IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER TUBES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Booth Bailey, of Cliffe Street, Keighley, in the
County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER TUBES."
Sealed the 23rd March 1877, and dated the 2nd October 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Booth Bailey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October 1876.
JOSEPH BOOTH BAILEY, of Cliffe Street, Keighley, in the County of York. "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER
TUBES."
This Invention relates chiefly to that class of machinery in which a continuous
strip of paper is pasted or cemented and subsequently cut into suitable lengths and
coiled on a mandril into the shape of a tube, and consists:-
First. In the use of two cutting edges or jaws each mounted on its own axis, and
these axes parallel to each other in such a way that these two edges in their rota-
tation pass near or close to each other (in the same way as the tooth of ono wheel
engages with that of another), and in so doing cuts or severs the paper that is being
continuously or intermittently fed between them by feed rollers. To aid in this I
use an india-rubber or other yielding pad attached to one of the jaws and a little
in advance of it in the direction of the motion; this pad presses on a corresponding
surface (yielding or otherwise) attached to and a little in advance of the other jaw;
the paper is held between these two moving surfaces just as the cutting operation
begins and until it is finished, the paper being held on the other side of the cutters
by the feed rollers.
A modification of my improvement consists of a reciprocating jaw to engage with
a rotative one; this jaw is mounted so that when it is engaged with the rotative jaw
it can follow with it until it is disengaged by means of a cam. In order to make
the cutting operation more gradual and easy I make one or both cutting edges of an
unindulatory or V shape.
Second. The use conjointly with the above of the perforating apparatus described
in the Specification of Patent granted to W. Ambler, No. 2292, date 1870; the per-
forations must be made to fall in and agree with the cutting edges of the above
apparatus so that the severing may be through the line of the said perforations.
[Price 6d1

page_text: Third. The use of two mandrils mounted on a reciprocating or ocilating frame,
so that as a tube is being formed on one the previously formed tube is being stripped
from the other; the mandrils alternately occupy the same central position to receive
the paper from the feeding and cutting apparatus.
To assist in coiling the pasted paper on the revolving mandrils I use an endless
cloth made to pass over two small rollers that are held (by a spring) near to the
mandril when it is in its central position for receiving the paper, this cloth in
passing over the two small rollers partially wraps round the mandril and travelling
with it at a somewhat slower speed assists in coiling the paper thereon; when the
mandrils change their position the small rollers (under the spring pressure) yield to
the mandrils and allow them to pass.
The above-mentioned cutting and coiling apparatus separately or combined can be
applied to mandrils carried by rotative or intermittently rotative frame.
Fourth. The use of drying apparatus made in the form of a vertical or by
preference inclined chest, or series of chests (one or more surfaces of which may be
formed of wire screen for the access of heated air to and amongst the tubes). The
wet tubes are supplied at the upper end of the chest so as to keep it full, and as
they become dry are removed from the lower end, the supply of fresh tubes being
continued at the upper end.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Booth Bailey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th March
1877.
JOSEPH BOOTH BAILEY, of Cliffe Street, Keighley, in the County of York.
"IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER
TUBES."
This Invention relates chiefly to that class of machinery in which a continuous
strip of paper is pasted or cemented and subsequently cut into suitable lengths and
coiled on a mandril into the shape of a tube, and consists :-
First. In the use of two cutting edges or jaws each mounted on its own axis, and
these axes parallel to each other in such a way that these two edges in their rotation
pass near or close to each other (in the same way as the tooth of one wheel engages
with that of another), and in so doing cuts or severs the paper that is being con-
tinuously or intermittently fed between them by feed rollers. To aid this I use an
india-rubber or other yielding pad attached to one of the jaws and a little in
advance of it in the direction of the motion; this pad presses on a corresponding surface
(yielding or otherwise) attached to and a little in advance of the other jaw; the
paper is held between these two moving surfaces just as the cutting operation begins
and until it is finished, the paper being held on the other side of the cutters by
the feed rollers.
A modification of my improvement consists of a reciprocating jaw to engage with
a rotative one; this jaw is mounted so that when it is engaged with the rotative
jaw it can follow with it until it is disengaged by means of a cam. In order to
make the cutting operation more gradual and easy I make one or both cutting edges
of an undulatory or V shape.
Second. The use conjointly with the above of the perforating apparatus described
in the Specification of Patent granted to W. Ambler, No. 2292, date 1870; the per-
forations must be made to fall in and agree with the cutting edges of the above
apparatus so the severing may be through the line of perforations.
Third. The use of two mandrils mounted on a reciprocating or oscillating frame,
so that as a tube is being formed on one the previously formed tube is being stripped
from the other; the mandrils alternately occupy the same central position to receive
the paper from the feeding and cutting apparatus.

page_text: To assist in coiling the pasted paper on the revolving mandrils I use an endloss
cloth made to pass over two small rollers that are held (by a spring) near to the
mandril when it is in its central position for receiving the paper, this cloth in
passing over the two small rollers partially wraps round the mandril and travelling
with it at a somewhat slower speed assists in coiling the paper thereon; when the
mandrils change their position the small rollers (under the spring pressure) yield to
the mandrils and allow them to pass.
The above-mentioned cutting and coiling apparatus separately or combined can
be applied to mandrils carried by rotative or intermittently rotative frames.
Fourth. The use of drying apparatus made in the form of a vertical or by
preference inclined chest or series of chests (one or more surfaces of which may be
formed of wire screen for the access of heated air to and amongst the tubes). The
wet tubes are supplied at the upper end of the chest so as to keep it full, and as
they become dry are removed from the lower end, the supply of fresh tubes being
continued at the upper end.
In order that this Invention may be clearly understood, I herein give reference to
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which like parts are indicated by like
letters and figures; all the parts of the apparatus not necessary to elucidate this
Invention are omitted in the Drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my apparatus with one part of the framework A
removed in order that the internal driving arrangements can be more clearly
illustrated.
Fig. 2 is a cross section showing the means employed to actuate the spindles and
stripping apparatus.
Fig. 3 is illustrative of a combined reciprocating and rotary cutting apparatus.
Fig. 4 is a combination of perforating and rotative cutting apparatus.
A, A, is the framing of the machine; B is the pulley shaft on which is the pinion C
that gives motion through the intermediate wheels D and E to the wheel F; this
engages into the wheel G. On the axes of the wheels F and G are cams F¹, G¹,
which acting on the rollers F, G2, give vibratory motion to the beam or frame H
centered on the axis I. The beam H carries at each end two spindles J; on the
middle of these spindles are pullies K, to which motion is communicated by a belt
from the pullies L. On the axes of these are suitable pullies L³, which receive
motion by belts from pullies secured on the axis of the first pulley shaft B. The
vibration of the beam H is such as to bring the upper and lower spindles J into the
same central position alternately. The wheels F and G engage into the wheels M at
each side of the machine, and on the axis of one of these is a bevel wheel M¹ gives
motion to one on the shaft N, and thus to the crank N¹, and by a connecting
link N gives vibration to the arms N³ on the axes 0. Attached to these axes are
arms P having pins at their upper ends, which by connecting links Q give sliding
motion to the strippers R on the bars S which are attached to the framework. On
the axes of the wheels M are pinions that give motion through intermediates to the
wheels T, and these engage into wheels on the axes of the feed rollers U. On the
axes of the wheels M are pinions that through intermediates give motion to wheels
on the axes of the cutting apparatus V. On the axes of the wheels T are rollers W
that are partially immersed in the paste in the troughs X.
The action is as follows:-The strips of paper in passing from the reels Y to the
feed rollers U are pasted by contact with the paste rollers W. From the feed rollers
the paper passes to the rotary cutting apparatus; the upper part carries with it a
small india-rubber or other yielding pad V₁ that exerts a slight pressure on the
opposing surface of the lower half of the cutting apparatus, and thus holds the paper
between them at the time it (the paper) is travelling forward. The paper is thus
slightly in a state of tension, and during this time by the rotation of the apparatus
the cutting jaws approach each other and in passing sever the slip of paper between
them; the continued rotation of the apparatus releases the detached slip of paper
which then passes along the upper surface of the travelling cloth or bands V2 to the
spindles J to be coiled thereon. This coiling is effected by means of the cloth Y³

page_text: passing over the surface of the two small rollers J¹; the axes of these rollers are
attached to a light arm J³ that moves on the pin J³, and by the pressure of a
spring K¹ on this arm causes the cloth on the rollers to partially wrap around the
revolving spindles J, and so assists the coiling of the paper thereon. The spindles J
then change their position; that with the coiled paper goes into the jaws of the
V shaped strippers R, to be stripped; at the same time the other spindle assumes
the central position for receiving the next strip of paper from the feeding apparatus.
As the spindles J are changing their position the rollers J¹ and arms J yield to
them, and immediately after resume their position. The V shaped strippers R have
their surfaces notched or roughened to assist the stripping operation.
Fig. 3 shows an arrangement where a reciprocating cutting jaw X¹ is substituted
for one of the rotating jaws previously described; its action is thus:-On the axis
of the rotating jaw V is a cam Y¹; this acting on the the arm Y2 holds it up and with
it the upper jaw X1; at the proper time the cam allows the the arm Y2 (under spring
pressure) to suddenly descend and with it the cutting jaw X' that thus severs the
paper between them; the reciprocating jaw X¹ being jointed at its upper end then
travels with the rotating jaw V until by the action of the cam Y¹ it is again
disengaged.
Fig. 4 shews an arrangement where the perforating apparatus described in the
Specification of Patent granted to Wm. Ambler, A.D. 1870, No. 2292, is combined
with the previously described rotating apparatus. The roller Z has a row of points
mounted on its surface and projecting; the opposing roller Z is of india-rubber or
other soft material, or it may be of hard material, having a suitable groove in its
surface for the entrance of the perforating points as shewn. From this the per-
forated paper passes to the rotary cutting apparatus previously described, where it is
severed along the line of the perforations.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Booth Bailey, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
above-named Joseph Booth Bailey, in
the presence of
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
Bradford,
Yorks.
JOSEPH BOUTH BAILEY. (L.S.)