The
444
distributor feed-screws
the action can sometimes be corrected
by
slightly
raising or lowering the end of the magazine. The distributor bar should be kept very clean and in a burnished or polished condition. piece of soft pine wood with a little black-lead is an ex-
A
cellent thing for this, as the soft
down
wood
cuts
its
way
bottom of the teeth of the bar and it polishes thoroughly. If from any cause the ends of its teeth become rough, it will speedily destroy to the
the teeth of the matrices.
The channel entrance or magazine entrance below the distributor bar contains a series of vertical partitions,
by which the matrices are guided down-
ward
into the upper flaring ends of the grooves or channels in the magazine. These partitions are
sometimes bent to the right or left, so that the falling matrices will strike upon them or be deflected into the
wrong
channels.
They should therefore
be carefully watched in connection with the falling matrices to see that the latter enter freely between the partitions. The distributor feed-screws should occupy proper For this relations to each other and to the bar.
purpose
orie of the
gear-wheels at the end has one
of its teeth partly cut
away and
the companion
gear provided with a stud to enter the cavity. The back feed-screw can be raised by releasing the is
spring latch on right-hand end. When replacing, after the screw has been raised, care should be observed to reset the screws in the proper relation.