Patent GB-190627384-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing Machines.
Inventor: HEIDE HENRY CONRAD
Filed: 1906-12-01
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 27,384. Heide, H. C. Dec. 1. Rotary machines ; delivery apparatus; cutting and perforating apparatus; ; inking-apparatus paging and numbering apparatus; folding paper.- In apparatus for automatically making counter-sales check books, one or two webs are printed in one or more colours or perfected, according to the desired style of book, and are then led past longitudinal perforating - devices to numbering-devices for numbering on both sides of the web, then past transverse cutting-devices which completely or partly sever the web according to the style of book. The sheets are finally folded alternately in different directions by two longitudinal folding - devices, stacked in zigzag fashion, and delivered in complete books of 50 at a time. In one form of check book, with duplicate pages, the single web is printed, perforated, cut, and numbered, as shown in Fig. 12, the outer parts of the sheets being respectively turned on top as with sheet 50, and then below alternately ; the sheets are subseqently zigzagged on to one another in their proper order. In this case, the transverse cuts separating the pages do not go right across the web, thus leaving a continuous stub or strip right through the book. In making this modification, the web is led from a roll r round impression cylinders b, c as shown by the thick dotted lines, and past rotary perforating-bolts 66 by which-the web is perforated longitudinally at several points across its length. It then passes two sets of numbering-apparatus 30, 31 constructed as follows:- Each set comprises two disks 11 mounted on a revolving shaft 10 and carrying five shafts 13, geared together and turned one-tenth of a revolution at each movement of a star-wheel 17, which takes place at every other revolution of the shaft 10 through the engagement of a star-wheel with a cam-actuated sliding pin. On each shaft 13 are adjustably mounted three numbering-wheels 14, each having five numbers. Two of these are for printing alternate numbers on the stub edge and centre of the web, while the third wheel prints the intermediate numbers on the other edge of the web, on a part that subsequently becomes an intermediate bill, Fig. 12. The shaft 32 carrying the adjustable impression blocks 33 revolves two and a half times for one revolution of the shaft 10, so that the web is pressed first against two numbering-disks printing a certain number on the edge and middle of the web, then, after missing one numbering-set completely, against one numbering- disk printing the next lowest number on the remaining edge of the web, then against two numbering-disks printing the next lowest number in line with the previous pair, and so on. After passing through the tension rolls 43, 43<x>, the web is cut transversely by an adjustable stationary knife 50 and a rotary knife 46. Normally, the paper is not completely severed, the knife not reaching right to one edge, but at the end of every fifty revolutions a short auxiliary knife, lying to one side of the main knife 50 and fixed on a bracket 47 pivoted on a shaft 48, is automatically shifted forward into position for cutting, by a pin on the bracket 47 engaging a slot 68 in a lever 66. This lever is pulled down by the end 63 of a sliding catch revolving with the shaft 54, and having a projection 64 which, at every fifty revolutions, is pushed in by contracting with a revolving stop 138, the gearing on the shafts 54, 59 being of such a ratio as to cause this. The web is then guided by tapes &c. under two longitudinal folders 81, 89, the outer part of every alternate bill being lifted by a pivoted lever 90 raised by a stop on a wheel 96, so that every alternate bill is folded upwardly. The remainder are all folded to the other side by the second folder 89. Rollers 86 press down the folded edges. The paper is delivered in folded zigzag fashion on the delivery table 120, cam-operated fingers mounted on arms 95 bending the paper at each alternate cut to the adjustable stops 122, the other folds being against the front stops 121. The reciprocating fingers 145 &c. press down the sheets as delivered. At the completion of the delivery of each set or book of bills, the stops 121 are lowered and fingers 123 attached to the shaft 143, as are the stops 121, are pushed forward and deliver the book. The movement of the shaft 143 is caused by the release of a catch 142 through mechanism similar to that previously described for actuating the auxiliary cutting-blade. The parts are returned to their normal position immediately afterwards by a slotted connecting-rod 131. In forming books with triplicate pages from one web, numbering-disks with ten figures each are substituted for those described, and the second folding-device is shifted to form the second fold, all sheets being folded by both the folding-devices. The sheets are completely severed from each other, and are not zigzagged in delivery. Triplicate books may also be formed from two webs, a half-width web being associated with the web q before printing, and the second folding-device being dispensed with. Duplicate books may be printed in two, colours by mounting the web roll at r<xxx>, altering the direction of motion of the printing-set c, and passing the web through, as shown in the fine dotted lines. The second folder and zigzagging devices are not used for this type of book.