US838062A - Linotype-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 838,062. v y PTENTED DEC. ll, QOG.. P. W1 SUTGLIFFB & C. HOLLIWELL LINOTYPE MACHINE.

` APPLIUATIOH FILED 00T. 5, 1905,

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SHEETS-SHEET 1;

PATENTED DEC. 1l, 1906. F. W. SUTGLIFPE & C. HOLLIWELL.

LINOTYPB MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED 0015. 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

IW. 888,062. PATENTED DEG. 1l, 1905. REW. SUTGLIFFE & C. HOLLIWELL.

vT JNOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 0015. 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Hrw i067 No. 830,062. PATENTED DB0. 11, 1900.

' E. W. SUTGLIPPE 0 0. HoLLwELL.

LINOTYPE'MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 5, 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET Septembei` 16, 1890.

The particular users oflinotype-machines l UNITED STATES 'PATENT OEEIOE. Y'

LPREDERIOK WILLIAM sUTOLIFEE, OF LONDON, AND CHARLES HOLLIWELL, vOEBIaOADHEATH, ENGLAND, AssieNoRs TO LINOTrrE-AND MAOHINERY LIMITED.v OF LONDON. ENGLAND.

LlNOTYPE-MACHINE;

Spcification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed October 5,1905. Serial No. 281.458.

'To all whom it may concern: l

Be it known that we, FREDERICK WILLIAM SUTOLIFFE, of`London, and CHARLES HOLLI- WELL, of Broadheath, England,have invented new and useful Improvements in vLinotype-Machines and We do hereby declare the composed line of matrices and spaces. Itis.

particularly applicable for use on the Mergenthaler linotype-machine described in the specification OfLetters YPatent who have already and will in the future find v this inv'entionuseful are those who supply stereotypes to the printing-trade, andsome of whose customers require theirstereotypes to have lines of one length, while other customers require their stereotypes to have lines of a different length. For instance, let it be supposed that one'such customer is the proprietor of a newspapeiflhaving lines thirty ens long, whileihe-lmesof-another customers newspaper are only twenty-eight ens long.

It is obvious that a thirty-ens stereo cannot be cast from a fiong made on twenty-eightens linotypes nor a twenty-eight-ens one from a thirty-ens flong, and even if the user were to set the job iii-movable type instead of in linotype there would still'be the necessity of running over the lines after the first vflong had been taken from them to shorten them from thirty ens to twenty- 4eight ens or to lengthen them from twentyeight ens to thirty ens, according to which of the two vhad ,beenv their original length, before the second long could be taken; l n Thepiesent invention makes the linotype- .machine practically run over eachktiwentyeight ens line of matrices and space-bars afterthe twenty-eight-ens-linotype has been cast from it and lengthen it to lthirtyl e s,so

.that the machine can-cast a thirty-ens lino:d

type fromv the said line `before it is. distributed, thereby obviating the necessity of a separate composition for each length of linotype. f

lt consists in combining a filling-piece with the vise that holds the composed line during filling-piece having an operative thickness equal to Ithe desired difference in the two lengths of linotypes. The vise is adjusted for the longery length and this length reduced to the shorter one by the insertion of the filling-piece. The line is then composed as for the shorter length, but more tightly (as it is called) than usual for the follqwing reason. This reason will be most readily understood 'if it is explained in connection .with-'a Mergenthaler space -bar. y Each space-bar ofaMergenthaler linotype-machine is =a doublewedge capable of being thickened by having one of continues. In the commercial machine of to-d'ay this thickening continues until the line is justified. Consequently the more matrices there are in a line the less need thereis for each space-bar to be thickened -to its maximum to justify the line. sible for an operator tocompose so few matricesinto the line that thejustiiication of it space-bars. This sort of composition, known fas loose, will not-:satisfy the present Invenfying capacity equal tothe dierence between'the two lengths oflinotypes. .This is vwhy the present invention requires that the line should be composed more tightly than usual, for a line so'composed will be justified before the space-bars vare thickened to the reserve Ofjustifying capacity.

After trieshorter lmotype has been cast thereby leaving it adjusted for the longer lengtl'i.;l The composed line is'again,vl placed the longer length the longer lin otype is cast andthe composed line distributed. lV

The filling-piece may be alternated-Ji.` e.,

inserted and 'withdrawn-by hand; but to do the acts of justification and casting, the said` its wedges slid along ovei` the other, thethickening increasing as' long as the" sliding will labsorb all the justifying capacity of itsthe filling-piece is withdrawn from the vise,.

this with the necessary regularity would tax',

It is quite postion, because there ymust be a reserve of justi- I maximum, thereby'providing the requiredin the vise, and after it has been justied to' IOO the attention of the operator, so that such manual operation is practically impossible. That being so, the invention includes automatic alternating mechanism for inserting and withdrawing the filling-piece. These means may be of any suitable kind and be actuated by any regularly-moving partof the machine. The mold-carrier is fitted with two molds, one of the longer and one of the shorter length. Any of the molds adjustable for length-such as those of Patents l\`o. 562,751, June 23, 1896, or No. 539,993, May 20, 1895-may be used; but their adjustability is not to .meet the change from the longer to the shorter length-say from twenty-eiglit to thirty ens-butlto meet the change from one range of lengths to another, as when. the lengths are, say,fortyeight and fifty ens instead of twenty-.eight and thirty ens. It is always the filling-piece that provides for the difference between the two lengths.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2, a plan; Fig. 3, a side elevation of the abutment and filling-piece, taken on thelinc 3 3 of 2 looking at it in, the direction of the arrow and Fig. 4, adiagram of one cycle of the invention. Fig. 5 is a side elevatimi, and Fig. 6 a plan, of the automatic repeating mechanism. Fig. 7y is a side elevation of the automatic means for justifying the composed line to the respec-4 tive lengths after each presentation of the said line to the mold.

1 is the shorter-length mold, and 2 is tite klonger-length mold, .both mounted diametrically opposite to' each other on the moldcarrier 3 in the well-known way. Tris car rter, known as the `mold-wheel,"y is rotated A by gearing from the cam-shaft of the nuzcnine in substantially the same way as lleretofore, but witr the following difference:

In the ordinary ycommercial machine only one mold is inuse on one job, 'the other mold (or molds, for ltt-.ere are sometimes as many as four on the wheel) being in reserve to be used on jobs requiring shorter or longer or thicker or thinnei' linotypes, and the mold turns through two arcs, one of ninety degrees and one of two i undred and seventy degrees,

lfor each linotype cast, with a rest between each arc, tee drivingJgear on the cam-shaftbeing mutilated to 'provide these rests; but for the purpose ol' the present invention the carrier 2 must make half a revolut ion for eaci; linotype cast, because it. must present the two molds 1 2 successively opposit e the composed line when it is in the viseeach time the nun-nine is ready to cast. Consequcnt ly the mutilated gear on the cam-shaft consists of two equal arcual racks of .about fort y-five degrees-cach set opposite to each other with equal rest-surfaces between them. A mold is in the casting position when it is stationary behind the vise and close up to it, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with."reference` to mold 1.-

4 is the fixed, and 5 the movable, visejaw; 6, the abutment for the jaw 5, engaged and operated by the screw 7 to hold the jaw 5 atthe proper distance frent'the jaw 4 and 8,' the vise-frame supporting the parts 4, 5, 6, and 7. The distance shown in Figs. 1 and 2 between the jaws 4 and 5 is the usual viseopening to receive the composed line of mat rices and space-bars. This line is omitted from the figures, so as notI to obscure the cooperation between the lvise 4 5 and the two molds 1 2. The fillingpiece consists of .a slide. 9, working, by means of a dovetail 10, in agroove 10u in the right-hand face of the abutment 6. i 11 is a pin fast to tte slide 9 and projecting laterally from it through a cavity 12 in the ad jacent face of the abutment 6 and entering a block 13, slidingin a bore 14 in the rear face of the said abutment. Thecavity12is long enough from front to rear to allow ofthe moven'tent of the slide 9 in the abutment 6.

15 is a spring resilient between the front lface of the block 13 and the closed front end of the bore 14, so that the slide 9 is always being urged to the rear.

16 is a plate to close bore 14.

17 is a nose on the rear end ofthe slide 9, adapted either to be engager'rhby the moldcarrier 3 when the'latter is moved to thefront as heretofore to make its mold fit up metaltight against the composed line of matrices and space-bars in the vise or to'allow-a hole 1S in the moldwcarrier 3 to .pass over it, so that the motion ofthe said carrier tothe front shall not affect the llingqaiece. The hole 18 the rear face ofthe is so positioned in the mold-carrier 3 thatA when the shorter-length mold 1 is in casting position the hole 18 is diametrically opposite the nose 17 and when the longer-length moldi2 is in casting position it registers with the said nose. The operative surface of the fillingpiece is shown as consisting of a pairof cams 19 19 on the side of the slide 9'next to the vise-jaw 5 each cam merging in a flat surface 2() to the rear of it. The projection of a 0am 19 and it surface 2O from the slide 9 is equal to the difference in length between the two molds 1 and 2. T he slide 9 is always in con'- taet with the abutment 6 on one side and IIO with the jaw 5 o n the other, so that its presence in no way interferes with the control of the screw 7 over the posltion ot tlns jaw 5. The

rear cam 19, with its surface 20, is positioned clear of the jaw Both cams 19 and the? make such engagement symmetrical, the frontl cam 19 and its surface 20 are added.

The automaticv means .for justifying the line first to the shorter length and afterward to the longerlength is the justifying mechanism in general use to-day in the commercial linotype-machine `and is illustrated inFig. 7.

150 151 are two cams fast on the cam-shaft A31 of the machine, and therefore i urning with it in the direction indicated by the arrow.

`1505 151a are the two -justifying-levers. They are both fulcrumed on a common fulcrum 152 in themachine-frame 30. Eachv carries an antifric'tion-roller 1-50b 15 1b,-and

both rollers are kept in contact with therespective peripheries ofthe cams 150 151 by push-rods .150cl 1515, fast on them, and besprings 150c 151C and having collars 150e 151e i tween which collars and the base of the machine-frame the said springs are constantly in compression, and therefore always holding the front ends of the levers 1,50a 1.51a as high as the respective cor'itactsl betweenthe pe- 'ripheries of the cam 150 151 and the rollers 15()b 151b allow them to do. The'front ends of the cam-levers 15015-151a are loosel, con- 150f 151f, respectively. These rods aretcapabley of sliding inA-suitable fixed' guides as Ythe` respective levers risexand drop under the joint action ofthe cams 150 151 and springs `.150c 151C. These two rods 150f 151. showin the gure as one behind. the other. Their top ends-are pivotally connected to a justify-l ing-plate 153, which stands under. the opening between the vinse-jaws '4 5. It is into this opening that the first elevator 22 puts the composed line of matricesY and space-bars. All the matrices and space-bars hang in the y head of the saidelevator 22 by lgs .which engage in grooves 154 in thesaid head, as shown lin the figure. Only the .lugs y of onematrix showin the figure, those of the other matrices, as well as those of the space-bars, being bel. hind." A space-bar has been already described as beinga double being thickened by having one of its wedges islid along over. the other.v These two wedges are of diderent lengths7 one of them being wedge capable of shorter than a matrixand the other being' )much longer. It is the shorter wedge that.

carries 'the lugs z, by which the space-bar is suspended from the grooves 154, and that is why the shorter wedges do not show in the figure. One longer wedge Z shows project pinched between the abutment 6 and the ing downward below the composed line of Vmatrices and space-bars, because the figure illustrates a justified posimaking the cams 19 push .the jaw 4 by two ens, in which position the (and `also above it,

tion,) the other longwedges being behind it. At the moment that the elevator 22 puts-the composed line in the vise-opening the rises of the two cams 150 151 hold-the front ends of the levers 15()a 151, and consequently the j ustifying-plate 153, in their lowest respective positions; butby the time the said line is to be justified the rotationof the cams has placed their drops-say the two a, (L -opposite the two lever-rollers 150b 151b, so that the springs 150c 151c at once push the said justifyingplate 153 up, making each longerwedge slide over its shorter fellow wedge, thereby thickening each space-barv as much as the lthen distance between the jaws4 and 5 permits of.

This is the condition shown in 'the figure.- There are two drops Aa b (and consequently two rises) shown in each cam, because there are two in each cam' in the commercial linotype-machine; but this duplication is a detail that does not concern the present invention, for as far as it is concerned each cam may be considered as having only one rise and one drop, the rise and drop in one substantially registering with the v'rise and drop in the other and both rises ani both drops acting once only during each rotation of the cam-shaft 31.

The invention works as follows: Asurning that the two desired lengths of linotypes are twenty-eight and thirtyv ens, the molds land f2 .are set tol -these lengths, respectively, a nectedl t`o the bottom ends of .vertica rods.;y

slile'19, having a. cam projection of two ens, mountedln the abutment 6, and the screw 7 adjusted in the abutment tohold the jaw 5 at the longerlength (thirty ens) from the jaw 4. As the shorter linotypeis cast before the longer one, the mold lis on the-right and the longer one, 2, on the left when the machine is at restv Igof Fig. 4,l thehole 18 being about ninety degrees behind the mold, Fig. 2. It

is therefore not opposite the nose 17 of the 'slide 9. The carrier 3 being -now clear of 'the said nose 17, the `latter is held .protruded by the spring'15, Fig. 2. The machine is start-l ed, and the well-known first elevator 22, Fig. '2, puts the line ofrnatricesand space-bars,

composed tight, as already, explained, in the vise between the jaws 4 5, and the first camrack turns the' moldfl up opposite the composed line, Fig. 1 and II of Fig. 4, and leaves ICO IIO

it there. The mold-carrier 3 1s next pushed to the front, as heretofore, to makethe face of the mold 1 contact metal-tightwith the composed line, Fig. 2.` front face-of the carrier 3 engages the no se17 In so doing the solid andpushes 'the slide 9 to 'the front, thereby L Y Jthe aw 5 nes-rer to screw 7 will hold it fixed, theslide 9 being jaw, whereby it becomes practically an exthen returned to it.)

tension of the. said abutment. The coinposed line is'now justified in the ordinary Way; but as it was composed "tight not more than about half of the justifying caps.- city of the space-bars in it is used up. The shorter linotype is then cast and the e Lrrier 3 moved to the rear, as heretofore. This :notion clears 'the slide which is innnedifdely pushed to the rear by the spring 15. The second cani-rack now turns the carrier 3 through ninety degrees, lll of Fig. 4,"tl1ereby putting the mold 2 opposite the wellrknown ejector and leaving it there. The ejector now acts in the usual `way; but as 'the mold 2 is empty this particular action ol" the ejector is an idle one. The camshaft has now completed one rotation The iirst rack now turns the carrier through ninety degrees,

IV of Fig. 4, thereby putting the mold 2 in` the casting position and the hole lopposite the nose 17. The distribution oi' the couiposed line, which would have been begun by the machine by this tinte, is prevented by the repeating mechanism, (illustinzled in' Figs. 5 and 6 and described further on,) the line itself being practically lettin lthe vise. (As a matter of fact, it is taken ont of the vise as if it were going to be distributed and The carrier 3 is then pushed to the front and ns the hole 18 pisses over the nose 17 without touching it the cams 19 19 renu: in stationary in the position which the spring 15 had pushed them into, thereby leaving the jaw 5 at the longer distance (thirty ens) from the jiz-.w Ll. 'lhe lilie is now justified to the longer length, the reserve ol" justifying capacity in lthe space-b.: rs in it beingxusedrup'for that purpose. The longer linotype is then cast. Next the second rack turns the carrier 3 through ninety degrees, V of Fig. 4, leaving the mold 1 with the shorter-lenglh linotype in it opposite the ejector, which thereupon ejects it. The

`longer linotype having' been eist, the coin-` fosed line is distributed in the lusual way.

ihe cani-shaft has now completed its secondrotation. This completes a cycle of the 'iiiven'tion, or, to speak quite correctly, it would do so il" there had been a lino'tyj'ie inthe mold ,I 2; but ihere is not the carrier, a must be turned through 'two more arcs of' ninety degrees each to complete it; but :ill the subse quent cycles will be completed in two rota..- tioiis ot the er-.in-slia'lit. During each cycle the operator has been composing the next line, and this is placed in the vise in time to coperate with the mold 1 each time that it comes opposite 4the vise. Thus the .machine delivers irst a shorter linotype and next va.. longer one, both-cast from the samecom, posed'rline.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate an improved form. of the repeating mechanism that prevents the removalf'o'f the composed line' Vby the Wellf.

known distributer after the shorter linotype 6 5 identical with the invention described in the 7c .specilication of Letters Patent No. 645,472,

March 13, 1900, and therefore per se forms no part of the present invention. '6 0 is a cam last ,on the cam-shalt of the machine; 61, a

portion of thelever mechanisinthat nor- 75 mally takes the composed line out of the irst elevator 22, Fig. 2, preparatory to the distribution of it, and which mechanism is actuated by the cam iii one direction and by a spring (not shown) in the other; 62, a lever 8o tulcrumed on the machine-frame at 63 and adapted to stop the cani-shaft after a linotype has been cast 64, a wedge-shaped projection 'fast on the said lever 62; 65, a radial projection on the periphery of the vcam 60; 85

66, a shaft turning in stationary brackets 67 67; 68, a lever loose on the sha'lt 66 and` madeby the pull of a spring 69 to hold its nose j ust .within the path of the projection as the latter turns down toward the adja- 9o cent nose oli the said lever 68; 70, a pawl pivoted on the link 66; 71, a ratchet-wheel fast on the shaft 66 and with which the pawl 7() engages to turn thelsha'lt 66 intermittently 712 72 72 72,1"our stops, and 73 73 73v 73 four 95 intermediate notches, arranged symmetricfally about a boss 74. on the said shaft 66 under a stud 75 on the rock-shaft 76 of the portion 61; 77, a cam likewise fast on the.

sha-lit 66, having four depressions and four roo points symmetrically arranged at forty-live degrees troni each other, thedepressions be? ing at an anglt` ol forty-'live degrees with the respective notches 72?, and With which cani the ,projection 64 cooperates. is s et by hand, so thatvhe'n a iilling-pieee is between the abutment 6 and. the jaws 5 a notch 73 is opposite the stud 75, the projec tion 6l being at the same time in a depies- 'lhe paivlA 7() is then put i 1o m gear With the ratchet-Wheel 71', a spring sion of the cam 77.

combined With the pawl keeping it in gear. As the shorter composed line is being conveyed to the vise the projection 65 comes up to the lever 68 and turns it downward about i i 5 the shaft 66 through forty-*live degrees, thereby making the pawl 70 turn the Shalt 66 till-a y stop 7 2 is opposite the stud 75 and a point oi the cam. 77 in engagement with the projection 64 on the lever 62, thereby rocking the izo ter returns it to the vise and thecam-sha't 12 5 makes a second revolution, therebyellfecting the 'casting-oi the longer lmotype and also moving the particular stop 7 2 out of the path The shaft 66 105 of the stud 7 5-andva notch 73 into the path of it, so that the mechanism 61 works normally after the longer linotype has been cast, and

the 'composed line is then distributed in the usual way. When theimachine is to work normally-Ji. c., without the present inventions-the pawl 70 is rocked on its pivot out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel 71.

n(2 1,...ltf-has/aleady been stated that the invention is artieularly applicable te the Mergenthaler 'notype-inachine of Letters Patent No. 436,532, September 16,1890,and seit is; but its applicability is not limited to thatmachine. For instance, with reference to the justifying devices which the invention relies on the essential feature is the reserve of justifying capacity. The Mergenthaler justilymg devices are double-wedge space-'bars acl ing in the direction of their length, while the justifying devices of the typograph-machine are double wedges acting circularly;

, but the present invention is so far applicable Amolds of different lengths;

to both machines, for the reason that the justifying devices of each possess.the abovementioned reserve of justification. Compressible elastic justifying devices would possess such reserve of justifying capacity. So

it must he clearly understood that the present invention is applicable to any machine whose justifying devices possess the required reserve of justifying capacity. Further, the mold-carrier of the Mergenthaler machine is a rotating one adapted to present two molds at'ernately in the casting osition; but itis this presentation that is t e essential function et the carrier. The rotation as such is immaterial, because the same presentation' would be accomplished by a mold-earner hav- -,mo/ld in its easting'position; and automatic m'eans for putting thesadpieces out of operative position when the shorter mold is not in the casting osi-tion. i 1

3. The com ination of mold-carrier; two

' molds of different lengths; means `for presenting them successively in the casting osition fie vise andY filling-piece; Ireans by w ich the mold-carrier puts the :filling-piece into operative position when it presentsthe shorterlength mold Ain the casting position; auto- Inatic means for withdrawing the fillingpiece from' that position when the shorter-4 length mold is not in the casting position; aui tomatie means for presenting the composed line in the casting position twice in succes-` sion; and automatic means for justifying it to the res eetive ylength after each presentation.

4.V Tlie combination of mold-carrier; two `molds of different lengths mounted thereon; vise adaptedA to hold the composed line in the casting position and having one jaw movable to and from the other jaw; abutment adjustable to hold the movable jaw at a given distance from the said other jaw; filling-piece situated between the abutment and the movable jaw; spring to hold itin its inoperative position and in the path of the mold-carrier when the shorter-length mold is to be cast from; and a hole in the mold-carrier to pass.

over the iilling-piece when the longer-length mold is to be cast from.

5. The combination of mold-carrier; two molds of different lengths mounted thereon;

putting the said piece out of operative posivise adapted to hohl the composed line in the tion when the shorter mold is not in the casting position.

6.. The combination of mold-carrier;V two molds of diilerent lengths mounted thereon;

, vise adapted to hold the composed line in the casting position and having one jaw movable to and from the other'jaw; abutment adjust- .able to hold the movable jawat a given distance from the said bther jaw; filling-piece situated between the abutment and the movable jaw; spring to hold it in its ino erative position andlin the -path of themol -earrier when the longer-length mold is to be cast fromga hole in the mold-carrier to lpass over the filling-piece when the shorter-length mold is to be cast from; automaticmeans for presenting the composed line in the casting position twice in succession; and automatic means for justifying it to the respective length after each presentation.

7. The lcombination of mold-carrier; two molds of different lengths mounted thereon; filling-piece adapted to-be put into operative position by the mold-carrier as it presents lthe shorter mold in its casting osition automatic means for putting the ii lingpiece out of operative position when the shorter mold is not in the casting position; and automatic means for presenting the composed line to each mold in succession.

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E5 assess 8. The combination of mold-carrier; two ln Witness whereof we .have hereunto set inolds of different lengths mounted thereon; our hands in the presence of two witnesses. il-ling-piece adapted to be put into operative 5 FREDERICK wlttmi sLiCLIFFE. position by the mold-carrier as it presents the i CHARLES HOLIYELL. Y,

5 shorter mold in its casting position; auto- 1 Witnesses to the signature of Fr'ierick matic means for putting the filling-piece out Willimp Sutcliffe: of .operative position when the shorter mold H. D. J Mmsot' is not in the casting position; automatici A. NUTTING. ineens for presenting the composed line to i Witnesses to the signature of Charles Holl?-A 1o each mold in succession; and automatic well:

ERNOLD SIMPSON MosELEY,

means for ustilying the said line to the re- MALCoLM SMITHURST.

spec-tive length after each such presentation.

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