History of composing machines; a complete record of the art of composing type by machinery ... also lists of patents on composing machines, American and British, chronologically arranged (1904)
Thompson, John S. (John Smith), 1872- · Chicago, Inland Printer Co · leaf 29
ck by the operator. The letters were conveyed on their own belts or tapes, each one of which was of different length, to a general receiving belt running diagonally. This belt conveyed the types to the receiving point, where the second oper¬ ator, using a “ grab,” divided the composition into lines… … THE ALDEN TYPESETTER AND DISTRIBUTOR. it was employed for many years. He arranged his type channels horizontally in a semi-circle, mount¬ ing in the center several jaws, which swept past the ends of the channels with a rotary motion and 11
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