US1338964A - Support for multigraph-segments - Google Patents

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M. P. noLL'lfi's. v SUPPORT FOR MULTIGRAPH SEGMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-5| 19I9'.

' Patented May 4, 1920.

/0 /6 Qwucmm MARTIN r. ROLLINS, or crInnnYnALE, VIRGINIA.

SUPPORT FOR MULT Application filed August 5,

1" b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN P. RoLLINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherrydale, in the county of Alexandria and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Support for Multigraph-Segments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device for supporting the type holding segments of a multigraph printing machine.

In setting up; printing matter for the duplicating machine known as the multigraph it is common practice to employ a type setting system in which the type are removed from suitably arranged banks and set up in single lines in what is known as a composition fork. Each line as it is completed is transferred from the composition fork to a channel of the type segment of the multigraph machine. It is customary to place the type segment on a table or other support, and to hold it with one hand while transferring the type thereto with the other hand. Because of the peculiar shape of the segment it cannot be firmly held on a flat surface while transferring the type, and as a consequence the segment frequently slides around on the table, causing delay and annoyance in the composition work. The object of the invention is to overcome the foregoing objection by providing means for so holding the segment while transferring type thereto, that it cannot slip, thereby saving time and labor.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1, is a top plan view illustrating a holding device constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates a base, preferably rectangular in plan View.

provided at one end with a cleat 11 and at the other end with a plurality of cleats 12. Located in the space between the cleat 11 and the cl ats 12 is an anchor member 13, provided with an inclined front edge 14:, terminating in an overhanging shoulder 15, contiguous to the top surface of the base 10. The rear edge 16 of the anchor member is curved as indicated and spaced a relatively Specification of Letters Patent.

IGRAPH-SEGMENTS.

Patented May 4, 1920.

1919. Serial No. 315,507.

short distance fronrthe cleat 11. The anchor member 13 1S relatively narrow and projects upwardly from the top surface of the base 10 at the longitudinal median line.

The base 10, the cleats and the anchor member may be made of any suitable material, for instance either wood or metal, but in the drawings the parts are illustrated as made of stamped metal, the cleats being formed integral with the base, the anchor member being secured to the base by means of screws 17. The base is also provided with a bottom plate 18 to which may be attached suitable cushioning material.

In practice, when it is desired to transfer ype to a multigraph segment, one edge of the segment is hooked under the overhanging shoulder 15 so to support the other edge of the segment in a position to receive the top lines of type. As the composition progresses the lower edge of the segment is disengaged from the shoulder 15 and brought against the innermost cleat 12 so as to bring another portion of the segment in. a convenient position to receive the type. As the composition progresses the segment is shifted successively into engagement with the other cleats 12 until finally the bottom ed 'e engages the outermost cleat 12 and the top edge engages the cleat 11. During all this time the segment is held from sliding first by engagement with the shoulder 15 and the anchor member, and later by the anchor member and the cleats. In this manner the composition work .is greatly facilitated and is accomplished with much less labor than it would be under conditions where the invention is not used.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described an operative manner of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms of its use or all of the forms in which it may be made, what is claimed 1s:-

1. A support for multigraph segments comprising a base provided with an anchor member and cleats in spaced relation to said anchor member.

2. A support for multigraph segments comprising a base provided with an anchor member having an overhanging shoulder and cleats in spaced relation to said anchor member.

3. A support for multigraph segments comprising a base provided with a cleat at one end and a plurality of cleats at the other end, and an anchor member in juxta position with said cleats.

4. A support for multigraph segments comprising a base provided with a cleat at one end and a plurality of cleats at the other end, and an anchor member attached to said base in juxtaposition with said cleats.

5. A support for multigraph segments comprising a base provided with integral cleats, and an anchor member attached to said base in juxtaposition with. said cleats.

6. .Asupport for multigraph segments comprising a base provided with integral cleats an anchor member attached to said base in juxtaposition to said cleats and a base plate attached to said'base.

7. A support for multigraph segments comprising a base provided with integral cleats, and an anchor member attached to said base in juxtaposition with said cleats, and provided with an overhanging shoulder.

8. A support for multigraph segments comprising a base provided withcleats, and

MARTIN VP. ROLLINS.

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