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905,060
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Nov. 24, 1908
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Printer's Composing-Stick
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Thomas Draper |
Middletown, Middlesex County, CT |
Abstract:
This invention relates to printers' composing sticks; and it has for its object to provide improved means whereby the stick may be quickly and accurately adjusted to lines of various lengths, giving a column of a predetermined width.
Claim:
A composing stick having its wall notched at its upper edge and provided with a graduated scale, an adjustable knee having a recess in its upper surface, a spring secured in the recess and lying flush with the outer surface of said knee, said spring having a downwardly extending tooth to lock in the notches of the galley wall, and means for holding said knee in adjusted position. |
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948,000
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Feb. 01, 1910
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Quion
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John W. Talbot |
Chicago, Cook County, IL |
Abstract:
This invention relates to quoins for the use of printers and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts.
Claim:
In a quoin, the combination, with two plates, one of which has a concave recess in each face and a bearing between the recesses, of a screw threaded stein secured to the other plate, and a wheel provided with a screw-threaded portion which engages with the said stein, said wheel having also a convex face and a projecting sleeve having a retaining flange, said sleeve being journaled in the said bearing and the said face and flange being arranged in the said recesses and permitting the plate to oscillate on the sleeve. |