blade overlying the ears T of'the lower matrices will hold them down in position andprevent them from catching or indin during their transfer across the. jointor gap etween the elevator and the channell Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the assemblin -elevator and. attendantparts with the bla e in position to emit matrices to pass to the lower level. tion of the same. on the line 2 2. similar section with the blade move ig. 2 is a horizontal secto the right to sustain all the matrices at. the hi her" level.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view looking Fi .Sisa' forward against the front wall or side ofthe assembling-elevator witha line of matrices therein and the bladein position: to sustain them at the hi her level.

Fi 5 is a similar view with the lade retracte to permit the a passage of matrices to the lower level.

Referrin to the drawings, H re resents the incline carrier-belt on which t e mat-- rices Y, released from the magazine, pass down successivel. into the channel and the top of the assem lin -elevator 1, into which -'they are urged latera ly ,by'the star-wheel b -.Each matrix is provided-with two independent characters or matrices proper, y and 1 'The:assembling-elevatoris mounted to move vertically in'orderto lift the composed line:

to the transferring level. All of the fore going'parts are constructed and operated in a manner already. known in the art.. In ap- 1 plyin my'improvemen't I provide theassemb mg-ele vator I withahorizontal slot or.

groove "ifgto extend practically its entire ength, and in this slot I mount a single longitu'dinally movable blade. J projecting inward bey ond'th'e inner wall of e elevator in position to overlie the lower ears of'the mat rices when the .latter stand at the lower'or normal level in the elevator The blade has fits'inneror o erative'edge continuous andof the 'lei'i th; 0 the longest line to be assem bled. he blade isprovidedwith long'itudi-- nal slots j, which receive guiding-pins j in the elevator, this arrangement permitting the blade to be moved endwise the distance of half an inch more or less. When moved to the extreme right, its end stands near the star-wheel 71. and in such position that all the incoming matrices will encounter the blade and be sustained thereby with their lower characters at the alining-level as they are advanced along the elevator toward the left. When, however, the blade is retracted endwise to the left, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, a gap is left between its right end and the star-wheel, so that the incoming matrices may pass the end of the blade. and descend to the lower level in the elevator, their upper characters being thus brought to the alininglevel and their ears passing beneath the blade. It will be seen that by simply shifting the blade endwise the matrices may be causedto assemble at the upper or lower level. By advancing the blade to the right, so that the gap will permit the descent of a single matrix only, it is possible to compose saline in which all the matrices except one or two at the extreme right will be sustained at the upper lev 1. When the blade is moved to the left,

as s own in Figs. 1, 2', and 5, its left end projects' beyond the elevator I, as shown. When the elevator is thrown upward from the composing position to the position for delivering the matrix-line endwise into'the channel K, the projecting end of the blade overlying the ears of-the matrices will prevent them from jumping upward above the proper level, as there is a tendency to do when the elevator is thrown rapidly upwardly and suddenly arrested.

The blade is provided with a handle 9' b which it may be readily moved to and fro. l t may be provided with any other suitable crating device. Y The slots and pins may e replaced by any other suitable means for guiding the blade.

I believe myself to be the first to combine with the assembling devices a continuous blade movable longitudinally in such manner as to control the level of the incoming matrices, and this I claim, broadly, in any form and arrangement the mechanical equivalent 5c of that herein shown.

Having described my invention, what I claim is v 1. In a linotype-machine, the assemblingelevator rovided with a longitudinally-mow 5 5 able bla e to control the'height of the incoming matrices.

2.. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a channeled assembler, means for delivering matrices successively thereto, and a blade mounted in the assembler andmovable endwise to and from'the path of the incoming matrices. l

3. In a linotype-machin-eprovided with two-letter matrices, the assembler, thestarwheel to deliver matrices: thereto, and the horizontal longitudinally-movable blade extending the entire width of the assembler.

4. In combination with the vertically-- movable assembling-elevator and the intermediate channel to receive the matrix-line therefrom, an blade mounted in the elevator and movable endwise to extend beyond the same, whereby it is ada ted to hold the matrices down within the e evator in position to be transferred therefrom.

5. In a linotype-machine, a blade formin a member of the assembling mechanism an arranged to receive and sustain a line of matrices, said blade arranged for retraction endwise at will to a greater or less extent.

In testimony whereofI hereunto set my hand, this 24th day of March, 1906, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

' THOMAS SIMMONS HOMANS.

Witnesses:

L. B. Mo'nnriousn, 'D. P. WILLIAMS.

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