US846053A - Linotype-machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAR. 5

. J. R-ROGERS. LINOTYPE MACHINE. APPLICATION F'ILBD we. 17, 1906.

T of Kings, and State of New York, have in UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN. RAPHAEL ROGERS, or BROOKLYN, NEW, YORK, ASSIGNOR T MER:

' GENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LlNOTYPE-MACHINE.

No. Mensa main".

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, Joint RAPHAEL ROGERS, of the borough of Brooklyn, county vented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification;

' My invention has reference to linotype machines wherein the composed line of mat- I face of a slotted mold in order to close therices is presented temporarily against the same and form type characters in relief on a type-metal sing or linotype cast in said mold, as shown, for example, in Letters Patent of the United States No. 436,531. In these machines the matrices, having protruding ears at the lower end, are's'uspended in a vertically-movable support known as the first elevator and indicated by t in the drawings of said patent, a nd after the matrices are in the OfiSiGlIlg'POSllZlOII the elevator is urged upward, so as to press the ears of the matrices against the underside of a horizontal shoulder or ledge on the mold. This shoulder serves not only to insure the proper alinment of the matrices-horizontally,ibut also ,to' determinethe position of the matrices I proper in relation to the mold-slot,--andc onsequently the position ofthe type characters on the e d 'e of the slug or linotype.

" In mac iines as heretofore constructed the shoulder was fixed inrelation to the moldslide, and with given matricesit was impossible to. change the location of the characters on the slu'gthat is to say, impossible to set them nearer'the upper or the lower edge, if required. In pract ce it frequently away from the same at will to any desired ex- I tent. In this manner the'matrices may be happens that it is desirable to shift a line of charactersiedgewise' of the slug toward-its ,upperor its lower ed e, as the .case maybe,

inorder to accommo ate accents or characters having anunusual' length above or below their bodyportions. I 'accom lish this resuit by changing the relation 0 the matrices to the. mold-slotfa'nd in order that this may be done I provide in connection with the mold and referably attached thereto an adjustable a iningbar or ledge to engage the ears of the matrices." This ar, lying parallel with the mold-slot, may be moved. toward or adjusted endwi'se so that they will be presented-plongti the centerJofv the mold-slot or,

above or below the center, as demanded, the

result being that the type characters produced will occupy corresponding positions. on

the edge of the slug.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have shown my invention asapplied to an adjustmold proper secured in a vertical supiporting-v v. heel B and containing the mol slot a, whichextends therethrough from the front to the back.

I C O represent the matrices, each containing the intaglio character or matrix proper, c, in one edge and having shoulders c and cat the upper and lower ends. These matrices in action are assembled in line side by side and the entire line suspended in the vertically-removable support D directly in front 1 of the mold, the individual matrices standing edgewiseiagainst the mold with the matrix proper, c, opposite the mold-slot, so thatthe met-a1 delivered into the slot to form the slug or linot which Wlll produce the type characters in relief on the edgeof the slug; I

E represents the alining-ba'r secured to the face. of the mold, its form being such as to overlap the ears 0 of the matrices, so that when the matrices are urged upward by vmeans of the elevator D their ears will be pressed against the under side of the shoulder,- wheieby the matrix-bodies and'the characters therein will be brought into exact alinement horizontally.

. It will be observed that the distance e will also flow into the matrices,

tween the shoulder and the alining-bar and the mold-slot determines the position-of the matrices c vertically in rela tionto the mold slot. By raising and loweringkthe plate E the operative position of 'thematric'es may be changed vertically s'o that l the characters therein will appear opposite theo'ent'erof the mold-slot, or near its upper side, as shown in Fig. 3, or its lower 'side,' asishown" in Fi 4, as

occasion may requireq In' other we s, the

. edge of the slug. 4

In order to effect accurate adjustment ofvertical adjustmentof the plateE will determine the position of the t pe characters on theslug or linotype withre erence to its u per and lower sides. In this way the type 0 ara'cters, if small, may be placed near the up er slug may be adjusted in the exact positions,

required to bring the entire character on the the alini ng-plate E and to'hold it in exact parallelism with the mold-slot, I'ma use devices of any suitable character; but recommend the arrangement shown in the .drawings, consisting sim ly of a horizontally-movable plate or slide seated in the under or lower'edge of the mold and provided with a longitudinal groove f,'inclined from the horizontal'and adapted to receive a corresponding rib on the back of the alining-plate. B

moving the slide F to the left tliplate E M l be lowered and the type characters produced in lowered position on the edge of the slug, while, on the other hand, the movement of the slide F to the right will raise the plate E, permit the matrices to assume a higher relation to the mold-slot, and consequently produce type characters in a higher position on the edge of the slug. I

The plate E is secured in place by bindingscrews G, extended through slots therein into the body of the mold. By tightening these screws the plate and slide may be secured (firmly in their adjusted positions. The

screws may be continued through'into the mold-supporting wheel, as shown in Fig. 2,,so that they will serve also the additional purpose of holding the mold-body in place; but this is not necessary, as the mold may be se' cured by independent means. 1

The body of the mold may be of any construction desired provided only it contains the slot or cell a and is adapted to receive an adjustable-alining-plate E.

The plate E, as shown in Figs. -1 and 2, is

provided with two parallel shoulders e ands,

to engage the matrices, and this for the purpose ofpermitting the use of ordinary twoof ordina construction without necessitating any 0t er change in the molds and without requiring adjustment of the mold proper or change in the position of the ejecting dethe length or the height of the mold-slot and the dimensions of the slugs produced therein.

It will of c ourse. be understood that the dimensions of the .slot may be varied in this way or otherwise without in the least affecting the operation of my attachments.

' Having. described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In a linotype-machine, and incombina-.

tion. with a slotted mold, a matrix-alining plate-movable toward and from the moldslot, and means for positively moving said.

plate and securing it in its different positions.

2. "In a linotype-machine, the combinationof a slotted mold-body, a matrix-alinirig plate movably secured to. the mold parallel with the slot, means for moving said plate toward and from the slot, and distinct means for securing the plate in any desired position.

.3. In combination with a'slotted mold body, a matrix-alining plate movable toward and from the slot, and a slide having an inclined bearing-surface for the purpose of ad'- justing said plate.

4. In combination with a slotted moldbody, a matrix-alining plate, the adjustingslide connected therewith by an inclined slidingjoint.

5. The combination of a slotted moldbody, the matrix-alining plate E, a slide F for adjusting said plate and binding-screws,-

substantially as shown.

6. In a linotype-machine, the combination of aslotted mold, cooperating matrices containing each two inde endent characters, an

alining-plate E movab y attached to the mold andprovided with two grooves-or shoulders e, 6, means for moving the plate toward and from the slot and maintaining its parallelism therewith, and means for holding the plate in' its different positions; whereby either character of thematrices may be held in different relations to the mold-slot.

the slot is separated from the body portion etter matricesthat is to say, matrices con taining in the edge two separately-usable characters, requiring the matricesto beset at difi'erent heights in relation to the mold for the production 01' the respective characters. f

It is to be noted that the embodiment of my invention in the form herein shown 'ad- I mits of its being applied to linotypeemachines i In testimon whereoffI hereunto set my hand, this 13th day of August, 1906, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

' JOHN RAPHAEL ROGERS.

Witnesses: 1

DAVID S. KENNEDY, Bonner G. CLARK.

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