US1561244A - Typographical machine - Google Patents

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D. s. KENNEDY RYPOGRAPHICAL rMAGHINE Filed Aug'. 16v. V192: 7 sheets-sheet 'f' INVENTOR Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

NETE@ STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEVI YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTI-IALER LINO- TYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Application filed August 16, 1923. Serial No. 657,656.

To all whom t may con-cera.'

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States to O. Mergenthaler No. 436,532, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print, and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter elevated and returned through distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

More particularly, it relates to machines of the kind presented in prior Letters Pat- @nu NOS. 1,309,416; 1,373,942 and 1,433,087, wherein the matrix magazines are arranged side by side or in tandem, and wherein the matrices are drawn from the different magazines by the manipulation of a single keyboard common to them all.

rlhe present invention is directed to eertain improvements in machines of the class stated, as will be fully set forth in the detailed description to follow.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated my improvements merely in preferred form and by way of example, and as applied to the particular style lof machinet mentioned, but obviously many changes and variations may be made therein, and in their mode of application, which will still be comprised within the spirit of my invention. Further, my improvements are readily adaptable to other forms of typographical machines, such as those that handle type or dies, instead of matrices. Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that do not limit myself to any specific Orm or embodiment, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a front elevation of a linotype machine equipped withmy improvements;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2*-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking downwardly;

Fig. t is a detail perspective view of one of the keyboard connecting bails and the associated escapement actuating reeds;

Fig. is a vertical section taken through the auxiliary magazines and their escapement actuating devices;

Fig. Gis a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing a modified arrangement of the escapement actuating devices; y

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a detail;

Fig. 8 is a diagram showing the complete layout of the connections between the escapement actuating reeds of the main and auxiliary magazines;

Fig.- 9 is a perspective view showing an improved operating means for the spaceband escapemeiit;

Fig. l0 is a front view showing a keyoperated shift for the escapement actuating reeds of the main magazine; and

Fig. 1l is a vertical section taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. l0.

In the embodiment illustrated, which is given purely by way of example, the matrices X of the regular fonts are stored in two superposed main magazines A, while the matrices Z of the supplemental fonts are similarly stored in two superposed auxiliary magazines B, the latter being, arranged at the side of or in tandem with the main magazines. The main magazines A are of the customary trapezoidal form, eachhaving its grooved channels (ninety in number) converging toward its lower end and spaced apart to accommodate the smaller matrices of the regular fonts; whereas, the auxiliary maga-zines B are of plain rectangular shape, eaclnhaving its grooved channels (thirty-four -in number) parallel throughout and more widely spaced apart to accommodate the larger matrices CII olf the sup])leniental fonts. Cooperating` with the magazines, is a common assembler entrance having a main portion C arranged to receive the Vniatrices X from a selectedv one ot the main magazines A, and an auxiliary portion C1 arranged to receive the matrices Z from a selected one of the auxiliary magazines B, it being` observed that both portions C and C1 discharge the matrices onto an assembling belt C2, which delivers them to an assembler C, wherein they are composed in line. Both the main and auxiliary magazines are movably mounted so that by the operation of hand levers A1 and B1, any selected pair may be brought into operative relation to the com mon 4assembler entrance. Any of the well known forms 01' mounting may be employed for this purpose, such as that embodied in the commercial Model lll. machine, but it is preferred to make use of the particular form of mounting shown and described in my prior Letters Patent No. 1,459,978, which latter torni is ot such character as to permit the shifting or" themagazines without disturbing their operative connection with the distributing mechanism.

Each of the main magazines A is provided with a set ot matrix releasing escapements A2, one for each channel thereof. .These escapements, or rather those belonging to the magazine in operative position, are actuated by a corresponding set ot vertically movable reeds A4 which act thereon through intermediate pivoted levers A3 of customary form. The reeds At are supported at their lower ends upon a transverse bar A5 and are guided in their vertical movements by upper and lower comb-plates AG and A?. At this point, it may be noted that the guiding slots in the upper comb-plate AG are long enough to permit certain of the reeds A1L to be swung forwardly and backwardly about the supporting bar A5 into and out of en gaging relation to the pivoted levers A1, for reasons which will subsequently be eX- plained. The raising of the reeds A4, to carry out the escapement releasing operation, is effected, as usual, by means of pivoted yokes or levers A8 arranged in two banks or series and with their inner ends in position to engage the lower ends of the reeds A4. These yokes or levers AS are provided with cams or eccentrics A adapted tobe engage-d with and rotated by underlying power driven rolls A10, such engagement of n the parts being controlled by trip dogs A11 connected by vertical actuating slides A12 to finger kLeys of the keyboard A13. The operation o'i these parts is so well known that any further description would be superfluous.

.ltach o the auxiliary magazines B is likewise provided with a set of matrix releasing escapeinents B2, one 'for each channel tl'iereol', but in this instance the actuation of the escapements ot' the operative magazine eleited by means of a second set oit' comparatively short vertically movable reeds B4 having their upper ends coterminous with those of the main reeds A4, and acting on the escapements through intermediate pivoted levers B3, duplicates of the levers A3. These reeds B4A (unlike the reeds A4) are arranged in constant engaging relation to the piifoted levers B3, being supported at their lower ends upon a transverse bai' B5 and guided by upper and lower comb-plates Bi and B7, which permit of a vertical motion only. Springs BS7 pulling downwardly on the reeds B4, serve to maintain them in their normal position of rest and to depress them after being raised to actuate the escapements B2 Such raising of the ree-ds B4 is effected through suitable connections from the main keyboard A11', as will now be described.

Arranged. at the rear of the two sets oll actuating reeds, are a series of transverse substantially U-shaped rocking bails D, adapted to connect corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, such that when any given one of the main reeds A4 is raised by the actuation of the associated finger key, the motion thereof will be transmitted through the appropriate connecting bail D to the corresponding auxiliary reed B1'. There are as many such bails D as there are actuating reeds B4, or thirty-four in all, and each of said bails presents at its opposite ends two parallel arms D1 and D2, respectively, toi' engagement with the corresponding reeds of the two sets which it is intended to connect (see Fig. In the embodiment here illustrated, the arms D1 (Fig. 5) are located below and in constant engaging reation to projecting lugs b4 on the rear edges of the reeds B4, while the arms D2 (Fig. 2) are located above reversely disposed projecting lugs a4- on the rear edges of the corresponding reeds A1 and in position to be engaged with or disengaged from said lugs according to the position of the reeds A4, it being remembered that these particular reeds are mounted so as to be swung forwardly and backwardly into and out of engaging ielation to the pivoted levers A3.

As a result of the foregoing construction, when the reeds A4 of the group concerned are located in their forward position` they are disengaged from the rocking bails D and act only upon the pivoted levers A"1 to actuate the escapements of the main magazine in use, the condition shown by the full lines in Fig. 2; whereas, when said reeds are located in their rearward position, they are out of engaging relation to the pivoted levers A3 and (by the engagement of their projecting lugs uit with the arms D2) act only upon the hails D. which transmit the upward motion thereof to the reeds B4 for the acuation of the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, the condition shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. In this way, and simply by shifting the actuating reeds forwardly and backf'ardly, the single keyboard may be caused to release matrices from the operative main or auxiliary magazine, as desired. As the magazines are mounted so that any selected pair may be brought into operative position, it follows,v of course, that by shifting both the magazines and the actuating` reeds, the keyboard may be operatively connected to any selected one of the different magazines. It will be understood that when the keyboard is connected to an auxiliary magazine, only part of the finger keys are effected, the others maintaining their connection with the main magazine in use at the time. This feature is quite advantageous under cert-ain conditions, in that it enables matrices to be drawn from both a main and an auxiliary magazine simultaneously.

In the present embodiment, both auxiliary magazines are devoted to a single font of matrices Z, one-half of which is stored in each. The arrangement of the characters in the two magazines is illustrated in Fig. 8. For the most part, as will be noted, matrices with like characters occupy similarly located magazine channels, this being true of all the characters with the exception of those stored in the first ten channels, which differ as between the two magazines. To provide for this different character arrangement of the matrices, some of the finger keys of the keyboard are each provided with two different index characters, one representing the matrix contained in the upper magazine, and the other representing the matrix contained in the lower magazine, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 8. In the other cases, however, the index characters representing the matrices stored in the different magazines are placed on different finger keys. For this reason, a few of the rocking bails I) (four, to be exact) are each provided with a third arm D3 to adapt them to cooperate with two different actuating reeds A4. Fig. 41 shows one of such three-arined bails, and, as will be seen, it serves to connect two different finger keys A13 with one and the same actuating reed B4. In this illustration, the actuating reed represented is the first one of the auxiliary set (controlling the release of matrices bearing the numeral l from the upper magazine and matrices bearing the lower case letter q from the lower magazine), and hence the two linger keys are shown as provided with corresponding index characters, the key at the left serving'to release the numeral matrices, and that at the right the lower case matrices. The other three actuating reeds Bi having bails of the same forni are the second, third and tenth ones of the auxiliary set, 'these reeds controlling the release of matrices bearing the characters 2, 3 and 0 in the upper magazine, and matrices bearing the characters x, z and` in the lower magazine, respectively. rIhe different pairs of finger keys which effect the operation of these three auxiliary actuating reeds are shown with the corresponding index characters in the diagram of FigfS. In fact, the layout of the entire arrangement is illustrated in this figure, and the connections froin any one of the finger keys can be easily traced. It is, therefore, believe-d to be unnecessary to discuss the matter any further.

Referring now to the hails D, they are enclosed within a box or casing J, and are mounted in superposed relation upon a smaller number of pivot rods J1, each of which is common to a plurality of bails, thus affording a neat, compact arrangement of the parts and avoiding interference with other parts of the machine. rIhe pivot rods Jl are fitted detachably into the side walls of the box or nasing J, and the arms of the bails project forwardly through slotted openings in the front wall thereof, so as to make engagement with the actuating reeds of the two sets, in the manner before described. 'lhe slotted openings formed in the. front wall of the box or casing, are long enough to permit a limited rocking niovement of the bails, such as is required in transmitting the motion of the main actuating reeds A4 to the auxiliary actuating reeds B4. rlhe box or casing J is detachably connected to the framework, as by means of screws or similar fastening devices, so that it with the contained parts may be applied to or removed from the machine as a unit, the loose engagement between the bail arms and the actuating reeds being made and broken as the unit .is applied or removed.

The fore and aft shifting of the main actuating reeds A, as above described, may be effected in any suitable inannei. As a simple means for this purpose, there is provided a horizontally movable slotted guide frame E, shown in detail in Fig. 7, through which the reeds pass and which is provided with a handle El to facilitate its manual adjustment. If desired, a spring detent E2 may be employed to hold the guide frame in either its forward or rearward position. In Figs. l0 and ll, which show an alternative arrangement, the position of the guide frame E is controlled by means of a finger key IF located directly above the keyboard A13 and connected to the frame through a vertical slide E4, connecting link Eiand pivoted bell crank lever EG. A spring E7 pulling upwardly on the linger key acts constantl f to hold the Ouide frame in itsforward position, so as to cause the reeds A1 to release matrices from the main magazine only. The depression ot' the linger key, however, against the action of the connect ed spring, will shift the guide frame to its rearward position and cause the actuatingv reeds to release matrices from the auxiliary magazine only. A slotted plate E8, having a lateral locking notch E9, is associated with the nger key Ff to hold it depressed whenever it is desired to do so.

Fig. 6 illustrates a modified arrangement, wherein the rocking bails D are connected to the auxiliary actuating reeds B1 by power driven elements set into action by the operation of the main actuating reeds A4. These power driven elements are similar to those employed for operating the main reeds A1, each comprising a pivoted yoke or lever B9, provided with a rotary cam or eccentric B10, adapted, in response to the actuation of a trip dog B11, to be engaged with and rotated by an underlying power driven roll B12. The trip dogs B11 are connected to the lower ends of vertical actuating slides B13 arranged directly behind the reeds B1 and in constant engagement with the arms D1 of the rocking bails D. These actuating slides B11 are supported at their lower ends upon a transverse bar B11 and are guided in their vertical movements by the comb-plates B11 and B1, which serve to guide the reeds B1. Springs B15 are connected to the slides B13 and serve constantly to hold them depressed. According to this arrangement, therefore, when one of the main reeds A1 is raised by the operation of the associated cam yoke A8, in response to the actuation of the corresponding inger key A13, the upward movement of that reed will be transmitted through the appropriate bail D to the connected actuating slide B11, which thereupon trips the cam yoke B9 and causes it to raise the corresponding auxiliary reed B1, the springs B8 and B15 acting to depress the reed B1 and slide B13, respectively, and restore the parts to their original condition, in readiness for the next operation. One of the advantages arising from this modified arrangement is that the rocking bails are relieved o' the torsional strain which they would otherwise have to bear in transmitting the motion of the main reeds to the auxiliary reeds, except, oi' course, such strain as is involved in lifting the actuating slides B13 in tripping the cam yokes B9, which is altogether negligible.

Since the actuating reeds A11' are themselves operated by power driven elements, it follows that the operating means for the auxiliary reeds include two sets of power driven elements, those of one set being set into action by the operation of the corre spending elements ot the other set, and the keyboard controlling the action of the last mentioned elements. Consequently, it in releasing matrices from an auxiliary magazine, the same linger key should be struck twice in rapid succession,` there will be no danger ot missing the second matrix, inasmuch as the main cam yoke will have completed its operation ahead of the auxiliary cam yoke, and in time to be set into action again by the actuation of the finger key for the second time.

As will be appreciated, when the matrices Z are released from an auxiliary magazine, they require more time for composition in line than do the matrices X, owing to the greater distance traveled to reach the assembler CS. Means are, therefore, provided for delivering spacers to the composed line in different periods of time to accord with the varying speeds of delivery of the matrices when drawn from the different magazines. In carrying out this phase of the inrention, the spacers are stored, as customary, in a magazine F (F ig. 1.) arranged at the left ot the main magazines directly above the assembler C1, a guideway F1 serving to convey released spacers from the magazine to the assembler. The release ot the spacers from the magazine F is controlled, as usual, by means of an escapement F2 operated by a long centrally pivoted lever F3 connected at the right to a vertically movable rod F4. The rod F1' is` forked at its lower end so as to be operated by one or the other of two cam yokes F5, FG, provided with rotary cams F1, F8 of different size and adapted to cooperate in the usual way with the power driven rolls A1". The two yokes are controlled in their operation by trip dogs F1, F10, connected to the upper ends of actuating slides F11, F12, respectively. The slide F11, which controls the operation of the cam yoke F5 carrying the smaller cam F '1, is operated by a iinger key F13 which is arranged at the left side of the keyboard and is 'tast to a transverse rock shaft F11, having an arm F15 engaged with the slide. On the other hand, the slide F12, which controls the operation of the yoke F 1 carrying` the larger cam F 8, is operated by a finger key F11" arranged at the right side of the keyboard and which is loosely mounted on the rock shaft F11 and is provided with an integral rearwardly extending arm F17 engaged with the slide. It may be stated that the finger key F13 and the operating parts associated therewith are substantially the same as are ordinarily employed in operating the spacer escapement F2, so that when this particular finger key is struck, the spacers will be released from the magazine F in the usual period of time suitable for the composition ot' the matrices X from the main magazines. However, when the second finger key F111 is struck, the actuation of the spacer escapement is somewhat delayed, due to the larger size or greater cir-` cumference of the cam FS, and hence the spacers will be released from the magazine I*1 more slowly or in a greater period of time suitable for the composition of the matrices Z from the auxiliary magazines.

As previously stated, I have herein shown my invention only in preferred form and by way of example, and as applied to a machine of the class mentioned, and obviously many modifications and alterations therein, and in their mode of application, will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departure from its scope. I, therefore, desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific construction or arrangement of the parts, except in so fa-r as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

l. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of actuating reeds adjustable into and out of operative relation to the escapements of the main magazine, a. second set of actuating devices arranged in constant operative relation to the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, and a series of transverse rocking bails for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, the said bails being constantly connected at one end to the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine, and arranged at the opposite end to be directly engaged with and disengagedfrom the actuating reeds of the main magazine as said reeds are adjusted out ofand into operative relation to their corresponding escapements, respectively.

2. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of actuating reeds adjustable into and out of operative relation to the escapements of the main magazine, and provided at their rear edges with projecting lugs, al second set of actuating reeds arranged in constant operative relation to the escapements of the auxiliary magazine and also provided at their rear edges with projecting lugs, and a series of substantially U-shaped rocking bails located at the rear of the actuating reeds and adapted to oonnect the corresponding reeds of the two sets, the said bails having the arms at one end located below and in constant direct engaging relation to the lugs on the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine, and having the arms at the opposite end located above the lugs Von the actuating reeds of the main magazine and arranged to be engaged directly with and disengaged from said lugs as the reeds are adjusted out of and into operative relation to the corresponding escapements, respectively.

In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of pivoted operating levers arranged in constant operative relation to the escapements of the main magazine, a corresponding set of vertically movable actuating'reeds adjustable into and out of direct engaging relation to said pivoted levers, av second set of vertically movable actuating reeds arranged in constant operative relation to the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, and a series of transverse rocking bails for connecting thev corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, the said bails being constantly connected at one end to the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine and arranged at the opposite end to be directly engaged with and disengaged from the actuatingreeds of the main magazine, as said reeds are adjusted out of and into engaging` relation to the pivoted operating levers of that magazine, respectively.

Lf. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements., an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and'also provided with escapements, two sets of escapement actuating reeds, one for each magazine, and a se` ries of transverse rocking bails for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of thel two sets, the actuatingreeds of the auxiliary magazine being arranged in constant operativerelation to their corresponding escapements and the rocking bails, and an adjustable guide for the actuating reeds of the main magazine, the said guide acting in one position to locate said reeds in operativev relation to their corresponding escapements and lout of engagement with the rocking' bails, and acting in another position to locate said reeds out of operative relation to their corresponding escapements and in direct engagement withthe rocking bails.

5. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, twol sets of escapement actuating reeds, one for each magazine, and a series of transverse rocking bails for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the twofsets, the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine being arranged in constant operative relation to their corresponding escapements and the rocking'bails, an adjustable guide for Vthe actuating reeds of the main magazine, a spring acting constantly to hold sov the guide in one position to locate said actuating reeds in operative relation to their corresponding escapements and out of engagement with the rocking hails, and releasable locking means for holding the guide in another position to locate said actuating reeds out of operative relation to their corresponding escapements and in direct engagement with the rocking bails.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, two sets of escapement actuating reeds, one for each magazine, and

a series of transverse rocking hails for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine being arranged in constant operative relation to their correponding escapements and the rocking hails, an adjustable guide for the actuating reeds of the main magazine, and a finger key con` nected to the adjustable guide and operable to set it in one or the other of two different positions, the said guide acting in one position to locate the actuating reeds in operative, relationk to their corresponding escapements and out of engagement with the rocking hails, and in its other position to locate said reeds out of operative relation to their corresponding escapements and in ,direct engagement with the rocking bails.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, two sets of ecapement actuating reeds, one for each magazine, a series of motion transmission devices for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, the actuating reeds of t-he auxiliary magazine being arranged in constant operative relation to their corresponding escapements and the motion transmission devices, and means for adjusting the actuating reeds of the main magazine into and out of operative relation to their corresponding escapements and out of and into engagement with the motion transmission devices, respectively, the said means including a finger key, connections therefrom to said actuating reeds for setting them in one of their different positions, and a spring acting upon the release of the finger key for setting the reeds in the other of their positions.

8. A combination as specified in claim l, characterized by the fact that the rocking hails therein recited are supported upon a smaller number of pivot rods, each of which is commonto a plurality of hails.

9. A combination as specified in claim l, characterized by the fact that the rocking hails therein recited are mounted in a supporting casing or box which is detachably connected to the framework so as to be applied to or removed from the machine as a unit.

10. A combination as specified in claim l, characterized by the fact that the connections between the rocking hails and the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine include power driven elements set into action by the operation of the actuating reeds of the main magazine.

1l. A combination as specified in claim l, characterized by the fact that the actuating reeds of the main magazine are operated by power driven elements under the control ofiinger keys.

12. A combination as specified in claim l, characterized bythe fact that the actuating reeds of the main magazine are operated by power driven elements under the control of finger keys, and by the further fact that the connections between the rocking hails and the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine include power driven elements set into action by the operation of the actuating reeds of the main magazine.

13. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arrangedat the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the main magazine, means for adjusting said actuating reeds into and out of operative relation to their corresponding escapements, a second set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, power driven elements for operating the reeds of the second set, and devices for controlling the action of said power driven elements, the said devices being arranged to be operatively engaged with and disengaged from the actuating reeds of the main magazine as they are adjusted out of and into operative relation to their corresponding escapements, respectively.

lt. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the main magazine, meansv for establishing an operative or inoperative relation between said reeds and escapements, a second set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, power driven elements for operating the reeds of the second set, and devices for controlling the action of said power driven elements, the said devices being operated or unaffected hy the actuating reeds of the main magazine according as there exists an operative or inoperative relation between said reeds and the escapements of that magazine.

15. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapemcnts, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the main magazine, a seco-nd set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, two sets of power driven elements, one for each set of actuating reeds, finger keys controlling the operation of the power driven elements for the actuating reeds of the main magazine, and connections from the last mentioned actuating reeds controlling the operation of the power driven elements for the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine. y

16. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the main magazine, a second set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, two sets of power driven elements, one for each set of actuating reeds, finger keys controlling the operation of the power driven elements for the actuating reeds of the main magazine, and connections tl'irough which said finger keys valso control the operation of the power driven elements of the actuating reeds of the auxiliary magazine.

17. In a typographical machine, the combination of a matrix releasing escapement, and means for operating said escapement, the said means including two power driven elements, one set into action by the operation of the other, and a finger key controlling the action of the last mentioned element.

1S. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, an auxiliary magazine arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of key-controlled actuating reeds for the escapements of the main magazine, a second set of actuating reeds for the escapements of the auxiliary magazine, power driven elements for operating the actuating reeds of the second set, and devices operated by the actuating reeds of the main magazine for controlling the action of said power driven elements.

19. In a typographical machine, the combination of two matrix magazines arranged side by side or in tandem, spacer storage means, means for assembling in line matrices from one or the other of the two magazines, and means under the control of the operator for delivering spacers to the composed line in different periods of time to accord with the varying speeds of delivery of the matrices when drawn from the different magazines.

20. Ina typographical machine, the combination of a main matrix magazine, an auxiliary matrix magazine, arranged at the right thereof, a spacer magazine arranged at thc left of the main matrix magazine, means for composing in line matrices from their respective magazines, and means for delivering spacers from their magazine to the composed line in a greater or less period of time, according to the magazine from which the matrices aredrawn.

21. In a typographical machine, the combination of a spacer magazine, an escapement therefor, and two independently operable finger keys for effecting the actuation of said escapement in different periods of time, for the purpose described.

22. Ina typographical machine, the combination of a spacer magazine, an escapement therefor, two independently acting power driven elements for actuating said escapement in different periods of time, and means for initiating the operation of one or the other of the power driven elements, as desired.

23. In a typographical machine, the combination of a spacer magazine, an escapement therefor, two independently acting power driven elements for actuating said escapement in different periods of time, and two finger keys operable to set into action one or the other of the power driven elements, according to the finger key operated.

211. In a typographical machine of the class described, the combination of a set of escapement actuating reeds for cooperation with a main magazine, a second set of escapement actuating reeds arranged at the side thereof for cooperation with an auX- iliary magazine, a keyboard common to both sets of actuating reeds, and means whereby at least two different finger keys of the keyboard may be disconnected from the respective actuating reeds of the first set and connected to one and the same actuating reed of the second set.

25. In a typographical machine of the class described, the combination of a set of escapement actuating reeds for cooperation with a main magazine, a second set of escapement actuating reeds arranged at the side thereof for cooperation with an auxiliary magazine, a keyboard common to both sets of actuating reeds, and means whereby a plurality of pairs of linger keys of the keyboard may be disconnected from the respective actuating reeds of the lirst set and connected to a like plurality of actuating reeds of the second set, each of the latter reeds being common to the two finger keys of the corresponding pair.

26. In a typographical machine of the class described, the combination of a set of escapement actuating reeds for cooperation with a main magazine, a second set of escapement actuating reeds arranged at the side thereof for cooperation with an auxiliary magazine, connections between corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, certain reeds of the second set being common to different reeds of the iirst set, and means for making or breaking such connections, as desired.

27. In a typographical machine, the combination of a mai-n magazine provided with escapements, a plurality of auxiliary magazines arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of escapement actuating reeds for the main magazine, a second set of escapement actuating reeds for the auxiliary magazines, means for establishing an inoperative relation between t-he lirst set of actuating reeds and the escapements of the main magazine, means for establishing an operative relation between the second set of actuating reeds and the escapements of either of the auxiliary magazines, and devices for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, certain of the reeds of the second set being common to different reeds of the iirst set.

28. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escap-ements, a plurality of auxiliary magazines arranged at the side thereof and also provid-ed with escapements, a set of escapement actuating reeds for the main magazine, a second set of escapement actuating reeds for the auxiliary magazines, means for establishing an inoperative relation between the first set of actuating reeds and the escapements of the main magazine, means for shifting the auxiliary magazines to bring the escapements of either into operative relation to the second set of actuating reeds, and devices for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, certain of the reeds of the second set being common to different reeds of the first set.

29. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, a plurality of auxiliary magazines arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of escapement actuating reeds adjustable into and out of operative relation to the escapements of the main magazine, a second set of escapement actuating reeds, means for shifting the auxiliary magazines to bring the escapements of either into operative relation to the actuating reeds of the second set, and devices for connecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, certain of the reeds of the second set being common to different reeds of the first set.

30. In a typographical machine, the combination of a main magazine provided with escapements, a plurality of auxiliary magazines arranged at the side thereof and also provided with escapements, a set of escapement actuating reeds adjustable into and out of operative relation to the escapements of the main magazine, a .second set of escapelment actuating reeds, means for shifting the auxiliary magazines to bring the escapements of either into operative relation to the actuating reeds of the .second set, and a .series of transverse rocking bails for conecting the corresponding actuating reeds of the two sets, certain of said bails being each formed tov engage different actuating reeds of the first set and one only of the second set.

In testimony whereof, I have aflixed my signature hereto.

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

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