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Linotype Mechanism

Linotype Mechanism

by Alvin Garfield Swank

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About this eBook

Author
Means, Raymond
Title
Linotype mechanism
Original Publication
United States: Swank and Means, 1924.
Credits
Bob Taylor, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
Z: Bibliography, Library science
Subject
Linotype
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69975
Release Date
February 7, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LINOTYPE MECHANISM
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Preface
  4. 4.THE KEYBOARD — Keyboard Parts — Keyboard Cams and Parts — Keyboard Rubber Rolls — Keyboard Troubles
  5. 5.KEYBOARD LAYOUT
  6. 6.TO REMOVE THE KEYBOARD CAM FRAMES
  7. 7.CLEANING THE KEYBOARD CAMS
  8. 8.TO TAKE A KEYBOARD APART
  9. 9.KEYRODS
  10. 10.AUXILIARY KEYRODS
  11. 11.MODEL FOURTEEN SINGLE KEYBOARD
  12. 12.MAGAZINES AND ESCAPEMENTS — Escapement Mechanism
  13. 13.MAGAZINES
  14. 14.REMOVING A MAGAZINE — New Model 8 and 14 Single Keyboard — Split Magazines — Auxiliary Magazines — Model K — Model L
  15. 15.TO REMOVE A VERGE — Failure of Matrices to Respond ( Due to trouble above the keyboard )
  16. 16.CLEANING A MAGAZINE
  17. 17.CLEANING MATRICES — Magazine Hints
  18. 18.ASSEMBLING ELEVATOR — To Take Off Assembling Elevator
  19. 19.ASSEMBLER
  20. 20.ASSEMBLER SLIDE
  21. 21.ASSEMBLER SLIDE BRAKE
  22. 22.MATRIX CARRIER BELT
  23. 23.CAUSES OF BAD ASSEMBLING
  24. 24.THE SPACEBANDS
  25. 25.SPACEBAND BOX
  26. 26.TO REMOVE SPACEBAND BOX
  27. 27.SPACEBAND TROUBLES — Spaceband Box Pawls and Rails — To Replace Spaceband Box Pawls
  28. 28.LINE DELIVERY SLIDE
  29. 29.METAL POT — Metal Pot Plunger — Cleaning the Throat of Crucible — Cracked Crucible — Mouthpieces — To Remove a Mouthpiece — Metal Pot Adjustments — Pot Lever — Removing a Pot — Slug Troubles
  30. 30.GASOLINE BURNER
  31. 31.GAS BURNERS — Gas Pot Hints — To Remove the Gas Burners
  32. 32.PRESSURE GOVERNOR
  33. 33.MERCURY GAS GOVERNOR
  34. 34.THERMOSTAT GAS GOVERNOR
  35. 35.ELECTRIC POT DEFINITIONS
  36. 36.ELECTRIC POT — Throat and Mouthpiece Heaters — Care of Electric Metal Pot — Current Consumption — Fuses
  37. 37.MOLDS — The Universal Adjustable — The Recessed — Display and Headletter — Advertising — Carbolite — 36-em Adjustable — Mold Wipers — Mold Hints
  38. 38.REMOVING AND REPLACING MOLD
  39. 39.DISTRIBUTOR — Distributor Bar — Channel Entrance — Distributor Screws — Distributor Screw Guard — Distributor Clutch — Distributor Stopping Mechanism
  40. 40.THE SPIRAL AUTOMATIC
  41. 41.DISTRIBUTOR BOX — Lower Distributor Box For Models 2 and 4 — Distributor Box Matrix Lift Cam — Distributor Troubles — To Remove a Distributor Box
  42. 42.FIRST ELEVATOR JAWS AND SLIDE — First Elevator Jaws — First Elevator Jaw Line Stop
  43. 43.FIRST ELEVATOR SLIDE CONNECTING LINK — Auxiliary Lever
  44. 44.THE SECOND ELEVATOR — Second Elevator Starting Spring — Second Elevator Safety Catch
  45. 45.MAIN CAMS
  46. 46.FIRST ELEVATOR SLIDE GUIDE — Duplex Rail Operating Blocks — Releasing Lever
  47. 47.TRANSFER SLIDE
  48. 48.SPACEBAND LEVER — Spaceband Lever Pawl
  49. 49.MOLD SLIDE
  50. 50.MOLD DISK LOCKING STUDS AND BLOCKS
  51. 51.EJECTOR SLIDE
  52. 52.EJECTOR BLADE
  53. 53.EJECTOR GUIDE BLOCK — To Change an Ejector Blade
  54. 54.UNIVERSAL EJECTOR — Removing a Stuck Slug
  55. 55.MOLD KNIFE — Mold Banking Strips
  56. 56.KNIFE BLOCK — Trimming Knives — Wedge Style Knife Block — Knife, Right Hand, Spring Plate — Facts and Suggestions About Trimming Knives
  57. 57.KNIFE WIPER — Old Style Knife Wiper
  58. 58.MOLD TURNING CAM, SQUARE BLOCK, AND PINION — Adjusting Shoes
  59. 59.MOLD DRIVING SHAFT FRICTION CLAMP — Retiming Mold Gears
  60. 60.THE JUSTIFICATION LEVERS AND VISE JUSTIFICATION
  61. 61.THE VISE
  62. 62.VISE JAWS
  63. 63.PUMP STOP
  64. 64.THE FRICTION CLUTCH — The Clutch Spring — Friction Clutch Adjustments — Friction Clutch Hints
  65. 65.STAY BOLT
  66. 66.VISE AUTOMATIC
  67. 67.FILLING PIECE AND SAFETY LUG
  68. 68.MODEL 9
  69. 69.TABULAR ATTACHMENTS
  70. 70.ADVERTISING FIGURES
  71. 71.MAKING MACHINE CHANGES
  72. 72.CARE OF THE MACHINE — Daily Operations — Weekly Operations — Monthly Operations
  73. 73.MECHANICAL TERMS
  74. 74.THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
  75. 75.MICROMETER CALIPER
  76. 76.THE POINT SYSTEM — EMS TO RUNNING INCH
  77. 77.TEST QUESTIONS — List No. I — List No. II — List No. III — List No. IV — List No. V — List No. VI — List No. VII — List No. VIII — List No. IX — List No. X
  78. 78.MECHANISM CLASS SCHEDULE — ( Lesson Index )
  79. 79.Index — Transcriber’s Notes

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