An Improved Method of and Machinery or Apparatus for Embossing, Coloring, and Printing upon Paper or other suitable Material.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 14th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Machinery or Apparatus for Embossing,
Coloring, and Printing upon Paper or other suitable Material.
We ROBERT LANHAM, of Forest House, Chingford, in the County of Essex,
Printer, and DAVID GULLAND, of 6 Dowgate Hill, Cannon Street, in the City and
County of London, Paper Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved method of and machinery or apparatus for
embossing, coloring, and printing upon paper or other suitable material, and it
consists in producing the embossing and the coloring simultaneously in the passage
of the paper between an embossed and an impression cylinder for a single color, or
of several such cylinders if more than one color desired, also in the combination
therewith of means of type printing and if desired of putting illustrations upon the
embossed and colored paper, and further, in the combination in a single machine of
a reel feeding paper to the embossing and coloring cylinder or cylinders, a type or
electrotype cylinder or cylinders for printing upon the embossed and colored paper,
a cutting knife, eccentric gearing by which the supply of color and of printing ink
to the embossing and printing cylinders and the cutting of the paper may be
regulated and the machine worked automatically, and in an arrangement of the
runners whereby the travelling tapes of the flyer may be raised and the removal of
the embossing cylinders for change of pattern greatly facilitated, free access being
also then given for change of other rollers when required.
In embossing, coloring, and printing according to our invention the operation will
proceed substantially as follows:-
The machine being set in motion by any available power, the paper from the reel
will be drawn over a guide roller or rollers to the embossed and impression
cylinders, from between which it will issue both embossed and colored (the
embossing cylinder having taken the required color from rollers receiving color
intermittently from a suitable duct), from thence the paper will pass between the
type and impression cylinders (in connection with inking arrangements similar to
those for supplying color to the embossing cylinder), and thus embossed, colored
and printed it may pass to and be divided by the knife, the speed of which may be
regulated by an eccentric in connection with the driving cylinder, which is in gear
with the embossed cylinder and gives motion to the entire combination of cylinders
and rollers as well as to the knife.
We may dispense with the type cylinder if it is not desired to print upon the
embossed and colored paper, or we may arrange to throw the type printing cylinder
out of gear when not required, and the cylinders and the inking or color feeding
arrangement may be duplicated when it is desired to print in more than one
color.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Machinery or Apparatu
Coloring, and Printing upon Paper or other suita
We ROBERT LANIIAM, of Forest House, Chingford, in the
Printer, and DAVID GULLAND, of 6 Dowgate Hill, Cannon St
County of London, Paper Maker, do hereby declare the natu
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved method of and machine
embossing, coloring and printing upon paper or other suitab
consists in producing the embossing and the coloring simultane
of the paper between an embossed and an impression cylinder fo
of several such cylinders if more than one color desired, also
therewith of means of type or plate printing and if desired of
upon the embossed and colored paper, and further, in the com
machine of a reel feeding paper to the embossing and coloring c
a type or electrotype cylinder or cylinders for printing upon
colored paper, a cutting knife, eccentric gearing by which the s
of printing ink to the embossing and printing cylinders and the
may be regulated and the machine worked automatically and in
the runners whereby the travelling tapes of the flyer may be rai
of the embossing cylinders for change of pattern greatly faci
being also then given for change of other rollers when required.
The accompanying drawing represents a transverse section
for embossing, coloring and printing upon paper or other suitabl
to our invention :-
A being one of the side frames for carrying the cylinders,
13 the paper reel,
C the paper,
D guide roll,
E embossed cylinder,
Fimpression roller,
Gadjusting screw for same,
H motion for rollers and knife,
I inking roller,
K drum and eccentric for carrying ductor roller,
L distributing roller,
M ductor roller,
N duct for ink of embossed roller,
P cylinder to receive impression from type,
O regulating screw for same,
Qtype or electrotype cylinder,
Rinking roller,
Sinking drum and eccentric,
T distributing roller,
U ductor roller,
V duct for ink of type,
W screw to regulate ink supply to type,
✗ rod connecting eccentric for speed of knife,
Y eccentric,
Z rod for eccentric,
Z lifter of knife,
Z joint of knife lifter,
A A knife,
BB runners for flyer,

page_text: In embossing, coloring and printing by this machine the operation will proceed as
follows:-
The machine being set in motion by any available power, the paper from the
reel B will be drawn over the guide roller or rollers D to the embossed and
impression cylinders E F, from between which it will issue both embossed and
colored, the embossing cylinder having taken the required color from the rollers I
receiving color intermittently from the duct N, by the ductor roller M and drum
and eccentric K; from thence the paper will pass between the type and impression
cylinders PQ, and thus embossed, colored and printed it may pass to and be
divided by the knife A A, the speed of which is regulated by the eccentric Y in
connection by the rod X with the driving cylinder H, which is in gear with the
embossed cylinder and gives motion to the entire combination of cylinders and
rollers as well as to the knife; which is an ordinary cutter or shears, one blade
fixed, the other movable on its hinge or pivot, more or less rapidly, to cut off a
longer or a shorter length of paper as its motion may be regulated by shifting the
position of the rod Z on the eccentric Y.
When it is desired to remove the embossing cylinders for change of pattern the
travelling tapes C C are raised by means of the runners B B, and the cylinders E F,
as also the printing cylinders, may be readily removed and replaced.
We may dispense with the type cylinder if it is not desired to print upon the
embossed and colored paper, or we may arrange to throw the type printing cylinder
out of gear when not required, and the cylinders and the inking or color feeding
arrangement may be duplicated when it is desired to print in more than one color.
Further, we do not limit ourselves to the precise construction and combination of
parts shown on the drawing as such parts may be varied in form and arrangement
while combining in one machine means of operating our method of simultaneously
embossing and coloring upon paper or other suitable material with or without means
of printing thereupon, as circumstances may require.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :—
1. The method hereinbefore described of producing the embossing and the coloring
simultaneously in the passage of the paper or other suitable material between an
embossed and an impression roller.
2. In combination with the hereinbefore described method of simultaneously
embossing and coloring paper or other suitable material, means of type or plate
printing and of putting illustrations thereupon substantially as described.
3. A machine having a means of feeding paper or other material to an embossing
and coloring cylinder or cylinders, a type or electrotype cylinder or cylinders, a
cutting knife, gearing for supplying color and ink to the said cylinders, means of
regulating the cutting of the paper or other material and of working the machine
automatically, all in combination and operating substantially as set forth.
4. In a machine for embossing, coloring and printing upon paper or other
material, the arrangement of the runners B B in combination with the travelling
tapes CC substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
5. The machine for embossing, coloring and printing upon paper or other
material herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this Fourth day of March 1892.