Photocomposition machine font source with overlapping discs
CA 1082970 A · Owner: Am International, Inc. · Inventors: Szabo, Francis S.
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Case No. 1-750211VT, Applicant: Francis S. Szabo Title: PHOTOCOMPOSITION MACHINE FONT SOURCE ABSTRACT, A turret mounted series of photocomposing disc fonts wherein the turret has a series of disc hubs all having a different elevation in order that the disc members may be bunched together in overlapped relationship and hence occupy a minimum area within the photocomposing machine. The turret is rotated to select a particular disc for insertion into an optical system, and is advanced or retracted along its own axis according to the elevation of the particular hub selected in order that the optical system of a photocomposing machine may remain stationery and, the particular disc member be …
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- Granted August 5, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 5, 1997.
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