US829868A - Linotype-machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906.

T. S. HOMANS.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

,PPLIUATION FILED @11125l 1905.

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No. 829,868. PATENTED AUG. 28, 1906. T. S. HMANS LINOTYPB MACHINE.

APPLIOA'I'ION FILED SEPT. 5. 1905.

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"o'iviirnD sfmfrns THUMAS S. IIUMANS, UF ,Bl{('l(f)l{LYN, NRW YORK, ASdiNUll T() Ml'lllllN- PATENT OFFICE.

'l`l'lALEll LINOTYPE (UMPANYVA CURlUltATlUN (.)li NEW YORK.

LINOTYPE-NIACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1906.

5ipplieation filed September 1905i Serial No. 277.027.

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Be it known that I, TiioMAs S. HoMANs, of

Brookl Yn, eouiityof Kings, and State of New York, Aiave invented a Ynew and useful lmprovenient in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a siieoiiieation. v

This invention has reference to lmotypemachines in which a series of circulating naat-4 rioes stored in a' magazine are released one at ii time hy`eseapement deviees, assembled in line, the line presented to a casting meehanism to form the type characters on the edge of a'slug or linotype, and finally the luie presented to a distributing meehanism hy' which the individual matrices are returned to their appropriate channels in the magazine,

as represented for illustration in Letters Patent of the United States No. 557,000'.

11i-order to adapt the machine forprodue-4 ing typefaces differing iii size or style, it is customary to remove the magazine containadapt one series of es eapeinents to coper al e with any magazine wlneh may he applied' to the `l'naehme; also, to prevent the removal of theinagazine until the matrices have been loikedl seeurely therein.

.To this .end -tlie invention consists in the combination of 4an independently -ieiiiovahle magazine-with a'series of eseapeinorits fixed in the-machine and arranger-l to project laten ally into the channels of the magazine when,I the latter'is in* operaiiveposition; also, in a end adapted to magazine having its deliver'y pro'eet beyond the eof'peratingeseapements witiiWliieli-it is reiiiovahly4 eoml'iiiedV in order to eonline and of delivery; for loc-.king with means magazine. have shown my improvement,

guide the matrices to the point also, m the eoiiihination of means the' matrici-s in the .magazine speciieallyfdeserihed and shown herein th'e eontlollingthe position of thel appliedto' va Mergentheim' linotype-mawhine having the inmzliine may he of any ordinary or suitable eonstruetion. l

Figure l a side view of the upper portion of-tlie Iiuiin frame with a magazine and rifttendunt parts in operative position. Fig-2 is a similar view with the delivery end of the magazine raised preparatory to its removal. Fig. 3 is a view looking downward in' the direction of the `arrow 3, FigA il, showing the means for locking the matriees Within the' magazine, a portion heing broken awa5T to ex )ose the internal construction. Fig. 4 is a 'longitudinal veitiual section through the lower end of the magazine and the escape ments onthe line 4 4, Fig. 3, ivitlrthe parts'in operative position. Fig, 5 is a similar view showing the magazine lifted elear of the eseapements preparatoryto its rei'noval from the machine.. Fig. 6 is a erssfseetion on the line 6 6, Fig. 4.' Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line 7 7, Fig. 5v

Referring to the drawings, A represents the rigid main frame, which nayhe of any form adapted to'sustain the other parts. A B is the inclined detachable magazine to carry (he matriees.

C is a hasefraiiieunderlying and supportingr the detachable magaziiie.- This haseframe, which forms aY peliiianent part of the machine, is supported neer its upper end upon and arranged to swing around arhonzontal rod or sh'aft a, seated in. the main trame, and this in order that the magazine may be lifted clear ofthe esoapement devices` preparatory toits removaL'as hereinafter explained. The lower end of frame C rests when in operative position upon the main frame, or 1t may he otherwisesupported m an suitable manner. llhe magazine consists, as usuali of twoparalle] plates secured to intermediate spacinghars and provided in their inne:l face's witli 'lonig'itudiiiall grooves or channels to receive an( matrices E, which' will he delivered into'the upper ends of the channels byu distributing me'ohanisinfas usual. The inatrioesresting upon and sustained hy the under plate pass downward liv-gravity through the magazine,

and being released one at'a' time by the usual esoapen'ient devices F, controlled by [ingerkeys or equivalent eseapements, one for each uide the upper and lower'edges of thev l oo elnmnehthey continuqtheireouise over the bottom plate beyond the esrapements and out ol' the end of the magazine. lCaeh escapement consists, as heretofore, of a centrally-pivoted lever carrying at opposite ends two upright pawls,` which are projected alternately upward into the lower side of the magazine by the oscillation ol' the lever, the result of the. moyeinent to and. l'ro 'being to discharge the foremost matrix and permit the next matrix to assume its place in the end ol' the magazine, ready for delivery. lusten d oll attaching the cseapements to the under side of the magazine, as heretofore, I mount them in an independent supporting frame or bar G, which is Secured at its ends rigidly but -de.- tachably to the main frame. YThis frame G is adapted, as shown, to sustain the yhorizontal pivot F of the eseapeinent-levers, and also adapted to guide the upper ends of the escapement-pawls andfl, keeping them in proper relation to one another and limiting their vertical movement.

The magazine is provided on its under side near the delivery end with two transverse slots b b', and the top of the f rame G is formed with corresponding ribs, in which the upper ends of the pawls are guided. These ribs are adapted to fit Within and close the grooves in the magazine. Their upper surfaces are grooved or channeled to correspond with the channels in the magazine. lVhen, therefore, the magazine is seated. in its operative position on to of the escapementdmr G, as shown in ig. 4, the ribs of the frame form narrow ortions of the bottom of the magazine. he channels in the top of the ribs being in refrister with the channels in the magazine, tlie matrices are )ermitted to slide therethrough, subject to .the control of the eseapements, inthe same manner that they are controlled in the ordinary machine having the escapements fixed to the magazine.

Owing to the fact that the escapements are supported independently on .the main frame, the magazine may be lifted and removed from the machine, leaving the escapements behind, and another magazine may be placed in position to cooperate with, the escapements.

It will-be observed that the construction shown admits of the magazine bei ng made of the same length as those to which the escapements are attached, so that it'is adapted to carry the maximum number of matrices-a matter of great importance in machines which are rapidly o erated for the composition of long lines emanding the'employment of many matrices at one time.

It is to be noted that the .en'tire ma azine is in one continuous body containing a l the matriees in the machine and that by reason of its extension beyond the eseapements it is adapted when removed to carry with it all the matrices. ln this respirt lh'- ronstrmfs tion is supi-.rior lo those in which a shortened detaehnble magazine is eomliined with a iiXed esrupeinent mer'hanism having' cham nels whieh are rontinuations ol.l those in thi` magazine and whirh normali)` contain nuitA ricos which must be returned from the eseapement-eliannels to the magazine bel'ore th.l latter is removed. .l`he`present const rui-.- tion avoids the necessity lor returning mutrices to the magazine and admits ol. the lat ter carrying the full number of nniirices de manded without making it more than th'.` ordinaryv length.

it is manifest that the magazine may be supported iu :my suitable manner, provided it is adapted to be lil'ted from the esmipements and "itlulrawn from the machine. In order to permit the speed) and easy lmndlingr of the n'lagazines, l prefer to emplo)Y the tilting frame (Las shown, and to combine therewith means b which its lower end ma)Y be raised and supported during the removal and application ol the magazines.

As shown in the drawings, a rock-shaft l@ is extended through the lower end oll the frame (l and provided at each end with a lever fashioned at one end into a rum l and at the opposite end imo an arm l. 'l`he parts stand normally in the posit ion shown in Fig. l, the A arms l extending rearwmd. while the dams are turned upward out of aetion. The under side ofthe magazine. at this lime rests upon the eseapement baror frame. as shown in Fig. 4. By pulling or swinging the arm l forniard tothe position .shown in Fin". l the rams l.. bearing on studs or rollers f5 on the nmin frame, are caused to lift the frame and the magazine thereon to the position shown in Fig. Zand sustaintheminsuehposition. The magazine, being now .susi-.lined above the es capements and attendant parts, mali' be drawn forward and downward from the frame (i and removed from the nuiehine. The magazine is adapted to interlock wit l1 i he frame U in any suitable manner lo prevent i s accidental escape. For example, one ol' the still`e11ingl ars scoured transversel)Y to l he under side of the magazine may interlock wit h a shoulder on the frame (Y, as shown at e, Fig. 1. One ofthe stiTening-bars near the upper end oi the magazine is preferably extended atits ends in 'such manner that when 1lik magazine is partially withdrui'rn this bur n n. rest upon the forwardly-extended ,arms l .-i mi suspend the magazine in an upright posit ion. as Indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.. The swin ing frame (l to support the magazine. the li ting Camstherefor, and the support ingarms for the inagazine are the subjerl ol' n separate application for paleni filial Hep tember 9, 1905, No. BTTd'iISn, ano .re noi claimed hereinexeept in lhe eonihinnlion-- hereinafter speeilied.

' pose 'to lock them forward.

As regards the employment oi :i series of nation with a removable imigazine, my in vention includes any construction or combination of parts in which a removable niagazine and the iinitriccs therein extend past or beyond the escapcment devices in such form or manner as to sustain and carry all the contained matrices when the magazine'is lifted away from its operative position and from the cscapemcnts, and it is manifest that the details of the parts may be variously modi {ed without passing beyond the limits of my invention. When the magazine is separated from the eseapements, as described, the efi'eet will be to release the matrices. It is therefore necessary to provide means for lookin r them in the magazine. For .this purposeii` may employ any suitable means; 'but I prefer to employ a removable transverse bar II,

which is thrust through the magazine froml one side in position to engage under the up per ears of the foremost matrices, as shown in Fig. 5. In order to prevent this bar from springing or bending edgewise uiider the ears 4of the matrices, it is preferably constructed,

as shown, with alongitudinal rib on its upper side to enter a correspondin groove in` the top plate of the magazine. n order to prevent tbe second matrices in the ina azine from being accidentally carried baewarci `whenithemagazine is removed, in such inanner that theirears will fall into the slet, I pro This may he aecomplished in various `ways for example, by means of a locking-har I, thrust thiou h the magazine from side to side, as shown 1n- Fig. 5, in position to engage behind the lower or foremost ears oi the matrices. a

ln order to prevent the magazine from being lifted before the matrices are locked, I'

provide means to prevent the lifting of the magazine before the matrix-locking devices are in position. I In the form shown this eentrivanee consists of a lever K, Fig'. 3, pivoted in the frame C andhaving one end adapted to interlock with-a shoulder on the lifting-cam t, while the 'opposite end,l acted upon by a spring k, is in position to be acted upon bythe end oi" the matrix-,locking bar H as thelatter completes i ts'inward-loeking movement. The drawings illustrate the position of the arts after the locking-bar has been carried iome to its place, the lever being disengaged from the cam and the latter partly turned to lift the magazine. 'My invention in this regard consists, broadly, in the combination ot a niatrixlloking device so constructed and arranged as to prevent the magazine from being separated from the eseapements until the matricesl are ioeked within the magazine, so that their escape therefrom will be prevented when theniagazine is separated from the esl escapements lixed in the machine, in combi capi-ment. lt is manifest that this device may be made in any suitable form and n1'- ranged to eo'iperate with the main l'riime or with any other part o'll the mechanism which will insure the action described.

While l )relier to employ the mechanismy shown for lifting the fran'ie (Y, it is to be imderstood that any other mechanism may be employed or that the frame (l may be stationary, as usual, and the magazine lifted therefrom by hand.

While I have `shown my invention as incorporated in a linotype-machine using matrices with intaglio characters, it is to be nnderstood that it is applicable to all machines having removable magazines containing typemiitriees, typefdies, or type characters, or, in short, t0 typographie machines in general.

The magazine is arranged, as usual, to deliver the matrices into the u right channeled piate M, fixed to the front o the main trame, the matrices descending through this plate to the assembling-belt and through assembling devices, as usual. When the magazine is lifted by the frame C, as before described, its delivery end is carried above the channeled plate or guide M, so that it may pass readily thereovcr. The frame C and the snpi zation the eseapement mechanism is mdependent of the magazine, or, in other wordsJ is sustained and actuated without attachment to or dependence on the magazine.

VVhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a typographie machine7 the combination of a main frame, an esca ement mechanisinI and an independent yremov`able magazine having an open delivery end extending past the escapemeiit mechanism substantially as described.

2. in a typographie machine, the combination-of a removable ma azine having an open end for the delivery o matrices, and an independent escapement mechanism acting through the side of the ,magazine in advance ofthe delivery end, and means distinct from the eseapement mechanism for locking the matrices i`n the magazine preparatory to removal.

3. .ln a typographie machine, tbe combi- IOO IXO

nation ol' a main frame, a removable magag bers arranged to act through the side of the Y magazine, in combination with a complete independently-removable magazine having its delivery end extended beyond the escapements, whereby the use of a continuous magazine of maximum length is permitted and the one escapement mechanism rendered available for a number of magazines. f

5. In a typogra hic machine, the combination of a mam rame, a removable magazine, open at its end l'or the discharge ofthe matrices and having openings in one side in advance of the delivery end to admit the esca ement'devices, in combination with an in( ependently-supported esca ementmechanism having its active mem ers projected throu h the openings into the ma azine.

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6. n a typograp -i machine, t e combination of a magazme removable as a whole, and an escapement mechanism constructed and sustained inde endentl ofthe magazine and acting throu the si( e of the latter in advance of the elivery end to controlthe passing matrices. A

7. In a typogra hic machine, a main frame, a channeled) magazine detachably mounted thereon and provided near the delivery end'with transverse grooves extending inward from the exterior, in combination with an escapement mechanism having ribs to fill said grooves and pawls projecting through said ribs; said magazine and 'escapement mechanism bein separable at will, substantially as describer.

S. In a typographie machine, the'combination of a main frame, an inclined verticallyswinging frame, C, thereon, an esca ement mechanism, F, and channel-plate, both xed to the main frame, and a magazine, B, seated von the frame C, and overlyin the escapement mechanism and removal) e at the front of the machine. y

9. In a typographie machine, ,the combination of a main frame, an inclined swinging frame C therein, means for lifting and sustain-ing the frame C, an inclined magazine mounted on said frame and removable in a forward direction, and an esca-pement mechanism fixed on the main frame independently of the magazine and coperating with the same.

10. In a t pographic machine, the combination of t e following elementsza main frame, an inclined movable frame therein, a magazine mounted on the movable frame and adapted for removal in a forward direction, escapement'mechanism sustained on the frane independently of the magazine and cooperating therewith in advance of its decapements for securing the matrices within the magazine.r

x11. In a linotype-machine, the combination ofthe removable magazine and means for displacing the samf` preparatory to itsrc moval, and means for confining the matrices within the magazine, said con'lining and displacing devices arranged to interact, substantially as described.

12. In a linotype-machinc, a detachable magazine, means For moving the same from its operative position preparatory to its detachment, means for locking said m'oving devices, and means for coniin-ing the matrices within the magazine and unlocking said locking device.

13. In combination with the frame (l, the magazine thereon and the lifting-cam Z, a locking device K for said cam, and a matrixlocking deviceH arranged to release the de vice K.

14. In a linotype-machine, a channeled magazine having slots in its side in combination with matriceshaving ears or shoulders at .their ends, and the two locking devices adapted to engage the respective shoulders,

`whereby the matrices are prevented from shifting in either direction.

15. In a channeled linotype-magazine substantially as described, a matrix-locking bar H having a longitudinal rib to engage the magazine substantially as described, whereby the yielding of the bar under the Weight of the matrices is prevented.

16. The magazine fora linotype-machine comprising the parallel plates having i'n their opposing faces the grooves or channels to guide the matrices, and also having near the delivery end, the two transverse grooves b and b', adapted to permit the introduction oi escapement devices from the exterior.

17. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a removable magazine, a stationarymagazine delivery-mouth, and escapcments for the matrices secured to a fixed part and operating through the removable magazine.

18. -In a linotype-machine, the combination with a magazine having slots in the un- IOO idg

der side thereof, of a stationary-magazine delivery-m outh into which the matrices are de-- livered from the magazine, and pawls pivoted to a fixed part and alining with the slots and thereby adapted to engage the matrices in the magazine.

19. In a linotype-machine, the combination of a main frame, an escapement mech- IIO 2U. VIn a linot e-machine,. a magazine In testimony whereof I hereunto set my containing longitu inalohannels to uidethe hand, this 28th day of August, 1905, in the uniti-lees and transverse omoves b" in resenee of two attestin Witnesses.

combination with-an escpement mechanism THO S S. HOMANS. 5: having ribs to enter sai grooves, said ribs Witnesses:

containing channels corresponding with W; H. RANDigLL,

those in the magazine. L.V B. MOREHOUSE.

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