IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING, EDGE TRIMMING, AND WINDING, UNWINDING, CUTTING, AND RE- WINDING SHEETS OR LAYERS OF PAPER, SILK, CANVAS, CLOTH, INDIA RUBBER, AND OTHER MATERIALS, USED IN PRINTING, TELEGRAPHIC RECORDING, COVERING CABLES AND OTHER PURPOSES "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Henry Coules Colley of New Kent Road in the
County of Surrey for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DIVIDING, EDGE TRIMMING, AND WINDING, UNWINDING, CUTTING, AND RE-
WINDING SHEETS OR LAYERS OF PAPER, SILK, CANVAS, CLOTH, INDIA RUBBER,
AND OTHER MATERIALS, USED IN PRINTING, TELEGRAPHIC RECORDING, COVERING
CABLES AND OTHER PURPOSES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Henry Coules
Colley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th April 1883.
EDWARD HENRY COULES COLLEY of New Kent Road in the County of Surrey,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING, EDGE TRIMMING, AND WINDING,
UNWINDING, CUTTING, AND RE-WINDING SHEETS OR LAYERS OF PAPER, SILK,
CANVAS, CLOTH, INDIA RUBBER, AND OTHER MATERIALS, USED IN PRINTING
TELEGRAPHIC RECORDING, COVERING CABLES, AND OTHER PURPOSES
"
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for the purpose of dividing
edge trimming and winding unwinding cutting and re-winding sheets or layers of
paper silk and other materials into sheets strips or ribbons of any required width
and in cutting from one to any number of layers at one operation and in re-recling
or re-winding the same into reels or coils whero more than one sheet or length is
required to be cut at the one operation to re-reel the number of sheets so cut the
one on the other together into one reel or coil to each width cut.
First my improvements consist in combined arrangements of the cutting edge
trimming and reeling apparatus the operation of which is as follows;
After the paper or other material has come through the paper making machine
or from any other machine it is passed over tension rollers to circular shear cutters
which are so placed as to allow the sheet or layers of sheets to pass and trimming
the rough edges of the paper or other material.
If it is desired to split or divide the sheet or layers of sheets into widths other

page_text: cutters are placed in position upon the rotating cutter spindles at the required
distances apart
The material when trimmed and divided or trimmed only the sheet or layers
pass over the last of a series of tension rollers to the reeling rings round which they
travel the reeling rings rotating with the sheet until reaching the top or side of
the reeling rings.
The front circular cutters having been previously drawn back from between the
slots or openings in the reeling rings the circular shear cutters can be used only or
both sets of cutters can be worked at the same time if required.
The sheet or layers of sheets having been now cut to the width required are
wound round a mill stock or centre or a series of wooden rings or bobbins any
diameter and width and which are resting on the top or side of the reeling rings
having previously had passed through their centre a rod or spindle furnished with
a set nut at each end to press them face to face thus forming a case to the spindle.
These rings or bobbins can be made of any other substance but wood is most
advantageous.
Two weighted levers lay across the reeling spindle from the commencement of
reeling inside the machine frame and embracing each side of the reel or cut widths
acting in the double capacity of steadying the reel as it is winding and keeping
the paper or cut widths in one space or position
These levers are constructed to move upon a rod fixed to each side of the frame
to enable them to be widened out or closed together to suit any width of paper or
other material.
I also use similar levers to each reel of paper or other material at the other end
of machine for the same purposes.
As the material is wound upon the mill stocks centres or bobbins each revolution
increases the diameter of the reel or coils causing the two ends of the reeling
spindle to rise up between two vertical guides which are bolted to the inside of the
side frames. The vertical guides are so constructed with slots and bolts that they
can be widened out or closed together to suit any size of spindle and to enable the
reeling or re-reeling to be done either upon the top or side of the reeling rings.
If the reel or cut coils are wound to an extra diameter these vertical guides can
be unbolted turned down or taken off the machine the whole can then be casily
and directly lifted off the reeling rings. By this means I obviate the necessity of
the reel or cut coils being lifted vertically to the top of the guides. The spindle is
then withdrawn and the reel is free or the cut coils separate the one from the
other leaving the mill stock or bobbins in the centre of the coils.
The above operation is more adapted when the machine is working directly from
the paper making machine or machines for the manufacture of any other material.
In accordance with another part of my improvements the combined apparatus
for cutting and re-reeling is arranged as follows;
When the reel or reels of paper silk or other material are to be cut into narrow
reels or coils from a wider reel or length after it comes from the maker or others a
spindle is put through the centre of such reel or reels and each end is placed in
alots or bearings on (each side of the machine frame and the tension regulated by
small brakes. The sheet or sheets are then drawn over and under the tension and
smoothing rollers until it reaches the last one of the series.
If the circular shear cutters are not in use they can be widened out or taken
away to allow the sheets or layers of sheets to pass. Or two or more cutters may
be used to split or divide the wide sheet or layers into narrower widths before
finally cutting them with front circular cutters and re-reeling them after passing
over the last tension roller. The sheet or layers immediately embrace the recling
rings which have open spaces or slots caused by the rings having a thin dividing
plate between them or being made wider or thicker in the centre thus when placed
face to face upon a spindle the projecting side facing a level side they leave an
opening (which may be lined with india rubber or other suitable material) through
which the front circular knives pass or rotate to any required depth.

page_text: The sheet or layers of sheets pass round with the reeling rings to the reeling
spindle quite independently of the knives which are rotating in the same direction
but only cut through the one sheet or layer of sheets at one time. The sheet or
layers immediately it or they are thus cut or divided (by momentary contact with
the cutters) continue as before with the reeling rings the knives never again
touching the same portion of the sheet or any part of the cut reel or coils during
the operation of re-reeling such re-reeling being done from 6 to 8 inches away from
the knives. The knives in fact only having their edge in the sheet or layers during
the time of cutting and not assisting or governing the progress of the sheet in any
manner
Upon the sheet or layers reaching the reeling spindle (which is pressing down on
the top or side of the slotted reeling rings) they pass under and are wound round
the wooden casing which covers the spindle which casing is made up either by
inill stocks or centres or by a number of rings or bobbins made of wood or other
substance slipped on and tightened up by means of two set nuts. The spindle is
pressed down and made steady and the sides of the reel or coils embraced as before
described.
Upon the increase of the diameter of the cut reels the ends of the reeling
spindle rise up the vertical guides which can be adjusted and removed at
pleasure.
When the required diameter has been obtained in the cut reels the whole is
lifted from the machine the spindle withdrawn the cut coils separating the one
from the other leaving the stocks centres or bobbins in the work.
Straight curved or circular knives fixed in place of rotating cutters can be used
with this machine but I find the rotary circular cutters most advantageous.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Edward Henry Coules Colley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th October 1883.
:
EDWARD HENRY COULES COLLEY of New Kent Road in the County of Surrey
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING, EDGE TRIMMING, AND WINDING,
UNWINDING, CUTTING, AND RE-WINDING SHEETS OR LAYERS OF PAPER, SILK, CANVAS,
CLOTH, INDIA RUBBER, AND OTHER MATERIALS, USED IN PRINTING TELEGRAPHIC
RECORDING, COVERING CABLES, AND OTHER PURPOSES
"
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for the purpose of dividing
edge trimming and winding unwinding cutting and re-winding sheets or layers of
paper silk and other materials into sheets strips or ribbons of any required width
and in cutting from one to any number of layers at one operation and in re-reeling
or re-winding the same into reels or coils where more than one sheet or length is
required to be cut at the one operation to re-reel the number of sheets so cut the
one on the other together into one reel or coil to each width cut.
First. My improvements consist in combined arrangements of the cutting edge
trimming and reeling apparatus the operation of which is as follows;
After the paper or other material has come through the paper making machine
or from any other machine it is passed over tension rollers to circular shear cutters
which are so placed as to allow the sheet or layers of sheets to pass and thereby
trimming the rough edges of the paper or other material.
If it is desired to split or divide the sheet or layers of sheets into widths other
cutters are placed in position upon the rotating cutter spindles at the required
distances apart.
The material when trimmed and divided or trimmed only the sheet or layers pass
over the last of a series of tension rollers to the reeling rings round which they
travel the reeling rings rotating with the sheet until reaching the top or side of the
reeling rings.
The front circular cutters having been previously drawn back from between the
slots or openings in the reeling rings or cylinders the circular shear cutters can be
used only or both sets of cutters can be worked at the same time if required.
The sheet or layers of sheets having been now cut to the width required aro
wound round a mill stock or centre or a series of wooden rings or bobbins any
diameter and width and which are resting on the top or side of the reeling rings
having previously had passed through their centre a rod or spindle furnished with
a set nut at each end to press them face to face thus forming a case to the
spindle.
These rings or bobbins can be made of any other substance but wood is most
advantageous.
Two weighted levers lay across the reeling spindle from the commencement of
reeling inside the machine frame and embracing each side of the reel or cut widths
acting in the double capacity of steadying the reel as it is winding and keeping the
paper or cut widths in one space or position.
These levers are constructed to move upon a rod fixed to each side of the frame
to enable them to be widened out or closed together to suit any width of paper or
other material.
I also use similar levers to each reel of paper or other material at the other end
of machine for the same purposes.
As the material is wound upon the mill stocks centres or bobbins each revolution
increases the diameter of the reel or coils causing the two ends of the reeling

page_text: spindle to rise up between two vertical guides which are bolted to the inside of
the side frames. The vertical guides are so constructed with slots and holes that.
they can be widened out or closed together to suit any size of spindle and to
enable the reeling or re-reeling to be done either upon the top or side of the reeling
rings.
If the reel or cut coils are wound to an extra diameter these vertical guides can
be unbolted turned down or taken off the machine the whole can then be easily
and directly lifted off the reeling rings. By this means I obviate the necessity of
the reel or cut coils being lifted vertically to the top of the guides. The spindle is
then withdrawn and the reel is free or the cut coils separate the one from the other
leaving the mill stock or bobbins in the centre of the coils.
The above operation is more adapted when the machine is working directly
from the paper making machine or machines for the manufacture of any other
material.
In accordance with another part of my improvements the combined apparatus
for cutting and re-reeling is arranged as follows :—
When the reel or reels of paper silk or other material are to be cut into narrow
reels or coils from a wider reel or length, after it comes from the maker or others
a spindle is put through the centre of such reel or reels and each end is placed in
slots or bearings on each side of the machine frame and the tension regulated by
small brakes. The sheet or sheets are then drawn over and under the tension and
smoothing rollers until it reaches the last one of the series.
If the circular shear cutters are not in use they can be widened out or taken
away to allow the sheets or layers of sheets to pass. Or two or more cutters may
be used to split or divide the wide sheet or layers into narrower widths before
finally cutting them with front circular cutters and re-reeling them after passing
over the last tension roller. The sheet or layers immediately embrace the reeling
rings which have open spaces or slots caused by the rings having a thin dividing
plate between them or being made wider or thicker in the centre thus when placed
face to face upon a spindle the projecting side facing a level side they leave an
opening (which may be lined with india rubber or other suitable material) through
which the front circular knives pass or rotate to any required depth.
The sheet or layers of sheets pass round with the reeling rings to the reeling
spindle quite independently of the knives which are rotating in the same direction
but only cut through the one sheet or layer of sheets at one time. The sheet (or
layers of sheets) immediately it or they are thus cut or divided (by momentary
contact with the cutters) continue as before with the reeling rings the knives
never again touching the same portion of the sheet or any part of the cut real or
coils during the operation of re-reeling such re-reeling being done from 6 to 8
inches away from the knives. The knives in fact only having their edge in the
sheet or layers during the time of cutting and not assisting or governing the
progress of the sheet in any manner.
Upon the sheet or layers reaching the reeling spindle (which is pressing down
on the top or side of the slotted reeling rings) they pass under and are wound
round the wooden casing which covers the spindle which casing is made up either
by mill stocks or centres or by a number of rings or bobbins made of wood or
other substance slipped on and tightened up by means of two set outs. The
spindle is pressed down and made steady and the sides of the reel or coils embraced
as before described.
Upon the increase of the diameter of the cut reels the ends of the reeling
spindle rise up the vertical guides which can be adjusted and removed at pleasure.
When the required diameter has been obtained in the cut reels the whole is
lifted from the machine the spindle withdrawn the cut coils separating the one
from the other leaving the stocks centres or bobbins in the work.
Straight curved or circular knives fixed in place of rotating cutters can be
used with this machine but I find the rotary circular cutters most advantageous.

page_text: And in order that my improvements may be clearly understood and readily
carried into practice I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 shews a side view and Figure 2 an end view of machinery or apparatus
arranged and constructed in accordance with my improvements.
A. A are the guide or tension rollers two sheets of paper or other material to be
cut or trimmed join at A' three join at A³ five at A³ and six at A*.
BB shew mill reels of paper and C the cylinder having circular slots or
grooves C+ C+ cut or formed at suitable distances apart around its circumference
or each slot or groove may be advantageously formed by mounting a series of
reeling rings (shown separately at Figure 3+) upon a spindle the width or thick-
ness of such rings corresponding with the width of the strips of paper or other
material required to be cut and reeled.
Any suitable number of circular rings C₁ may be placed upon a keyed shaft as
shewn in Figure 2. These rings correspond with the width or widths of material
required to be cut and they are formed with a deep shoulder or slot at the side to
enable the circular cutters D' to pass between them. Each sheet or layer of
material when cut passes round the cylinder C formed by the rings C¹ until it
reaches the top or side each strip or layer having its own ring (or spaced division
in a solid cylinder) corresponding with the width cut, to rewind upon. The
rings C¹, can be separated by metal washers or discs being placed between them if
desired, or solid cylinders C can be made spaced or slotted to suit any width when
the same widths are constantly required to be cut.
D' are the front cutters and D D the back cutters in position ready to work and
although six reels are represented as unreeling and being cut the machine may be
so arranged as to cut one or any number of sheets at one time or operation.
The front cutters D³ are arranged to work between the slotted or shouldered
rings C C and thus cut the sheets or layers of sheets of paper or other material
passing in contact therewith.
The circular cutters or knives D³ may be in one plate (as shewn in Figure 2) or
fixed or secured to a boss or collar fitted with a set screw to enable the cutters to
be moved along the shaft, so as to alter the width of cut as required. The cutters
may be spaced out by having rings, to correspond with the width required to be
cut placed between them and screwed up together from the end of spindle by set
nuts but I find the first mentioned cutters more advantageous as they can be
adjusted quicker.
Figure 3 shews a face and edge view of one of the reeling rings O¹ formed with
a-set off or shoulder C+ to form the slot groove or dividing space when rings are
used to form such spaces around the cylinder C in place of casting or otherwise
forming the spaces on the surface of the cylinder.
By using the separate reeling rings C¹ they can be changed from time to time
as required so as to vary the width of the strips of paper or other material to be
cut the arrangement of the cutters being varied to correspond therewith.
Figure 4 shews a separate view of the circular shear cutters D D, these cutters
work alone or in conjunction with the cutters D* or for some purposes I use one
set of cutters having.at the top a solid slotted or spaced spindle or slotted rings as
previously described to allow the cutters to pass between.
Figure 5 shows a separate view of the re-reeling spindle E and Figure 6
shews one of a series of cut coils or discs used principally for telegraphic purposes.
The vertical guides F F bolted inside the side frames of the machine (two on
each side in the position shewn by Figure 3) are slotted to allow of their being
adjusted to fit any sized spindle.
These guides serve to keep the spindle in its proper position so that the cut
paper or other material can re-wind or wind on the rings or bobbins correctly

page_text: and evenly after it is cut. They can also be moved to allow the paper to be
taken directly from the front of the machine instead of lifting it to the top of the
guides.
F F are weighted levers mounted inside the framing of the machine one on
each side of the cut coils or discs. The inner ends of the levers F, slide upon a
square rod fixed on each side of the framing to suit any width of paper and they
touch or come against the ends of the outside or end coils or discs during the
process of reeling after cutting thus keeping the cut coils together upon the
spindle.
By placing the levers F³, inside the frame in place of outside as heretofore they
act advantageously in two ways vis, as weighted levers to keep the cut coils steady
and pressed down upon the reeling rings and also as side guides to keep the cut
coils together and prevent them from dishing out. I also use two similar levers
but without the weights to each reel of paper as it is unwinding before being cut
to keep the reel from shifting on the stock.
The cut strips or layers of paper or other material having passed the cutters or
knives continue to travel round the reeling rings and pressing on the top or side of
the rings re-reel on the wood or metal reeling rings or bobbins E' which are slid on
to the reeling spindle E as represented by Figure 5 the rings or bobbins E'
forming a centre or reeling core but the ordinary mill stocks can be used if
desired.
The cut sheet or layers of paper or other material re-reel each at the top or
side of a separate ring (or on to a solid spaced cylinder) and as the sheet or layers
of sheets pass round the rings C₁ the revolving cutters or knives at the same timo
cut or divide the sheet or sheets into strips of the width required. The sheet or
layers then continue to pass round with and upon the rings until they reach the
bobbin spindle E upon which they wind round the metal or wooden rings or
bobbins E¹ (the recling rings or cylinder C thus forming a reeling cylinder and
cutting rings combined.) The spindle E is guided up the vertical_adjustable
guides F F and when the required diameter is obtained the cylinder E (with the
bobbins E) is removed from the machine.
By taking off the nut on the end of the spindle E and withdrawing it from the
bobbins E they separate the one from the other the rings or bobbins E' remaining
in the strips of paper or other material.
Having thus described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing
or carrying the same into practice I would remark that I do not limit myself to
the exact details herein before described so long as the essential features or novel
parts constituting my improvements are retained at the same time, I mako no
claim to any of the mechanical parts separately which are well known and in
common use But what I claim is :-
First, The improved arrangement and combination of apparatus for cutting
paper and other materials arranged to act substantially in the manner and for the
purposes herein before described and represented in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Second. I claim the improved arrangement combination and application of the
reeling rings or cylinder C₁ formed with circular slots spaces or grooves C+ and
acting in combination with the circular cutters D2 and reeling bobbin spindle E, E¹,
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and
represented in the Drawings annexed.
Third. The improved arrangement and combination of apparatus by which the
paper or other material after it has been led round so as to embrace the reeling
rings or reeling cylinder C is thereon and in immediate contact therewith trimmed
cut or ripped into strips or ribbons and re-reeled by the operation of the machine
substantially as and for the purposes above described and represented in the
drawings annexed.
Fourth, I claim the improved arrangement and application of the moveable

page_text: adjustable guides F substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and
represented in the Drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof I the said Edward Henry Coules Colley have hereunto
set my hand and seal this third day of October in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred. and eighty three.
Witness
J G TONGUE
Patent Agent
34 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane
London W C.
EDWARD, H, C, COLLEY (L.S.)