USRE13489E - Linotypie machine - Google Patents

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Y J. R. 3oGERs. LINOTYPBMACHINE. APPLICATION FILEDpAU-G. 12, 1912.

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J. R. ROGERS. LINOTYPB MACHINE. ArrLIoATIon nps AUG. 12', 1912.

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.roHN R. ROGERS,

LINo'rYrE-MACHINE.

Specieatioii orf Beissued Letters Patent. Reissued NOV, 19, 1912,

Original No. 615,908, dated December 13,1898, Serial No. 675,1'09. Application for reissue filed August 12, i '1912. Serial No. 714,748.

AUT() et! wlun it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-1N R. Bocinas,` of New York, (Brooklym) county of Kings, v and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Linotype- Machines, of which the following is a specitication. f Mv invention' relates to a linotype-'ma-- A chine adapted to produce, in addition to the ordinary body characters, correspondin' italic characters, 'small capitals, black-fac letters, or other secondary characters by the employmentof matrices each containing two or more separately-usable characters, asjdescribed in Letters Patent. issued to Philip T. Dodge on the 8th day bf October, 1895, No. 547,633.

Myimprovements are intended for carrying into effect kin a simpley and'y satis- .factory manner the improvement disclosed in the aboveanentioned patent as1 applied to a Mergenthaler'linotype-machine ofthe lrices bearing the required characters and assemble them in line side by side, at the saine time determining the elevation of each matrix in order to bring one or another of its charactersat the aliningelevel, as maybe required., and, finally, after the casting op eration, to restore all the matrices in the line to a common level preparatoryl to their delivery f to the distributing devices, by which theyarc returned to the upper end r of the magazine.

In practice vit will happen generally that all-of the matrices will be used at the lower level, in other cases that the entire line of matrices will be used at t-he upper level, andA frequently that the majority of ,the'matgrioes' "will be used at the lower level, while at oneor more points in the' line a few matrices representing the special characters will elevated. f

With t-he exception of the longitudinal adjustinent of the anatricesthe operations of -composingr vthe lines, transferring them to the niold, effecting the justification, casting from the composed line, and returning the matrices to the magazine are identical with those performedin the ordinary commercial i linotype-machine.

InM the -accompanying :drawings I have lrepresented only such parts as are necessary to an understanding of my, invention, and

vfor convenience of reference I havedesignatedthe principal parts shown by thesame .l

letters 'as are used in Patent No. 436,532, to which reference may be made for a more ldetailed description ofA their construction and operation, if required.

In the accompanyingA drawings, `I `igure vl is a Afront elevation lshowing the matrix composing and transferringI mechanisms of theordinary linotype-machine with my improvenient'sv incorporated therein. Fig. 2 .is a vertical cross-section through the as- .semblin -elevatoron the line 2 2 of the preceding Uure, showing the matrices in their -lowermost position to bringfthe upper or body characters in line for use. ,Figa 3 is a similar section with the parts adjusted to maintain the matrices in the elevated position in the line vin order to b ring the italic ory other special character -into use. Figs.

l and 5 are vertical sections from front toI rear on the corrcspondingly-numbered lines of Fig. 1, showing the matrices in front of the mold in the elevated and lowered positions, respectively. Fig. 6 is a Afront eleva-- tion of the assenibling-elevator'on a large scale. thefiont gate or lwall being broken away in order to expose the internal parts to View. Fig. '7 is a top plan view of the same, the parts being` broken away to the llevel of the line 9 QoFig. 2 in order to expose the horizontal blades or rails by which the matrices are sup orted in an elevated position. Fig. 8 is a' ont elevation of `the assembling-elevator entire. Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are respectively a frontA elevation,

sidev elevation, and top plan view of the ele- 'vater' inwliich the matliesfare carried to the'rnoldand thence to the transfer devices above. Fig. 12 is a front elevation illustrating the nian'ner in which the elevator cooperates with the main frame to permit the final alinement of 'the matrices preparatory n y, Mergenthaler patent before referred to.

-forward one after another sented in front of `mold proper is 1n intimate `distributing mechanism atthe top of the to distribution. Fig. 13 is a cross-section on the line 19-l9 of the preceding gure, and Fig'.A 14 a similar view with the elevator in its highest position and the matrixl supporting blade retracted.`

Referring'to Fig. 1, Gr G represent chan- `nels through which the matrices descend one at a time from the magazine to the inclined assembling-belt-H, from which they are delivered successively in front of 'the rotary'. assembling-wheel h2, commonly knownas/ l the star-wheel by which they are carried into, the channeled assembling-elevator I and added to the line in course of composition, as usual. The usual wedge-shaped spaces' or other ysuitable spaces will also be fed into the line,

as usual. After the composition of the line is completed the elevator I is lifted until the line stands on a level with the fixed guide or channel M and between the fingers L and L of the transfer-carriage, which latter moves horizontally to the left, carrying the matrix-line through the channel M into the channeled vertically-movable elevator N, commonly known as the first elevator. This elevator" after receiving the line of matrices is-lowered until the line is prethe slotted mold carried in the vertical supporting-wheel O, commonly denominated the mold-wheel which moves forward horizontally until lthe Contact with the matrlces, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. After the casting action the mold-wheel retreats horizontally and the elevator N rises until the matrix-line reaches the upper level,

(indicated in Fig. 1,) .after which the line is pushed horizontally to the right, as indicated by the arrow, until the teeth at the upper ends engage the elevator-bar t, corn- .monly known as the second elevator, by

which the matrices are finally lifted to the machine.

The parts describedvabove and their actions are essentially the same as in the The matrices employed yare constructed each with two characters, as described in the Dodge Patents, Nos. 449,872 and 547,633, being in other respects ordinary linotypematrices. y

In order thateach matrix entering the line in' course of composition may be maintained at a higher or a lower level, according as one or the other of its characters is to be used, I provide the assembling-elevator I,'preferably in the forward side, with a longitudinal rib or blade 10, so positioned that the lower ear of the incoming matrices may -pass thereover or thereunder. If the ears pass below the blade, the matrices stand at the'lower level, as shown in Fig. 2 and at the extreme right in Fig. 6, so that their 1` the alining-level for presentation` to the mold, asshown in Fig. 5. If, however, the ears .pass above the blade, y to sustain the matrices at the higher level, as shown in Fig, 3 and` onl the left hand in Fig. `6, so that the lower or secondary characters are presented to the mold, as shown in Fig. 4. The blade or rib 10,ma-y be fixed in posh tion; but for reasons hereinafter explained it is mounted so that it may be drawn forward beyond its operative position.- A

In order-'to determinel whether the ears of, the incoming matrices shall pass under or over 'the blade 10, I provide at the extreme right lof the j assembling-elevator, at the the latter serves stop or blade @'11, adapted to slide inwardv and outward. or, in otherwords, forward and backward, under' the influence of the hand-levert'12 assembling-elevator. When this blade is thrust forward, as shown in Fig. 3, it stands matrices, which, p. are arrested in` their dein the' path of the incoming striking thereon, scent thereby and supported so that as they are crowded to the left by the following matrices they ass uponand are sustained in their elevate y positions by the blade z'1, as shownI in Fig. 6. When, however, the

Ablade 11 is drawn forward out of the pat-h of the matrices, they will on entering descend to the lower or ordinary level and their ears will; as the'line advances, pass below the blade 10, as shown at the right hand in Fi elevation o each matrix entering the line may be determined by moving. the blade @'11 mounted on the front of the '.100 6. Thus it will be seen'the inward or outward. When italics or other secondary characters are needed,-'it is only necessary to push 4the blade inward andv leave it in position whilev operating the finger-keys of thev machine, as usual. Bv

properly adjusting" the blade it ispossible to aline all of the matrices at the lower level to produce body characters, oratthe higher level to producelthe secondary char@ acters, or to introduce into a line of body characters one orv more words in the secondary Icharacters, or, if required, a single letter of the secondary form. In' short, t e adjustable blade or stop enables 'the operator, Without changingthe ordinary action of the machine in any otherlrespect, to select for each line characters of either or both forms, as demanded. It willbe understood that the secondary characters may be itallcs corresponding to the body characters or display characters or small capitals. Itwill also be understood that any7 two different lettersr or characters may be used 1n one matrix' if they 'are of equal width. Thus for 'convenience the .small-capital characters may be placed on matrices bearing figures or numerals or on matrices bearing any other characters of appropriate width, the com-binatiou of characters on each matrix being a urely arbitrary matter. For the ordinary etters of the alphabet it is 'preferred to place the same 'letter in different formsfor instance, Roman and italic or Roman `and blackface-on one matrix.

The blade il may be made of greater or less width lengthwise of the line, as .con-

venience Ymay dictate. ,Inasmuch as the matrices have.the1r characters repeated on the back in vlew of the operator, as usual,

it is possible withmy contrivance to adjust the blade i without difliculty, so as to put even single matrices above or below,` as demanded.

The long blade-10, which is continued to the left side -of' the assembling-elevator, is mounted. to slide forward and backward through the slot in the elevator, and its adjustment is effected by two arms 13 Ona shaft 2', provided with an operating-handle y vation of the matrices entering/the assembler and passingforwardv to the line therein. The essence of my invention in this regard resides in the use of a movable stop in the assembling-elevator to coperate with the assembling devices.

The mold o, to which the composed line of matrices is finallyr presented in o'rder that the matrices may form characters on the slug or line of type cast in the mold, may be of the ordinary construction, except that it should contain, as described in the Dodge Patent, No. 547,633, two horizontal grooves to admit the front ears of the matrices at different levels. Instead of constructing the body of this mol.d,'however, in one piece, with both grooves therein, I prefer the construction shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which the plate 010 is secured to the front of the mold, ils upper edge containing a horizontal groove o to receive the ears of the lower A matrices. The upper edge of this plate is rabbeted or cut away in order to leave a second groove o between it and the lunder edge of the mold-face to receive the ears of the slevated matrices. The ears of the elevated matrices lie under and against the under edge of the mold-face, by which they are alined.

It will` be remembered that the composed lint` is transferred to the first elevator N,

- which lowers it to the mold. In order that the matrices maybe maintained at the levels .on which they are assembled untilY presented lto the mold, I mount in the front of the elevator, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 9 to 14, a horizontal blade n, free to slide forward and backwarduWhen thrust v,inward to- Ward-the rear of the machine, as shown in lFig. 13, this blade will lie below 'the ears of the elevated matrices and main-tain their elevated positions, while the ears 'of the lower-matrices will pass beneath the blade,` andgthus it is that 'the matrices carried horizontally into the elevator Afrom vthe right 4hand are properly held. Whenthe elevator lifts the line forpresentation to the transfer device, the sustaining-blade nl shouldbc withdrawn in order that the elevated matrices in the line may fall to a level with the remainder', as shown in Fig. 14 and at the top of Fig. 1. This movement of the blade may be effected by any suitable automatic means; but I prefer to employ, Aas

s'hown in the drawings, two vertical levers n, centrally pivoted in slots in the elevator, thelr lower ends seated in holes in the blade and their upper ends acted upon by spiral springs n,'.attached to the elevator-frame,

so that they tend constantly to hold the blade inward in operative position. The upper ends of these levers are beveled or rounded, and as theelevator completes its rising movement the levers encounter a fixed projection als on the main frame, whereby the levers are pushed inward at the upper ends, as shown in Fig. 14,Y and caused to retract the blade nl". Thus it will be seen that the blade is automatically retracted and all the matrices in. the line permitted toA assumea common level, preparatory to their being shifted to the right onto the elevator T. The essence ofi the invention -in -this regards lies, first, in the employment of a yielding or spring-supported bar to sustain the matrices in the firstelevator, and, second, in the employment -o`f means for automatically effecting the retraction of the'bar, and it will be evident lto the skilled me chanic that the parts may be varied widely in detail without affecting the mode of action or departing from vthe limits-of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. As an improvement in the Mergenthaler linotype-machine, and in combination with matrices each bearing a plurality of characters, the assembling-elevator, provided with a yrib or blade il, to sustain the matrices above the normal level, and a stop or the assemblinglu'star-wheel and the 'assem bling-elevator, provided lwith a longitudinal rib or blade 1,'and with a cooperating advjustable blade, or stop, i, independent of,

the finger-key mechanism of the machine, Vwhereby said stop may .beset to cause the delivery-o-all theincoming matrices at a higher ora lower level, as demanded.

3. Ina linotype-machineand in combination with matrices each containing two characters, an assembling mechanism provided with tvvo horizontal blades or stops 11 and z', movable into and out of the patho'f the 'incoming matrices. 4. In a linotype-machineand in combination With an assembling-elevatomhaving a 4horizontal blade or shoulder 10, to sustainA the matrices above the normal position, a blade or stop 2' mounted in the elevator, and the operating-lever therefor..

5. The vmold for a linotype-'machine, consisting of the slotted body portion and the attachedplafte ow,- said mold having one groove-'formed in the plate and a second groove between the plate and the overhanging shoulder of the body.

6. In a linotype-machine employing matrioes with tivo characters each, an elevator N, provided "with a. movable blade, to sustain part orv all of the matrices above theirsubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 5th day of August, 1912, in the presence of two attesting'witnesses.

- JOHN R. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

- LUMIERE. MORRISON,

ALBERT REISENBERG.

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