US1130641A - Magazine-entrance guide for line-composing machines. - Google Patents

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S. E. SPERRY. MAGAZINE ENTRANCE GUIDE FOR LINE COMPOSING MACHINES. ABPLIGATION FILED APR. 23, 1913.

1,130,641, Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

I J H VVENTOR 15(07ZM6Z Z? ape/w 'BY I .fim, ATTORNEY i I UNIT D STATES snmunr. n. SPERRY, or'woonmvmi. new roan, nsszonon ro'm'mnunrrowan I ryrnsnr'rme mcnmn comm, or raw roan, 1v. 1., a conclusion vor NEW YORK.

. 'To alt 'whom it may concern r Be it known that I, SAMUEn E. SPERRY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Woodhaven, the 'county of Queens and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Magazine-Entrance Guide for Line-Composing Machines, of which the following 'isa s ecification,

' The present invention re ates to improvements in line composing and type casting machines and more particularly'to those of the well-known linotype class wherein the.

matrices are returned to the magazine, after the casting operation, and the primary ob-- ject of the invention is to provide an improved guide for directing the matrices from the distributer into the matrix-receiving channels of the magazine. Heretofore,

-1n machines of this class, it has been customary to employ a guide between the distribu- I ter and the magazine, but in those cases the guide terminated at the matrix-receiving end of the magazine, and experiencehas demonstrated that the guide in such cases became displaced relatively to the magazine, causing lack! of registration between the matrix passages of the guide and the matrix channels of the magazine, with the result that the-matrices frequently tilted to such extent as "to clog' or obstruct thematrix-receiving' end of the magazine, necessitating stopping the machine'and removing the obf struction.

' According to the present invention, the

' tures being'pointed out particularly in the claim'sg'at the end of the specification.. I

In the accompanyingdrawmgz. F gure 1 represents .a vertical sectlon of the upper end of' the magazine, the distributer, and the. matrix guide interposed between thegmagazine and distribu'ter, the guide embodying I the present invention; Fig. 2 shows portions "of the magazine and the gulde 1n cooperativerel'ation and illustrates diagrammati' callythe. manner in which the matrix is di- Speeifloetion of Letters ratent. Application and Amiga, 19.13. sale No. ream.

M AGAZINETENTB IANCE GUIDE 10E IIINMOMPOSING'M A GEIIM- rested by the guide into the. magazine; F}g,S-.and show, in edge view and side ew; respectivelmoneof the matrix-guidmg partitions as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Figs. 5 andfi are similar views showing an other form of matrix-guiding partition adapted to be used according to the present mvention; Fi s. 7 and 8 are detail views Patented Mar. 2,

showing anot er form of matrix-guiding partition; embodying the present invention, these latter figures illustrating the manner m which Partitions of this klnd cofiperate with the magazine; Fig. 9 represents a transve se section on the line 9-'9 of Fig. 7. S1m1lar' parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

Matrix guides embodying the presentin-* vention are capable of use in connection with line composing machines of various types wherein the matrices, after use, are returned to the magazine. In the present instance,

different .embodiments of the invention are shown in connection w th a machine-of the understood that the invention is not restricted to the part1cular"constructions shown, asequivalent constructions may be used within the scope of the claims at the end of the specification.

well-known linotype class, but it wi1l'be' The matrix guide forming the subject A matter of the present invention is interposedpropriate channels of the magazine. 'The' between the matrix distributer and the up per or matrix-receivmg lend of the. magazine and serves. to receive t distributer, as shown,.embodies a distributer bar 1, the lower edge of which is provided with ribs'to coiiperate with the teeth formed in the tops'of the matrices M, and revoluble screws 2 cotiperate with the matrices to feed them along the distributer bar while the matrices are suspended therefrom owing to the engagement of the teeth of the matrices with .t ribs beingqsq arranged wlth respect to'the projections on the matrices as to cause the matrices A10 drop from the distributer'bar' ,-when the,-matrices occupy pos tlons above 9 ribs 9 the distributer bar, these therespective channels of the magazine, all

of whichwill be readily understood by those formed with pairs of complementalgrooves 10.5 Skilled in; the art; The magazine embodies j top and bottom plates 3 and 4 which are 9 providing channels and 6 which receive the lugspf the matrices. The magazine is mchned in order, that the matrices will gravitate'ffro'm the upper receiving end toward the lower or "delivery end, as usual, and in order, to facilitate entrance of the matrices into the respective channels, thewallsat one side-of the channels are preferably beveled, as at 7.

The guide which receives the matrices from the distributer and directs them into the appropriate channels of the magazine embodies a curved plate 8 whichextends from'a point beneath the distributer bar to the upper end of, the magazine, and a set of upright or vertically arranged partitions 9, the curved plate 8 supporting the matrices I asthey drop from the distributer bar and I .pass into the magazine, and the partitions 9 -gu1ding the matrices so that they shall move an" edgewise direction. According to the present invention, these matrix-guiding par- "titions 9 extend downwardly and forwardly magazine, thereby preventing lodgmen't of the matrices upon the upper end of the magazine or'tilting of the matrices to such past the upper end of the magazine and project into the matrix-receiving end of the extent as to bind and thereby preventtheir entrance into the magazine. These matrixguidlng partitions are, in the present instance, connected and maintained in proper relation by a tie bar 10 and they are provided with lugs 11 adapted to cooperate with retaining projections 12, the latter beingEformed on a carrier frame 13 which is adapted to swingto and from operative position about a pivot 14. I

The matrix-guiding partitions be constructed in different ways. In Flgs. 1-4

V inclusive, each partition is composed of a pair of plates 15 and 16 s cured together .flatwise and having'their lower ends 17 and l shown in Figs. 1. and 2. r

- In Figs. 5 and 6, another form of partl-r, tion is shown which is composed of .a single 18' spread apart, these ends of the partition projecting into the magazine andlying between the top and bottom plates thereof, as

Iplatehaving its lowerend cut at 19 and 20 to form a central portion 21 and a pair of upper and lower portions 22 and '23, the central portion 21 in this instance being in alinement with the remainder of the partition while the portions 22 and 23 are bent or .deflected laterally as shown in Fig. 5.

7 8 and'9, the partition 24 is end of the magazine but this portion of the with corrugations 25 of the partition partition projects intothe upper end of the .i magazine and lies in a plane between the ribs which separate the adjacent matrixreceiving channels, as shown in Fig. 8.. v

In each of the constructions. shown, the upper and lower edges of each guiding partltlon are cut away, thereby reducing that portion of the partition which projects into the magazine. These portions of the partitions which project into the magazine lie preferably in planes between the ribs which separate the matrix channels in the magazinc, and the matrices as they enter the magazine pass between these partitions and are guided thereby in a manner which prevents obstruction, either by angular deflection, or

lod ing of the matrix against obstructing sur aces or projections.

I claim as my invention I 1. In a machine of the linotype class, in

combination, the matrix-containing magazine, the distributing mechanism, and means for guiding matrices from the distributing mechanism to the magazine, said means having laterally widened guiding parts projecting into but unattached to the magazine.

2. In a machine of thelinotypeclass, a

channeled matrix magazine,- and means for guldlngmatrices thereto said means having laterally widened portions within the magazine and occupying positions between but unattachedto the .top and bottom plates of the magazine;

. 3. In a machine of the classdescribed, the

combination of'a matrix-containing magazine, a matrix distributer, and guiding means arranged to receive matrices from the distributer and to direct them into the magazine, portions of said guiding means being laterally widened and projectinginto the magazine and-being positioned freely between the top and bottom plates thereof.

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a magazine having channels to receive matrices, a distributer, andguiding means arranged to receive matrices from the distributer and to direct them into the appropriate channels of the magazine, portions-of said guiding means being laterally widened and projecting into the magazine at points between adjacent channels therein and being positioned freely between the top and bottom plates of the magazine.

1 5. In a machine of the class described, the combination of a magazine having matrixreceiving channels, a matrix distributer, and

guidingmeans arranged to receive-matrices from the distributer and to direct them into the difierent magazine channels, said guiding means having rigidlaterally widened portions projecting into but unattached to the matrix-receiving end of the magazine and lying in'pla'nes wholly'between the top and bottom plates thereof. i

v 6. In a machine of the c1ass described, the combination of a magazine having top and bottom plates formed with opposed pairs of matrix-receiving channels, a matrix distributer, and guiding means between the distributer and magazine embodying laterally spaced partitions having theirv ends widened laterally and projecting into the magazines and unattached toand lying inplanes between the top and bottom plates.

7. In a machine of the class described, the

combination-of a magazine having matrixreceiving channels, a matrix distributer, and

means for guiding matrices from the dis corrugated portions which project into and 5 are unattached to the magazine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

I SAMUEL E. sPERnY.

Witnesses: J

WM. WnMssEN, Jr., R. W. HELLon.

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