Improvements in and relating to Machines for Folding Newspapers, Magazines, Circulars, and the like, and for Applying Wrappers and Address Labels thereto.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1839-Accepted, 15th Mar., 1890
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by REUEL WILLIAMS WATERS, of 93, Federal Street,
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.]
Improvements in and relating to Machines for Folding Newspapers,
Magazines, Circulars, and the like, and for Applying Wrappers
and Address Labels thereto.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to that class of machinery known as folding and wrapping
machines which are automatic in their action; the design of such machinery being
to receive and handle newspapers, circulars, magazines and other printed or written
material which is intended to be prepared in large quantities and delivered to the
mail for distribution.
By the improved machine a very large edition of a daily paper or other periodical
may be rapidly accurately and automatically prepared for the mail, thus allowing the
press to be worked to within a much smaller interval of the closing of the mail than
would be possible by any means where a large portion of the work has to be done by
the operatives. In other words the machine is adapted to receive newspapers,
pamphlets, magazines, circulars and similar articles when fed to it, and enclose cach
one in a separate wrapper which shall be properly secured in a compact and mailable
shape and which shall also be automatically stainped with the proper address of the
subscriber to whom the thing thus wrapped and addressed is to be mailed.
Other machines have been invented for this purpose, but the distinguishing features
of the present machine are that the folding, wrapping, and addressing are done in their
natural sequence, the newspaper or other periodical being first folded to the desired
size and the wrapper then placed around the folded paper; an addresss having been
placed on said wrapper, the package is then secured by mucilage or other suitable
fastening and is then fed out of the machine to the mail bag.
And also because the machine is made adaptable to a variety of sizes of mail matter
and not limited to a single paper as heretofore.
The invention consists in an automatic folding and wrapping machine composed of
a series of folding devices made up of folding blades and pressure rollers; a feeding
mechanism which carries the wrapper web to the last folding device of said series and
a forwarding device which carries the combined paper and wrapper during the process
of sealing or securing said wrapper and discharges the finished product upon the
device which carries it to the mail bag.
The said invention consists further in the particular mechanisms and devices
hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawings which involve the general
principle of said machine or special features thereof.
Papers are placed in a race-way box having a bottom composed of a series of rolls
which act to thrust forward or out of the box at the proper time the undermost paper
thus allowing papers to be added as needed without interfering with the running of the
machine.
To prevent the paper thus thrust forward from twisting aside out of the direct path
to the first folding blade, I have caused a presser to co-operate with the edge of said
blade and only releasing its hold upon the paper after the folding has properly
begun.
By this thrusting forward the papers are brought into position successively to be
taken by nippers and drawn one at a time under the first folding blade which forces it
into the bite of a pair of rollers and on to a belt moving over said rollers, the belt then

page_text: carrying the sheet over it and between two other rollers which discharge it upon the
wrapper which lies on a supporting guide awaiting the paper to be wrapped. Then
the paper falls on the wrapper, the last folding blade of the series descends and folds
the two together into the bite of another pair of rollers which force the package thus
made into one pair of a series of pairs of rotating jaws which in their rotation carry
the projecting flap of the wrapper into contact with a pasting brush and against a
guard which folds said projecting flap over upon the other part of the wrapper, the
jaws in their rotation also pressing the package compactly together. When the jaws
have performed about half a revolution the package completely wrapped and addressed
is thrust from the machine.
These are the main features of my machine and I will now particularize the changes
made therein which have been devised to simplify the same and increase the speed of
handling a large edition of newspapers or other articles.
First, I have combined with the paper feeding mechanism located between the first
and second folding blades and rolls, suitable jaws to take the papers from the said feeding
mechanism and draw them squarely to a defined position under the second folding
.blade.
I have also combined with the second folding blade and rolls, feeding jaws and
devices to carry them, the said jaws and devices being adjustable with relation to the
second folding devices so as to ensure the folding of the once folded paper midway
between its ends, no matter what the size of the paper.
Herein the wrapper web is unwound continuously from the roll carrying it, to form
slack in advance of the regular feeding rolls which act to feed the wrapper-web
forward to the paper or article to be wrapped, and to the cutter to cut off the
wrapper-web and form the wrapper.
Providing the wrapper-web with slack in advance of the feeding rolls, relieves the
feeding rolls from the duty of rotating the reel of paper, and enables the machine to be
run at high speed without subjecting the wrapper web to excessive strain, the strain
on the wrapper-web being only that due to the friction of the web on its support.
I have also provided the machine with a novel mechanism for actuating the feed
rolls for feeding the wrapper-web, the devices being so constructed as to obviate
noise and reduce to the minimum the wear between the ratchet and pawl.
I have mounted the cutting off mechanism for the wrapper-web upon a bed
made adjustable with relation to the length of the machine and toward and from the
second folding blade and rolls, to ensure the proper amount of overlapping portion for
the wrapper.
I have combined with the knife for severing the wrapper-web, and the horizontally
movable carriage to which the knife is attached, a reciprocating skeleton bed which
is located between the second folding mechanism and the web-cutting mechanisu to
support the wrapper-web uniformly.
I have provided between the cutting mechanism for the wrapper-web and the feeding
rolls which move it forward, skeleton beds and top-plates, which permit elongation of
the bed according to the ajustments of the various parts.
I have also combined with the second folding mechanism and the jaws which receive
and clamp the paper and wrapper, a transferring device which grasps both the paper
and wrapper as they leave the folding mechanism and places them in the jaws of a
rotating cylinder.
Co-operating with the said jaws I have provided suitable adjustable stops to
determine the position of the folded and wrapped paper in the jaws.
I have also the said jaws readily self-adapting to papers of varying thickness, and
yet the jaw members always remain parallel or substantially so.
All the stops co-operating with the jaws are made adjustable together, or
simultaneously.
I have devised an improved pasting mechanism consisting essentially of a comb-
shaped bar, and I have so constructed the mechanism for imparting motion to the
pasting bars that the same may be driven positively by the same gearing nowith-
standing adjustments of the paste-applying devices.

page_text: I have also combined with paste-applying bars devices whereby the said bars have
given to them a variable motion so as to come quickly against and apply paste to
the overlapping portion of the wrapper, retain their contact with the paper, travel a
short distance with the jaws, then rest while the jaws go away, after which the paste-
applying bars are thrown quickly away out of operative position, the bars travelling
in a circle but at a variable speed.
I have combined with the jaws, sealers, consisting essentially of flat plates which
bear against the wrapper on the paper, and by a rocking motion lay the overlapping
portion of the wrapper over upon the pasted body of the wrapper, the said sealers
and folding jaws continuing to exert pressure and hold the paper and wrapper
together while the wrapped paper is fed between the first pair of a series of
compressing rolls.
I have also combined with the jaws a bunter which assists in removing the wrapped
paper from between the jaws when the latter are slightly open but moving in their
rotary path, the snugness of the fit of the wrapper on the paper being effected by
pressure between the so-called pad and the sealer, the said devices receiving between
them the overlapping part of the wrapper and exerting sufficient friction thereon as
the bunter pushes the paper and wrapper out of the jaw, to strain the wrapper closely
about the paper.
The jaws herein to be described are so made as to take papers, catalogues,
circulars, magazines, and the like, of any usual lengths, and the wrapper-web may
be applied to the papers or other articles at any desired distance from their
ends, or the wrapper may be broader than the paper or be narrower than
the paper.
The addressing-strip is also drawn off from its reel in such manner as to form
slack in advance of its engagement by the feeding mechanism; which mechanism
moves the said strip intermittently a distance equal to one address, and the said
feeding mechanism has been so constructed as to engage the addressing-strip
positively when it was to be moved rather than to engage the said strip frictionally,
as by rollers, the feeding mechanism being so devised that it engages and feeds the
strip forward of the cutting mechanism therefor, for a distance equal to one address,
thus projecting beyond the cutting blade the address which is next to be wet,
cut off and applied to the wrapper-web, the severance of the strip being sub-
stantially in the same transverse line in which the feed. engages the strip to
move it.
The upper member of the cutting mechanism for the addressing-strip has been
provided with a rigid foot or flange to overlap the wetted end of the strip for
the width of one address, the said foot in its descent with the cutter, applying the web
addressing-slip directly to the wrapper-web under it.
I have combined with the addressing-strip and its feeding mechanism, a wetting
mechanism to wet the gummed side of the said addressing-strip at each single
stroke.
The mechanism employed to manipulate the addressing-strip has a clamp which
clamps the same at bottom and top, and holds it in elevated position while the wetting
device wets the strip, and then the clamping mechanism descends nearly to the
wrapper-web, when the address next to be applied is cut off as stated, the clamp
acting to prevent any twisting or curling of the addressing-strip after it is wet and
between that time and the time of cutting off each slip.
1 have combined with the mechanism for feeding the addressing-slip a roll over
which the wrapper-web is extended, and this roll has been made adjustable in order
thereby to enable the addressing-slip to be applied to any part of the wrapper-web, so
as always to have the address upon the face of the wrapper.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a top or plan view of a machine embodying the invention to be herein
described with the exceptions of the box for the reception of the papers, and the feel
mechanism co-operating therewith, the parts so omitted being shown in Figs. 2, 4, 5,
and 6.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1 but with the box and
feed mechanism for the papers added, the delivery mechanism for taking the folded
and wrapped papers from the carrier, and the carrier being omitted, said parts being
bowever fully shown in other Figs.
Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the machine shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a left hand side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1, some of the
parts at the top of the machine being omitted, the said parts being however shown in
Figs. 1 to 3 and other detailed Figs. to be referred to.
Fig. 5 is a right hand side elevation thereof, the driving pulley being omitted.
Fig. 5 is a detail to be referred to of the yoke A and the arins A¹4
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of most of the machine in the dotted line 2
Fig. 1.
Figs. 6 and 6 are details showing the clamp or pressers co-operating with the
first folding blade.
Fig. 7 is a sectional detail referring to the rotating carrying jaws, the said Fig.
showing the devices employed for adjusting the stops co-operating with the
said jaws.
Fig. is a detail of one end of the shaft employed for adjusting the said
stops.
Fig. 9 is an inner side view of one of the scroll-cams employed to adjust a series of
stops in unison.
Fig. 10 is a detail to be referred to showing the opposite side view of the scroll-
cam together with means for rotating it.
Fig. 11 is a detail showing parts of the delivery mechanism or devices employed
to take the wrapped papers or articles away from the jaws and hold them pressed
together while the wrapper dries.
Fig. 12 is a detail of one of the rollers employed in the train or series of rolls
forming part of the delivery mechanism.
Figs. 13, 14 and 15 show in elevation and in sectional detail part of the mechanism
for taking the papers from the box to the first folding mechanism.
Figs. 16, 17 and 18 are details showing the devices which feed the folded paper
from the second folding mechanism into the jaws, and the bunter which aids in
discharging the folded and wrapped paper from the jaws.
Fig. 17 is a section of Fig. 17 on the line r³.
Fig. 18 is a plan view of the front portion of the bunter detached.
Fig. 19 is a detail showing the disk or head in which the stops co-operating with
the jaws slide.
Fig. 20 is a sectional detail to show the construction of the jaws which carry the
folded papers or articles, and some of their actuating parts.
Fig. 21 is an enlarged detail showing part of the mechanism for feeding and cutting
off the addressing strip and carrying it down to the addressing web, the said view
showing the cutting members for severing the addressing strip.
Fig. 21" is an enlarged detail of the pasting mechanism and means for operating it.
Fig. 22 is a section of Fig. 21 in the line 2.
Fig. 22 is a detail chiefly to show the block 204 and the rod 217 to which it is
attached.
Fig. 23 is a detail showing part of the wetting mechanism to wet the gummed side
of the addressing strip.
Fig. 24 is a sectional detail in the line 3, Fig 22.
Fig. 25 is a sectional detail in the line Fig. 21, showing the friction device
which co-operates with one member of the cutting mechanism for the addressing
strip.
Fig. 25 is an enlarged detail of the addressing strip.
Fig. 26 represents a detail of the toothed clutch mechanism employed to rotate
the ed roller to feed the wrapper web, the sector lever for actuating the said clutch
mechanism being shown in Fig. 4.
Fig. 27 is a section of Fig. 26 in the line y. y.

page_text: Fig. 55 is a detail of the bar h.
The frame-work A, of suitable shape to receive the working parts, has suitable
bearings for the reception of the main shaft A¹ provided with a suitable pulley A²
to receive a belt by which to rotate the said shaft, but the shaft may be rotated
in any usual manner.
The main shaft A', Figs. 1 and 2, which engages a large toothed gear A* fast on
a shaft A which carries the jaws or clamps to be described, their co-operating
mechanism, and devices for actuating them.
The main shaft A', just inside the frame-work, Fig. 2, has fast to it two like cam-
disks or plates Aº each provided at its outside with a cam-groove, as A', see dotted
lines Figs. 5 and 6, the said cam-grooves receiving roller or other studs attached to
the ends of elbow levers A8 having their fulera at A', the said levers at their inner
ends being connected or joined by suitable links, as A10 with like levers A¹²
pivoted at A3, the inner ends of the sail levers being joined to downwardly extended
arms A, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, and in full lines Figs. 5, 6 and 54 of a
yoke A which, as shown in Figs. 52, 1 and 54, has at each end a stud on which is
mounted loosely a block, as 500, which blocks slide in grooves of guide-ways A¼
the said yoke having bolted to it securely the folding blade A", it serving to form
the second fold in the paper and associate the paper with the wrapper, as in Figs. 35
and 36.
The levers A, one at each side of the machine, one lever being shown in Figs. 5
and 6, are slotted, as at B to receive loose blocks a mounted on studs projecting
inwardly from a yoke-shaped slide B₁ adapted to slide vertically in guide-ways B
forming part of an adjustable bed B³, shown separately in Figs. 49 and 52 extended
entirely across the frame, the said yoke having bolted to it by bolts a¹ the knife B

page_text: which forms the movable blade of the cutting-off mechanism for severing the
wrapper-web 13, see Fig. 3, a second blade B* bolted to the said bed serving as
the stationary cutting member for the wrapper-web.
The bed B3 has extended across it an adjusting rod B', see Figs. 6 and 52, provided
at each end with a small pinion B8, see Fig. 4, which engages a rack B secured to
the top of the frame-work at each side, rotation of the said shaft enabling the said
bed B and its attached knives to be adjusted horizontally with relation to the
second folding mechanism, and to the jaws and stops, to be described, co-operating
therewith, whereby the length of the wrapper may be regulated to enable one end
thereof to more or less overlap the other end of the wrapper when the same is
applied to the paper or other article to be folded.
The bed B referred to has attached to it a series of narrow fingers a*, see
Figs. 6, 49, and 53, which project toward the rear of the machine, the said fingers
supporting the under side of the free end of the wrapper web B6, and immediately
above the said fingers is arranged a corresponding set of overlapping fingers, as a².
see Figs. 6 and 49, which are attached to the underside of a cross-bar a³ being
elevated sufficiently above the fingers a* to afford a space for the passage of the
wrapper-web between them.
In front of the bed B³, see Figs. 6, 52, and 53, I have placed an auxiliary
bed, as a, having a series of fingers a10, the bed having secured rigidly to it at
or near each end guiding studs as, see Fig. 6, which are extended loosely through holes
in the main body of the bed B³.
The said studs have applied to them springs a which normally act to keep the
bed a pulled toward the bed B³.
The inner ends a' of the fingers at of the bed a', see Fig. 52, are extended toward
the bed B³.
The bed a. also has attached to it at a slight distance above the fingers a¹0, a cross-
bar a20, see Figs. 6 and 49, having bolted to its under side a series of fingers a²¹
parallel to and located slightly above the fingers a to leave a space for the passage
of the wrapper-web to be severed.
The ends of the fingers a" will in practice be upturned slightly and will enter
for a short distance the spaces between adjacent pairs of fingers a*, a³, so as to
obviate the formation of a longitudinal space across the machine up into which the
free or leading end of the wrapper-web may enter or be caught on its way to the
blade B and thus prevent its free forward movement.
When the knife B is to descend to sever the wrapper from the wrapper-web,
the fingers a, a, must be moved away from the fingers a*, a², to afford a space
for the movement of the knife.
To do this, the yoke B', near each end has been provided with a wedge a³, see
Figs. 6, 49, 51 and 53 which projects downwardly, the said wedge, as the blade B₁
begins to descend striking against rollers a³, see Figs. 1, 52 and 53, attached to cach
end of the frame a, thus moving the said frame bodily away from the bed B³ and
toward the front of the machine compressing the springs a referred to.
The slot B referred to, as will be understood, enables the block a to move therein
when the bed B³ is to be adjusted horizontally, as before described.
The roll of paper constituting the wrapper-web B", see Fig. 3, is secured upon
a shaft C' having suitable bearings in uprights (2 secured to the frame-work.
The wrapper-web B is passed down under a pull off roll C³, shown in Figs. 1
and 3, and thence up over a smaller pull off roll, as C, co-operating with it, the
latter roll acting merely as a presser roll to nip the wrapper-web against the
roll (³.
The pull off roll C³ at its outer end, is provided with a cone pulley C, over
which is extended a belt C under the control of a suitable belt shipper C' on a
bar b, the said belt being extended down and about a reverse shaped conical
driving roll C, see Figs. I and 3. loose on a stud C, see Fig. 5, secured to the
main frame-work, the rear end of the said roll (8 being provided with an attached
pinion C¹ see Fig. 3, which is engaged and rotated by an intermediate pinion (¹

page_text: fast on the shaft (1³, it actuating the lapping or sealing devices, to be described,
the gear (referred to deriving its rotation from the toothed gear A+ before.
referred to.
The wrapper web drawn positively from the roll on the shaft C by the rolls C³, C,
passes over the shipper bar & and thence under a guide-roll 1, see Fig. 6, where
the said web is shown dotted and thence through below the addressing mechanism
to be described, thence over, about and under a guide-roll 62, from which the
wrapper-web is led between the feeding mechanism proper for the wrapper-web, it
consisting of a roll 63, extended across the frame-work, and a single nrrow roll b₁, it
being shown in Fig. 3 as dotted behind the roll 6².
The journal of the roll 63 has connected to it, see Fig. 5, a pinion 1º, which
engages a pinion 6 of corresponding size attached to the journal of the shaft &
carrying the said narrow roll 6, the shaft & referred to being driven from its
opposite end by mechanism, which will be presently described.
The lowermost feeding roll 63, is provided with a series of annular grooves, as 3,
shown in Fig. 43, into which are extended fingers securely attached to a cross-bar
bolted to the standards supporting the feed rolls b³, 4, the rear ends of the said fingers
entering the said annular grooves being somewhat curved downwardly to prevent the
wrapper-web from coming under them, the upper sides of the annular projections
forming the acting periphery of the said roll and the upper sides of the said fingers
entering the said annular grooves, being substantially at the same level.
These fingers 18 are extended forward beyond the cross-bar 6 to enter spaces
between the fingers a* referred to which project backwardly from the adjustable
bed B, the said fingers being dove-tailed, as it were, one with relation to the other,
so as to form a continuous level bed notwithstanding horizontal adjustment of the
bed B³.
To keep the wrapper-web properly down upon the stationary bed composed of the
cross-bar and the fingers, the said bet has detachably connected with it by
screws 60 an auxiliary cross-bar 612 to which are attached fingers 613, see Fig. 42,
the said fingers lying directly above but not in contact with the fingers, the fingers 13
also extending forward into the spaces between the fingers a², see Fig. 49.
The pull off rolls (³ and C, running continuously, pull off from the roll of wrapper-
web, in advance of the requirements of the feeding, an amount of wrapper-web
sufficient for the next wrapper needed, and make slack in the wrapper-web, see Fig. 6,
which is taken up by the feeding rolls 63, as needed, the said feeding rolls being
thus relieved from the duty of turning the roll of wrapper-web, the feeding rolls not
having, as will be seen, to overcome the varying friction or tension due to decreasing
size and weight of the roll of wrapper-web, and being also freed from the tension of
starting the roll of wrapper-web intermittently, as it would have to do were not the
wrapper-web fed out or pulled off and made slack before the intermittently operating
feed rolls 63, 64, started to feed the wrapper-web forward, to the paper to be wrapped.
The main shaft A', at the left hand end of the machine see Fig 4, is provided with
a pulley D having adjustably connected to it a link, as D, which is pivoted to one end
of a sector lever D¹ mounted upon a stud D2, the toothed end of the said sector-lever
engaging a pinion D³. The pinion D³ is secured to the heel of a plate D', see
Figs. 26 and 27, loose on the shaft 67, the said plate being provided with two pins D³
and having two slots, somewhat elongated to receive the reduced ends of two pawl-
carrying studs D³, D³, erected upon a plate D surrounding loosely the end of the
ratchet gear D20 fast on the shaft, the hub of the said plate D³, being acted upon by a
spring Do made adjustable as to its length by a nut D" screwed upon a threaded
part of the end of the said shaft, the said spring acting to forin the inner sides of the
said plate D frictionally against the outer side of the said ratchet wheel 10.
The studs D', D have mounted loosely upon them two pawls D, DIs, the engaging
ends of which are pointed in the same direction, the said engaging ends being held
normally in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel D, by means of like
springs, as De, shown in Fig. 26.

page_text: In operation when the toothed end of the sector-lever D' is moved toward the rear
end of the machine, the pawls D1 D, held in engagement with the teeth of the
ratchet-wheel D° rotate the feeding rolls and .
When the sector-lever D' is reversed, the plate D* connected with the pinion D³ is
also reversed, and by reason of the slots D in the said plate, permit the latter to move
backward for a short distance before the said plate actually engages the studs D', DB,
carrying the pawls D1, D15, thus permitting the said pins or projections to strike the
outer ends or tails of the said pawls and throw their inner ends out of engagement
with the ratchet-teeth of the wheel D20, the inner ends of the said pawls being retained
out of engagement with and so as not to touch the said ratchet-teeth during the entire
backward movement of the sector D1, but as soon as the said sector again commences
to move toward the rear of the machine, the plate D having the slots referred to,
starts forward a little before the friction plate D, and removes the pins or projections D*
from the outer ends or tails of the said pawls, permitting the springs to throw the
inner ends of the said pawls into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel D²º,
the small amount of lost motion due to the slots D, which are a little longer than the
diameter of the studs upon which the pawls are mounted, enabling the said pins or
projections to be thrown against and then removed from the outer ends of the pawls,
in one instance before the friction plate D is started by the plate D, and in the other
instance, before it is stopped, the difference between the size of the slot and the
diameter of the pawl-carrying studs being proportioned to the distance it is desired to
move the inner ends of the pawls from the teeth of the ratchet wheel D20.
The guide-roll 2, is as herein shown, mounted upon pointed screws 67,14 extended
through ears of an adjustable plate 6, having preferably a dovetailed foot, as 516,
fitted into a dovetailed guideway c fixed with relation to the frame of the machine,
the said plate 15 having at its lower side a threaded lug 110, see Fig. 22, which
receives a screw c¹ provided with a handle c² and connected with an ear fixed to the
framework, rotation of the said screw enabling the operator to adjust the guide-roll ba
toward and from the feeding rolls, or toward and from the second folding devices and
longitudinally with relation to the addressing mechanisin to be described, so that the
addressed slip cut from the addressing strip E taken from a reel or spool E' on a
bracket E, may be applied upon the wrapper-web at any desired position so as to
enable the said strip to appear upon any desired part of the wrapper when the latter is
applied to the paper.
The main shaft A¹ has attached to it within the frame-work near the right hand
side and immediately at the left of the cam A', see Fig. 2, a toothed gear c', which
engages a toothed gear e' on a shaft cº, see Fig. 6, which actuates the mechanism, to
be described, for feeding the paper or articles out of the receiving box F.
The shaft referred to also has secured to it farther to the left, a cam 7 provided
at one'sido with a groove c8, see Fig. 4, the said groove receiving a roller or other stud
in one end of an arm attached to a rock-shaft co having at each end a like arm c¹³,
both shown in Fig. 2, the arms c¹ being connected loosely by a suitable bolt or stud
to the depending arms of a yoke c¹³ provided at each end with a pivoted block 303
adapted to slide in guide-ways erected upon the frame-work, the said yoke having
.attached to it by bolts, see Figs. 1 and 6, the first folding blade c, it having
co-operating with it two rolls 101, 102, each of which is grooved annularly for the
reception of the feeding bands 103, 104, the said feeding bands being extended over
other annular rolls 105, 106.
The journals of the roll 101 nearest the paper-receiving box F are mounted in
suitable usual bearings 107, see Fig. 5, which are acted upon by suitable springs 108,
the latter enabling the roll 101 to be moved away from the rolls 102 by the action of
the paper and the folding blade cl as the latter passes the paper between the said rolls
in making the first cross fold therein.
The journal of the lowermost roll 105, of the pair of rolls 105, 106, has fast to it
at the right hand end of the machine, see Fig. 5, a pinion e, which is engaged by a
toothed gear el fast on the journal of the roll 5 constituting the rearmost roll of the

page_text: pair of rolls 5, 6, which co-operate with the second folding blade A", already
described, the said shaft also having fixed to it at the rear of the toothed gear el a
pinion 7, see Fig. 2, which is engaged by the toothed gear A already referred to.
The journal of the roll 105, at the left hand side of the machine, see Fig. 4, is
provided with a pinion which engages a pinion e³ of corresponding size attached to
the journal of the roll 106, over which is extended the upper set of bands 104, the
journals of the said roll at the opposite sides of the machine being mounted in
suitable plumber blocks which are free to rise and fall to a limited extent to accom-
modate the said bands and rolls to any variations in the thickness of papers
being passed between them and being fed by the said bands and rolls from the
first folding mechanism to jaws, to be described, which present the paper to the
second folding mechanism.
The journals of the roll 5 constituting the rearmost roll of the pair' of rollers 5, 6,
co-operating with the second folding: mechanism has fast upon it a toothed pinion e,
see Fig. 4, which engages a pinion of corresponding size attached to the journal
of the roll 6, said roll having its journals in suitable plumber blocks controlled by
springs eº.
The pinion upon the journal of the roller 106 at the left of the machine,
sec Fig. 4, engages an intermediate gear e mounted upon a stud e³, the said
gear engaging a pinion e secured to the left hand end journal of the roll 102, the
said pinion e engaging a pinion e" of corresponding size fast upon the journal of
the roll 101.
The shaft c has attached to it a frog-cam cle, see Figs. 2 and 6, which in its rotation
acts upon a roll c, see Fig. 6°, forming part of a yoke c¹ provided at its lower
end with forked arms, slotted, as shown by dotted lines Fig. 6; to embrace the said
shaft c, the upper end of the said yoke extended up between the two rolls 101 and 102,
in annular grooves or spaces therein, being provided with presses 8, see Fig. 6, and
detail Fig. 6, which are normally held up by springs 10 in the ends of the yoke c¹8,
the frog-cam ce acting to lift the said yoke and pressers, causing them to pass up
between the said rolls, act upon the under side of the paper to be folled and impinge
the said paper against the lower side of the first folding blade before the latter
reaches the rolls 101 and 102, and commences to force the paper' or article through
between the said rolls, the said pressers 8 preventing the said paper or article from
twisting or turning aside out of direct course by or through friction of the first
folding blade cls upon the rollers 101 and 12.
The shape of the frog-cam ce is such that as soon as the first folding, blade gets
the paper well started in between the rolls 101 and 102, the gravity of the yoke c¹8
is sufficient to cause it to drop quickly and remove the pressers 8 from between the
said rolls:
Fig. 6 shows the yoke lifted and one of the pressers above the rolls and against the
lower edge of the blade e, the paper being omitted.
The shaft c, at the left hand end, see Fig. 4, is herein shown as provided with a
cam 112, and crank-pair 113, which by a connecting rod 114 is jointed to a pawl
operating slide bar 115 supported at each end frictionally by like links 116 pivoted
by bolts 117 supported at one side of the paper receiving box F.
The connecting rod 114 has intermediate between its ends an adjusting block 118,
see Fig. 4, provided with suitable set screws 119, so that the link of the said
connecting rod may be adjusted as desired according to the position to be occupied
by the feed-box with relation to the first folding blade.
The links 116 have attached to them by bolts 217 the opposite ends of a pawl-
carrying bar 120 having a series of studs upon which are mounted loosely a
series of pawls having extensions below their pivots, see Fig. 44, the said extensions
being acted upon by studs 121 secured to the said slide-bar 115, there being as many
studs as there are pawls, the said studs acting however upon the said extensions only
when the pawls are to be disengaged from the ratchet wheels, secured to the ends
of each of the series of rollers, see Fig. 6, constituting the bottom of the paper
B

page_text: receiving box F, the pile of papers to be folded wrapped and addressed being laid
in this box the undermost paper of the pile resting upon the said rolls.
The rolls will in practice be coated preferably with sand or other suitable
material to enable them to engage the lowermost paper of the pile, and in their
rotation project the same forward out from the paper receiving box, the front end of
the said box having a front-plate preferably adjustable or so held as to be raised
and lowered, so as to leave under the said front-plate a space to afford proper access
to the undermost paper of the pile.
The slide-bar 115 has a second series of studs 98, shown by dotted lines Fig. 44,
to which are joined one end of a series of spiral springs 97, the opposite ends of the
said springs being attached to the extensions of the pawls f the said springs normally
acting to throw the engaging ends of the pawls into engagement with the ratchet
wheels secured to the rollers referred to.
The slide-bar 115 is slotted at its ends to leave a space of greater area than the area
of the screws 96 passed through the said slots to connect the said slide bar to the
links 116 referred to, the said slots affording a small amount of lost motion or
enabling the said slide bar to be started from either of the two positions and be moved
for a short distance before the ends of the slots bring up against the ends of the
screws 96, such lost motion of the bar prior to starting the links 116 and the bar 120
upon which are pivoted the pawls f, resulting in turning the pawls on their pivotal
studs so as to throw their engaging ends into and out of engagement with the
ratchet teeth upon the feeding rollers f, thus enabling the pawls to be moved back-
ward over the said ratchet wheels f¹, without touching them, engaging the pawls
however, quickly with the ratchet wheels when the slide-bar is being moved in the
opposite direction, as when the feed rolls are to be rotated.
Between the paper feeding wheels 2 and the pillar blocks 95 containing the boxes
for the rollers 101 and 102, and extended above the said rolls and also over roller 106,
is placed a bed-plate 94, see Fig. 6, the inner end of the said bed-plate being attached
to a cross-bar 93 by screws 92, see Fig. 1.
This bed-plate 94 is slotted immediately above the rolls 101 and 102, and at each
side of the slot bed-plate is turned down somewhat to conform to the surfaces of the
said rolls, the first folding blade cacting to force the paper down through this slot
and between the said rolls 101 and 102.
The front plate f' has connected to it an adjustable finger f, which leaves between
its lower end and the last roll f' in the paper receiving box just enough space for the
passage of a single paper or other article to be folded and wrapped.
To insure the proper starting and feeding of the undermost paper from the paper
receiving box F, a presser-finger f' has been arranged to descend upon the papers, the
leading ends of which are most exposed at the lower end of the pile, the said presser
finger forcing the undermost paper snugly against the said roll.
This finger is attached to an arm secured to a shaft f' having the ends
secured in arms f³ pivoted at 92*, see Fig. 5, upon a fixed part of the frame of
the machine.
This shaft has attached to it an arm ƒ, see Fig. 4, jointed by link f10 to a lever
or arm mounted loosely upon the shaft c¹0 before referred to, the said arm f
having a roller or other stud, see Fig. 4, which is acted upon by the cam 112 secured
to the shaft co, the said arm being normally kept down in contact with the said cam-
plate by a suitable weight or spring which also determines the extent of pressure of
the finger upon the paper next to be fed out from the receiving box F.
The bed-plate 94 near the right hand side of the machine, see Figs. 1 and 13, is shaped
to constitute a track 91 upon which slides the nipper carriage g, shown separately in
Figs. 13, 14, the said carriage containing a shaft g', to the inner end of which is
attached the movable member g of the nippers g³, g', which grasp the lower ond
of the lowermost paper projected from the pile of papers by the feeding rolls.
The lower member g of the nippers is a stiff or rigid finger or plate which slides in
a groove g* in the upper side of the said bed-plate.

page_text: The outer end of the shaft gl carrying the movable member of the nippers, has
attached to it as herein shown an elbow lever g' provided with two pins g°, g'.
The pin g is extended inwardly over the nipper carriage, and when the nipper
carriage is being moved forward bears upon the said carriage until the then open
nippers are passed over the leading end of the paper next to be folded.
The pin 9 receives loosely upon it a link 8 connected by pin with a lover 9°, see
Fig. 5, secured at its lower end to a rock-shaft g10 held in bearings g₁ at the front of
the machine, see Fig. 2, the said lever in turn being connected by a pitman g¹³ to a
crank-pin gupon the toothed wheel c fast upon the shaft c, said toothed wheel
and shaft deriving their motion of rotation from a toothed wheel fast upon the main
shaft.
The nipper carriage has a stud gl, shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 14, which receives
upon it one end of a link g7, the opposite end of which is jointed to a radius bar g
pivoted at go and having a long curved slot go through which is extended a bolt g
stationary with relation to the frame-work, and having co-operated with it suitable
friction-plates 9 under the control of a suitable spring and adjusting nuts 100,
rotation of which will cause the friction-plates to exert more or less friction upon the
said radius bar and constitute a friction-device.
the
By employing a friction device such as described connected to and moved by the
carriage 9, it is possible to insure with the greatest accuracy that the rock shaft g',
carrying the nippers be opened as soon as the lever g' is moved forward to draw the
nipper carriage and nippers toward the pile of papers, and that the nippers be closed
upon the paper next to be folded at the instant that the lever g' starts backward toward
the rear end of the machine, the nippers being closed before the carriage starts
forward.
The connection between this lever and the nipper carriage is by the link g³ one
end of which is connected by a pin with the upper end of the lever 9° and the other
end having a hole through it is received loosely on the pin g' which projects from the
elbow lever g which is attached to the outer end of the rock shaft g' which carries
the movable member g of the nippers. When I say that the rock shaft g' is opened
I mean that as the outer end of that rock shaft carries the movable member of the
nippers it cannot be moved without opening the nippers, that is, carrying the movable
nipper away from the stationary nipper. It is evident also that it cannot be moved
without moving the nipper carriage all the connections being rigid. The utility of
the friction device lies in the fact that the nipper carriage does not start so readily as
the rock shaft and hence time is afforded for the nippers to do their work before the
carriage stops.
The pin or stud go extend over the nipper carriage acts as a stop to prevent the
nipper being opened too far.
The nipper carriage g, it is forward movements, travels under the yoke to which
is attached the first folding blade c¹³, and across the slot through which the said blade
works.
The nipper referred to has a stop or gauge pin 92 which defines the distance that
the paper may pass into the nippers, the said stop or gauge pin being inserted in
order to determine with accuracy the position of the first fold from the leading end of
the paper.
The movable member g² of the nipper, at the underside is provided with a block
having a serrated face attached thereto by a screw 9%, the nippers grasping the
papers and drawing them one by one unerringly from the bottom of the pile, the feed
rolls at such time, [the pawls having been lifted from the ratchets f¹] running
loose upon their shafts at a speed determined solely by the speed of the nipper
carrier.
The cross-bar extended across the frame from side to side, see Fig. 1, 55, between
the yoke A 17 carrying the second folding blade, and the yoke B₁ to which is
attached the knife B, receives in it a rock-shaft h', to which is attached an arm
provided at its lower end with a pivoted finger ³ and with a spring bearing upon
it, the outer end of the said spring being upturned and being preferably shorter than

page_text: the finger, the finger and spring referred to constituting a jaw for receiving the
leading end of the once folded paper as the same emerges. from between the feeding
rolls 105 and 106, and their belts."
These jaws, two being used, see Fig. 1, are shown best in Fig. 6, and in the detail
Fig. 45, where they are represented as in their rearmost position, but when they
receive the paper between them their free ends are thrown forward or to the right,
viewing Fig. 6, substantially up to the rolls, 105 and 106.
The outer end of shaft at the right hand side of the machine, has attached to
it a short arm he, shown by dotted lines Fig. 4, and fully in Figs. 47 and 48, connected
by links to a short arın 8 of a hub mounted loosely upon a stud 10 secured
in an ear of the cross-bar h referred to, the outer end of the said hub having a second
arm provided with a roller or other stud 13, see detail Fig. 48, which enters a
slot 18, see Fig. 5, in a sliding plate 14, fast upon a vertical slide 1 free to be. moved
in suitable guide-ways forming part of the standard in which slides the yoke A" of
the second folding blade.
The slide-bar has projected from it a long stud 20, see Figs. 1 and 2, which
enters a slide 1, see Fig. 5, slotted at its lower end to embrace or straddle the outer
end of the shaft of the second folding roll 5, to which is secured the toothed gear e',
the said tootbed wheel having at its outer side a cam groove, as 80, in which enters
a roller or other stud m, connected to the said sliding bar h", the said cam groove
acting upon the said stud to lift the slide-bar and with it the sliding plate h
thereby rocking the hub / and rocking shaft h¹.
The jaws referred to take the once folded paper and draw it evenly and squarely
against the front side of the cross bar h, which is adjusted to occupy a position distant
from the space in the supporting plate 79 through which descends the second folding
blade, equal to one-half the length of the once folded paper.
The cross-bar is extended down nearly to the supporting plate 79, which is
attached at its ends to the second bed-plate 306, see Fig. 6, being shown in section
as turned down about the slot, through which descends the second folding blade, the
said supporting plate being elevated above the second bed-plate far enough to permit
the passage between them of the wrapper, the forward end of the wrapper being in
practice fed across the slot in the said second bed-plato 306 and under the said
supporting plate 79, the once folded paper passing over the upper side of the said
supporting plate.
The slotted part of the cross-bar h, referred to, see Fig. 55, permits the arm h²
carrying the jaws h³, h, to pass through said slots, the unslotted parts of the said bar,
as the jaws pull the paper under the second folding blade, acting as a stop to arrest
the folded leading end of the paper grasped between the said jaws, so that the jaws
cannot carry the paper beyond the said stops.
The bar h, constituting the stop may be adjusted toward and from the second
folding blade as is necessary to adapt the machine to fold papers of different sizes, and
during such adjustment the roller stud 13 referred to, in the arm at the outer end of
the arm, travels in the elongated slot 18 of the plate attached to the slide-bar /",
the said slot permitting this adjustment.
The cam-shaft A¹, see Figs. 2, 16 and 17, has attached to it a cam H provided at
one side with a cam groove 307 to receive a roller or other stud H, on a lever H
loose on a shaft H20 a link H³ being connected, preferably in an adjustable manner,
to an arm H' on a rock-shaft H' extended across the machine, the said rock-shaft,
see Figs. 17 and 6, having secured to it by screw 76 the hub of a gripper lever H
provided at its outer end with an upturned spring 78, the free end of which is out-
wardly turned so as to afford an open V-shaped space between the said spring and
the end of the said gripper-lever.
This gripper lever is moved up and down in the space between a shield 77 made
U-shaped in cross section, see Fig. 17 and the section Fig. 17", the said shield being
uncovered or cut away at its upper side near its outer end so as to fit closely up
against the underside of the roll 6, see Fig. 6.
The shield 77 is loose on the shaft H, its inner end bearing against the rod c¹º.

page_text: The front end of the shield referred to, see Fig. 17, is bevelled to receive upon
it the lower edge of the folded paper P, as it is fed down between the second pair
of folding rolls 5, 6, the pressure of the rolls against the paper somewhat diverting
the leading folded end of the paper into place between the jaws of the then elevated
gripper lever or device.
The gripper lever or device referred to takes the second folded paper and carries
the same down into and between the members of that pair of the series of jaws, to be
described, which at that time are brought into position immediately below the
roller 5, 6, of the second folding mechanism.
The machine herein shown, see Figs. 6, 7, 19, and 20, has six pairs of jaws, each
of which receives between them in succession a folded paper, the said jaws in their
further movements holding and clamping the folded paper and the wrapper upon it,
while the said wrapper as will be hereinafter described, is pasted and its overlapping
portion is turned over upon the paper and pasted portion of the wrapper, the jaw
finally delivering the paper into the drying or setting mechanism from which it
is delivered preferably to an endless travelling belt.
The shaft A', upon which is attached the toothed gear A referred to, has attached
securely to it, see Fig. 7, suitable heads or disks m³, which form bearings, for a series
of rock-shafts m³, to which are attached, inside the said heads, arms m', the said arms
receiving in them bolts extended through ears of slotted plates m³ constituting the
tipping or self-adjusting members of the jaws.
Each plate m referred to, has, as best shown in Fig. 7, slots 75, into which slide
stops 74, see Figs. 6 and 19, attached to and projecting forward from the pads m',
shown in Fig. 6 and enlarged in Fig. 19, there being one such pad m², co-operating
with each of the four broad portions of the plate me to constitute the other members
of the pairs of jaws.
It should be understood that Figure 7 only shows one plate with four divisions,
that is three slots 73; the four broad portions of the plate are those four portions
hanging down from the rock shaft m³ each of which broad portions is pierced by a
slot 75. This whole construction me as will be readily seen in Figure 6 is duplicated
six times in all its details.
The plate m is provided with suitable slots at 73 for the passage of the gripper-
lever H before described, as it brings the twice folded paper down into the jaws
or between the plate m and the pads m² and against the stops 74 referred to.
Each plate m also has a longitudinal slot 72, so located with relation to its centre
of motion that in case, by any accident, a paper should not be drawn down into the
jaws, the pasting device, to be described, when it comes into operation, would not
sirike against the face of the jaw and leave paste upon it, which would be destructive
to the next paper and wrapper fed properly therein. The reason the pasting device
would not strike the face of the jaw and leave paste upon it, is to be found in the
fact that the peculiarly shaped bar by passing through the four slots 72, cannot strike
against anything unless a paper is over the slot inside tne jaw.
Each rock-shaft m³ referred to, at or near the right hand end of the machine
outside one of the said heads or disks m², has attached to it loosely an arm 71
provided at its outer end with a roller stud 70 which enters a cam-groove 69 in a
stationary cam 68 surrounding the shaft A³, see Fig. 7.
This arm 71, near its inner end, see Fig. 7, is provided with a shoulder which over-
laps the hub or other portion of a second arm 67, which is fast upon the said rock-
shaft m³, the two arms 71 and 67 being connected together by a spiral spring 66, one
end of which is attached to an adjustable stud on the fast arm 67 in order that the
strength of the said spring may be increased or diminished to pull on the arm 67, as
the arm 71 is moved positively by the cam and causes the arm m' to close into the
paper resting against the plate m with more or less force.
By employing two armis 67 and 71, as described, one loose and the other fast, on
the shaft m³, and connecting them by a spring the power applied to turn the rock-
shaft m³ is a yielding power, so that the jaws embracing the paper are permitted to
adapt themselves to varying thicknesses of paper, which would not be the case if the

page_text: said two arms were fixed to the rock-shaft m³, and were moved positively by the
cam 68.
The shaft A has keyed or otherwise secured to it, disks or heads I, see Figs. 7
and 19, provided with radial grooves, shown by dotted lines Fig. 19, into which are
fitted shanks 65 of the jaw members m' having the stops 74.
Each of these shanks has projecting from it a proper stud, as 64, shown best in
Fig. 7, which enters one of the spiral grooves 63 cut in the inner face of a cam-
plate I, see Figs. 7 and 9, mounted loosely upon the shaft A³.
The hubs of the cam-plates 12 are surrounded by toothed gears 62 fixed to the said
cam-plates by suitable screws, the said toothed gears being engaged each by a suitable
pinion as 61, see Figs. 8 and 10, secured to a shaft 60 provided preferably with a
squared head and extended through the said disks or heads.
By applying a suitable wrench or key to this shaft 60 it may be rotated,
through the pinion 61, and toothed gear 62, to turn the cam-plate I' and move the
shanks 65 in unison radially outward from the centre of the shaft A to place the
stops 71 at exactly the proper distance to arrest the folded papers and the wrapper
upon them so that the papers, no matter what may be their width, may be presented
in exactly the proper position to co-operate with the pasting device to be described,
so that the paste may be applied more or less back from that position of the wrapper
which is laid directly upon the paper.
As soon as the gripper referred to draws a paper and wrapper folded together, as
represented in Fig. 35, down against the stop 74, the rock-shaft m³ of the set of jaws
then in place, is caused to move the jaws m in such direction as to immediately
grasp the paper and wrapper between the plate m and the pads m7, and thereafter
through about 180° of the rotation of shaft A³ the said jaws, due to the shape of the
groove in the cam 68, firmly clamp the paper and wrapper.
When, however, the shaft A' has rotated about 90° from the point at which the
jaws are provided with the paper and wrapper that portion of the wrapper which is
laid upon the folded upper side of the folded paper is acted upon by a pasting device,
which applies to the wrapper a line of paste, as at 59, see Fig. 36.
Referring now to the pasting mechanism, see Figs. 6, 21ª and 28 to 32, the toothed
gear A before described engages a toothed gear n³, see dotted lines Fig. 5, fast to a
shaft n¹, the said gear being just outside the frame.
This shaft n' just inside the right hand end of the machine is provided with a
second toothed gear n³, see Figs. 3, 6, 29 and 28, fast thereon, which engages an
intermediate gear n³ on a stud n* projecting from a paste-carrying yoke n³, the hubs
of which latter are mounted loosely upon the said shaft n', the said intermediate gear
engaging and rotating a toothed gear n loose on the rotating shaft n having its
bearings in the upper end of the pasting yoke n³, the said shaft carrying the pasting
device.
The pasting device, as berein shown, is composed of two parallel arms n³ connected
by two bars n', which in the rotation of the shaft n' come in contact with the paste
roll no and then with the wrapper to apply paste upon it in the line 59.
When the folded and wrapped papers vary in width, this pasting device has to be
adjusted in order that the paste may be applied in exactly the proper position upon
the wrapper, and to enable this to be done the shaft n', of the pasting device has
been mounted in the pivoted yokes nº and it has been driven by the gearing described,
so that the shaft of the pasting device will be rotated in the same manner and at
the same speed, notwithstanding the adjustments of the yoke.
The yoke n and the paste box n, in which rotates the pasting cylinder n¹º, are
connected together by means of a slotted link or arm n¹³, see Fig. 21", which
surrounds loosely the prolonged end of the shaft n' carrying the pasting device and
also the journal of the pasting roller no extended outside of the paste box, the paste
box having flanged feet n", see Fig. 3, to enter guide-grooves or ways connected to
the frame-work, a suitable set screw holding the paste trough, and its connected
yoke in proper position so that the pasting bar will meet the wrapper at the
desired point.

page_text: For the correct operation of the pasting device, the pasting bars must be made
to meet quickly and retire from the wrapper when the jaws carrying the paper and
wrapper get into substantially horizontal position, and to do this, it has been found
necessary to give to the pasting shaft n' a variable movement of rotation.
To accomplish this the pinion n° referred to has been mounted loosely upon the
shaft n', and a hub of the yoke n has been provided with a face-cam n18, see
Figs. 28, 29, the latter enlarged, and the said pinion n°, at its inner side has been
provided with a stud 20 upon which is mounted an elbow-like sector 21, the feeth
of which engage a pinion n fast upon the shaft n', see Fig. 29, of the pasting
device, the said elbow-like sector having a roller or other stud 8 which enters the
cam-groove, see Fig. 29, cut in the outer side of the said stationary cam n¹8 loose
with relation to the shaft n', the said cam as herein shown being fast to the yoke n°
referred to.
The cam-groove referred to is of such shape, see Fig. 29, that during the
rotation of the toothed gear n and its attached sector 21 which rotates the shaft n',
that the said sector has imparted to it a faster speed just as the pasting bar is to
come in contact with the wrapper, as described.
The shaft n' outside its gear no has fast upon it a toothed pinion o, see Figs. 3,
6, 28 and 21ª, which engages an intermediate gear o¹ on a stud of of the link n¹³
before referred to, the said intermediate engaging a toothed gear o³ fast on and
rotating the paste roller.
The paste having been applied to the paper wrapper, as stated the shaft A³ in its
further rotation brings the jaws holding the paper with the pasted wrapper upon
it, into such position that the projecting part J, of the wrapper, see Figs. 35 and 36,
meets a stationary finger of attached to a cross-bar of the yoke n referred to, the
said finger being opposite a space in the plate m of the jaws.
The finger arrests the flap J, so that, in the further rotation of the jaws, the said
flap is partially overturned about the folded paper held by the jaws.
Then in the further rotation of the jaws the wrapper arrives against the scalers o°,
see Figs. 6 and 11, composed essentially of flat steel plates bevelled at their outer
end, and suitably attached to arms of, see Fig. 3, secured to a rock-shaft o', having
its bearings in hubs at the upper ends of arms o³, attached to and turning freely on
the rock-shaft o' having its bearings in stands o¹0, see Figs. 3 and 11, suitably
secured to a cross-bar 012 extended across the frame-work, the said rock-shaft o
having at one end outside the said bearings an arm p provided with a roller or other
stud which enters a cam-groove pl, by which it is operated see Fig. 11, in the
camp fast upon a short shaft p³ to which is secured the gear c¹ located outside the
frame work, see Fig. 3, the latter gear being rotated by the gear A¹.
The shaft o carrying the sealers o has at one end outside its bearings an arm p³,
see Fig. 3, provided with a roller or other stud which enters a cam-groove po, see
Fig. 11, dotted lines, in a stationary cam-plate p', so that it will be seen that the
said rock-shaft has a motion about its own centre and is also carried bodily by the
cam p², toward and from the shaft A5, which actuates the jaws.
The cam-grooves p' and p° referred to, are of such irregular shape that the
sealers first come squarely up against the wrapper and paper and act upon the
wrapper in a direction to somewhat strain the flap of the wrapper over and upon
the paper, and thereafter in the movement of the shaft A' and the jaws, the shaft
carrying the sealers is swung bodily in toward the shaft A³, thus enabling the
sealer of acting upon the flap J and holding it pressed against the pasted portion of
the wrapper on the paper to follow the jaws and keep up its pressure.
One of the arms o8 of the rock-shaft o, referred to has a projecting branch p¹º
which receives an adjusting screw pl², to which is attached one end of a spiral
spring p, the other end of the said spring being attached to a stud 2" extended
from an arm p secured to the said rock-shaft o. The rock-shaft o derives its
rocking motion referred to from or through the cam groove p² and an arm p and
the action of the spring p" causes the sealers o' to be pressed in a yielding manner
against the paper and wrapper held against the jaws,

page_text: As soon as the sealer comes to a bearing upon the wrapper surrounding the paper
to lay the over-lapping portion J against the pasted portion of the wrapper, further or
continued rotation of the jaw carrier with the roll 70 of each arm 71 in the groove of
the stationary cam 68, causes the arm 71 to move in such direction that its shoulder,
see Fig. 7, strikes the lever 67 and turns the rock-shaft positively in the direction to
release the grip of the jaws upon the paper, and at this time and before the sealers
complete their forward movement, the bunter » drops and arrests the paper enclosed by
the wrapper, and as the sealers continue to move forward following the plate me in its
movement due to the rotation of the shaft A", the paper is forced against the backward
and downwardly inclined finger of the bunter and is forced out radially from between
the jaws into and between the first pair of rollers ¹, r², forming part of the setting and
drying mechanism, the said setting and drying mechanism being composed of a series
of like rolls, see Figs. 6 and 11, preferably six or more, suitably geared together so as
to be rotated at the same speed and in the same direction, the last pair of the said rolls
discharging the folded paper, preferably upon an endless travelling belt 344 which
carries the folded and wrapped papers away from the machine.
While the bunter acts against the rear side of the wrapper surrounding the paper,
the wrapper and paper are moved or forced downwardly, and at the same time the
sealers o are pressed in a yielding manner against the outer side of the overlapping
portion J of the wrapper then laid over upon the pasted part of the said wrapper, and
the strain is such as to draw the wrapper snugly about the paper.
The bunter described, preferably made as a slotted steel plate, is jointed at 4 to
the end of an arm or bar and rests on a lever 20 to be described.
The bar is herein shown as slotted at 6, see Fig. 17, to receive a pin 8, erected
upon a stand secured to a cross-bar 8 supposed to be extended from one to the other
side of the machine.
The pin referred to, see Fig. 16, at its opposite end outside the said bar receives
upon it a spiral spring, see Fig. 16, the opposite end of the said spring being
connected to a pin 12 secured to the bar, the normal tendency of the said spring
being to push the bar and its attached bunter forward on the lever 70, as in
Fig. 17.
The slots 302 of the bunter r receive through them two guiding studs or screws 7.10,
which enter the lever 20 connected to the rock-shaft H20, the said rock-shaft serving
to support the said lever and bunter to guide the bunter as it is pushed back against
the spring by the pressure of the paper and wrapper upon the front end of the
bunter during the time that the wrapped paper being discharged from between
the jaws.
The rock-shaft H20 referred to has attached to it a second arm 71, see Fig. 16,
provided with a roller or other stud which enters a cam groove cut in the face of the
cam plate 3, see Fig. 18, and moves the bunter to discharge the paper from the
open jaws.
The short shaft p³ carrying the cam p¹, see Figs. 3 and 11, has fast upon it not only
a small toothed gear s, but also a cam hub u.
The toothed gear s engages a toothed gear s¹, see Fig. 11, corresponding in size
fast on the shaft of the roll forming the uppermost pair of rolls
All the rolls in the series of rolls through which the folded and wrapped paper are
passed are alike, and are as shown in Fig. 12, they being cut at one end to form a series
of gear teeth 304 to co-operate with suitable intermediate pinions to thus enable the
rolls to be driven in the same direction at the same speed.
The teeth cut into the roll ¹ engage a pinions, see dotted lines Fig. 11, on a stud
held in a short links pivoted at t to a link t¹, the latter link being connected to the
journal of the roll supported in bearings at the upper end of an elbow lever t' fast
to a shaft 63, said lever being acted upon by a suitable weight, as t*, or a spring.
The opposite end of the roller takes its bearing in a short arm u¹, see Fig. 3, fast
to the shaft b³.
This short arm u¹, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 11, has projected from it an arm
provided with a roller or other stud u³, which is so placed as to be acted upon by the

page_text: cam, see Fig. 3, referred to, attached to the shaft p³ just as each wrapper paper is
being pushed from between the jaws referred to, the movement of the arm referred to
causing the roll of the uppermost pair of rolls ¹, 7, to be moved bodily away from
the other roll r¹ of the said pair, so as to permit the paper being discharged from the
jaws to readily enter between the first pair of rolls, the links and t¹ permitting such
separation of the rolls without disconnecting the gearing which effects their rotation.
The shaft n' containing the toothed gear n' which effects the rotation of the shaft of
the pasting device, has secured to it outside the gear n³ a like toothed gear u³ of same
size, see Fig. 6, and also a cam-wheel u³.
The toothed gear through an intermediate gear u engages a pinion u loose on a
stud 8 secured in the said frame of the machine, the said pinion having fast to it a
can t
The cam u referred to, see Fig. 5, receives in it a roller or other stud attached to
an elbow lever 10 having its fulcrum upon a stud u¹ secured to the side of the
machine the said elbow-lever at its opposite end having a stud us upon which is placed
loosely a collar having a hole at right angles to the said stud, the said collar receiving
a stud or bolt u, which is also passed through a hole in the lower end of the link u
connected by a sort of universal joint to the outer end of an elbow lever u¹º, see Fig. 3,
pivoted upon a stud u extended from the frame work, the opposite end of the said
lever being attached by a link 18 to a slide-bar u¹s forming part of the wetting
apparatus.
The slide-bar fitted to slide in suitable guide-ways has attached to it at its rear
side, see Fig. 23, a small box u22 containing water in which is free to turn a small
wetting roller 23, the said box being in communication through a suitable pipe u24
with a reservoir u to contain water, the delivery of the water from the reservoir to the
tank being controlled by a suitable valve, as at 20, the said box 22 having connected
to it a waste or overflow pipo u27, so that the water may be maintained in the said box
just high enough to immerse the lower side of the wetting roller u23, so that the latter
as it is reciprocated across in contact with the under or gummed side of the gummed
addressing strip E will moisten the said gum so that the addressing slip cut from the
addressing strip, as will be described, will readily adhere to the wrapper-web.
The cam u referred to, receives in its groove a roller or other stud at one end
of a three armed lever w supporte upon a tud w¹ extended from the frame work.
One arm of the said three armed lever is jointed universally or substantially so
to a rod w², in turn jointed at its upper end in like manner to a rocking lever w³,
like Fig. 3, slotted at its end to embrace a suitable stud to projected from the front
side of a vertically sliding carriage e, to which is attached the cutting off blade or
knife w, see Figs. 21 and 22, which operates upon the upper side of the addressing
strip E when it is to be cut off, the said knife being preferably adjustably attached to
the said carriage by a bolt w'.
The carriage is preferably of dovetail shape in cross section to slide up and down
behind gibs attached by suitable bolts to a vertical plate forming part of the
rigid cross-bar wo at the rear end of the machine.
The uppermost arm of the three-armed lever w has attached to it a connecting
rod w which embraces a stud adjustably attached to an arm fast upon a rock-shaft w
provided at its other end with an arm, see Fig. 22, upon which is pivoted
frictionally the feeding finger 200 having a point 201 which enters holes or
depressions 202 formed at equal distances apart in or along one edge of the addressing
strip E. an enlarged detail of the said addressing strip being shown in Fig 25, the
said addressing strip being taken from the adjustable roll E¹, see Figs. 1 and 3,
mounted upon a stud at the upper end of bracket E, the said addressing strip being
passed down over a guide roll M mounted in bearings back of the carriage w³, the
addressing strip suitably gummed being passed from the said guide-roll over a pull-
off to be described and thence under and between a preferably steel friction plate 203
and the addressing strip supporting block 201, at the forward end of which is a
bar 315 which serves as one member of the cutting mechanism to sever the addressing
strip, and at the same time the said block supports the addressing strip so that the
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page_text: feeding device may properly engage and move the same over the said block and
under the movable knife w when the latter is raised, the feeding finger or device 201
in engagement with one of the holes 202 being at such time moved forward to project
beyond the knife that portion of the addressing strip which contains only the address
which is next to be cut off and applied to the wrapper-web.
The holes 202 referred to are made between the addresses previously printed upon
the said addressing strip, and the point 201 entering one of the said holes always
moves the strip so that it leaves projecting heyond the cutting mechanism for the
strip just one address and no more and no less, so that the cutting mechanism
always correctly severs the addressing strip between two addresses and never cuts
through or obliterates a printed address.
The pull-off referred to is herein shown as a pin 206, extended from an arm or,
lever 207 having its fulcrum on the pin or shaft 316 about which turns the guido-
roll M.
This arm or lever has a second pin 208, to which is secured a spring 209
which normally keeps the pull-off pressed toward the cutting mechanism.
The carriage w³ has erected upon it a rod 210 which by a screw 317 has secured to
it a block 212, the opposite end of which extends over and across the short arm of
the lover 207.
The block 212 referred to has extended through it a screw 213 which enters a
friction-plate 214, see Fig. 25, the said screw being also extended through a suitable.
spring as 215, which regulates the pressure of the block against the pressure
rod 216, the pressure being such that the said rod cannot move except when acted
upon positively at each end.
The block 204 referred to, shown best in Figs. 22, and 22%, is secured to a yoke-
shaped plate 217* fastened to a rod 217, which is extended loosely up through a
hole in the upright guide w° and receives upon it, above the said guide w³, a spiral
or other spring 218, and thereafter a nut 219 is applied to the said rod so that
rotation of the said nut governs the strength of the said spring.
The spring 218 normally acts to keep the said block 204 elevated, as shown in
Fig. 22, the said block occupying the position therein shown when the feeding.
finger 200 moves forward in engagement with and to feed the addressing strip, and
at such time the presser-plate does not press upon and retard the movement of the..
addressing strip.
The presser-rod 216 referred to is extended loosely through a vertical hole in the
carriage w, and as the carriage commences to descend after the addressing strip
has been fed forward sufficiently to leave one address beyond the edge of the
block 204, the carriage in its descent first causes the lower end of the presser-rod 216,.
see Fig. 21, to act upon the upper side of the presser plate 203 and clamp the
addressing strip E, between it and the top of the block 204, and thereafter in the.
further descent of the carriage the clamping block 212 commences to slide upon
the said presser-rod.
As the block 212 slides down upon the presser-rod 216, the motion of which has:
been arrested, as described, the outer end of the said block meets the inner short arm
of the lever 207 and operates the pull-off 206, throwing the latter backward in.
contact with the addressing strip E and pulling off from the roll E, enough of
the said strip which is thus left slack, so that when the feeding device again operates,
the point 201 retiring, until its point enters another hole or depression in the edge
of the strip, shall not have to pull off from the roll E the paper, but only to over-
come the friction of the weight of the paper on top of the block, which is practically
nothing.
The lower end of the knife or cutter w, attached to the carriage w, is thrown
out to form a stamp of substantially the width and size of the addressing slip to be
cut off.
The said stamp supports the upper or printed side of the addressing strip, while the
roller a³, of the wetting device before described is passed under it to wet or moisten
the gummed underside of the addressing strip where it is next to be cut off.

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As the cutting edge of the upper movable member arrives in contact with the
upper side of the addressing strip resting upon the upper side of the block 204,
the said block begins to descend in unison with the cutting blade, stamp, and carriage,
because the power required to cut off the addressing strip and pass the edge of
the knife beyond the front edge of the block is a little in excess of the power
exerted by the spiral spring 218, and consequently the spiral spring yields letting the
block come down with the carriage until the underside of the block meets the noise
deadening pad 220, see Fig. 22, when the block is arrested, and in the further
descent of the carriage the knife w passes the upper rear corner of the block 204,
thus severing the addressing strip between two addresses, the widened lower end or
stamp portion over-lying the said addressing strip as it is cut off and acting upon the
upper side close to the wrapper web upon which it stamps or imparts the moistened
addressing strip before the latter has any opportunity to curl, twist or fly out of
position.
The rock-shaft w13 which operates the feeding finger is provided with an arm m, to
which is secured a spiral spring 223 see Fig. 5, which normally acts to move the
feeding finger backward.
As the feeding finger having the point 201 described is connected with a rock-
shaft and it is to move the addressing strip for some distance in a true horizontal line
upon the upper surface of the block 204, it becomes necessary, it will be understood,
to pivot the feeding finger 200, and hence the said finger is provided with a rear-
wardly extended bolt or stud 202×, as shown at Fig. 24, which is passed loosely
through the arm or block 14 before referred to, the said bolt at each side the sail
arm receiving upon it preferably a friction washer or pad 223, the outer end of the
bolt receiving a spiral or other spring 225 and an adjustable nut 226.
This frictional connection is essential to the operation of the feeding finger, as
by it, it is possible to lift the point 201 of the finger out of the hole in the
addressing strip thereby to enable the finger to be moved backward. As the rock-
shaft and arm w¹ are moved in the direction to enable the point 201 to enter a
hole in the addressing strip, the forward end of the feeding finger, as soon as the
point enters the hole referred to, comes to a bearing on the ledge 227 and thereafter
as the feeding finger cannot further descend it results that the further rotation of the
rock-shaft 3 causes the feeding finger to move forward in a straight line, the said
feeding finger and arm w¼ co-operating together after the manner of a toggle joint.
As the feeding finger is lifted by a reverse movement of the rock-shaft w¹ the finger
as soon as the point 201 leaves the paper strikes against the under side of a stop t¹
shown in Fig. 22, the said stop having a shank which is held in the bracket or
'stand w³.
The block 204 immediately above its top surface at each side of the part thereof upon
which rests the addressing strip, is provided with two overlying lips 227, see detail
Fig. 21, one of which lips acts as a rest and guide for the hub at the end of the
feeding finger 200, so that the point 201 thereof cannot descend too far, and as shown
by dotted lines in Fig. 22, and full lines Fig. 21, the upper side of the block 204
referred to is provided with a groove in line with the projection or point, as 201, of
the finger, so that the said point or finger employed with that class of addressing strip
provided with a series of feeding holes, the said point or finger will not itself come in
contact with the block but only descend through the hole and get a firm engagement
with the strip.
The carriage of the wetting device is provided with a gauge or stop 228,
see Figs. 22 and 23, one, and then the other, of which as the said carriage comes
to rest after having wet the addressing strip E, stops immediately in front of the
end of the addressing strip next to be cut off, the said stop preventing the addressing
slip from flying horizontally away from the cutting mechanism.
In the machine herein shown the cylinder carrying the jaws and their co-operative
paris to receive between them the folded and wrapped papers is long enough to tako
a paper, say, twenty inches long, but in practice for shorter papers of about nine to
twelve inches, only one end of the cylinder will be employed.

page_text: The roll drives through intermediates S³, a series of like rolls all having their
journals in side plates P, having as their fulcra the centre of the uppermost roll r³, all
the like rolls being rotated in the same direction and at the same speed.
All the rolls 300*, just like the roll 2 and in line with it have their opposite ends
journalled in a frame as P', having as its centre of motion or fulcra the shaft of the
lowermost roll of the series of rolls 300x, the lowermost roll of the said series of rolls
having attached to its shaft.a large gear, as P2, see Fig. 5.
The shaft of the roll also has fast to it, see Fig. 5, a large toothed gear, as P³,
the said gear P³ engaging and rotating the gear P at the same speed.
All the rolls of the series of rolls 300* are toothed at their ends as described of the
roll and are all driven from the lowermost roll of the series 300*, through like
series of intermediate gears S³.
The journals of the lowermost roll of the series of rolls 300 are supported upon
depending arms P³, P, see respectively Figs. 5 and 6.
The short shaft p³, see Fig. 3, is provided with a belt-pulley 340 over which is
extended a cross-belt 341 in turn extended over a pulley 342 on a shaft 343, which in
practice will drive an endless apron 344 on which are dropped the sealed papers to
carry the same away to a suitable receptacle or mail bag.
The plates referred to as carrying the rolls are pivoted or joined together at their
upper ends as described thereby to enable the rolls to act properly upon the paper
passing between them and so adapt themselves to the varying thickness of the papers
which have been enclosed by the wrappers. As the said plates are separated the acting
face of each series of rolls is always kept parallel to the face of the other series of rolls
whatever may be the thickness of the paper between them.
The operation of the machine is as follows; The receiving box F is filled with
papers, and the machine is started. The top paper is fed forward by the nipper
carriage to the first pair of rollers under the first folding blade c¹5, which is pulled
down and produces a fold in the paper and forces it between the rollers 101 and 102
upon the belt 104; the paper thus folded is carried along upon this belt and dis-
charged from between the rollers 105 and 16 upon the wrapper web which has been
previously addressed and fed along by the rollers 3, 6 to meet it under the second
folding blade of the yoke A17. This blade is now dropped and folds both paper
and wrapper and presses the folded edges between the rollers 5, 6. These rollers
feed the package thus made into and between the members of that pair of a series
of jaws which at that time are brought into position beneath the rollers 5, 6 of the
second folding mechanism. These jaws hold and clamp the folded paper and the
wrapper upon it, and carry it to the pasting device n°, where the proper amount of
paste being applied upon the flap, the jaws still holding and clamping the package
carry it to the sealers o, where the pasted flap is properly pressed down upon the
back of the wrapper to form a complete package which is delivered upon the apron 344
by which the sealed papers are carried to the mail bag.
As will be understood from the foregoing description, the wetting roll passes
across the machine, wets the gummed end of the addressing strip and stops while the
said strip is severed to separate from it an addressing strip, and then the wrapper web
having been fed and also the addressing strip, the wetting roll is moved backward
to the starting position, it wetting during its return movement the underside of the
gummed strip, the wetting roll thus doing work at each stroke in each direction, which
enables the other parts of the machine to run faster than would be practicable if the
wetting apparatus had a complete forward and backward stroke at each wetting
operation.
I do not desire to limit my invention to the exact form of pull-off shown for
pulling off or making slack in the addressing strip, as instead of the particular device
shown I may feed the said addressing strip off from its roll in excess of the quantity
wanted, as described with relation to the wrapper web.
The roll over which is passed the wrapper web is mounted upon bearing screws 61*
extended through the upturned arms of a carriage 6 having a dovetailed foot 516,
which enters a corresponding shaped groove in the block c.

page_text: The carriage 6 has at its undersido a screw-threaded nut 110, see Fig. 22, through
which is extended a screw c¹ having an annular groove which receives in it a yoke or
stand, the rotation of the said screw causing the carriage 61 to be adjusted longi-
tudinally of the machine in order to keep the wrapper web at the proper tension and
under the proper conditions with relation to the other parts.
It is thought that from the above minute description of the details of the machinery
and from an inspection of the drawings, the operation of the machine in receiving a
daily paper circular pamphlet or periodical and folding the same to the proper size,
placing a wrapper about it, addressing the wrapper, sealing the same and holding it
properly clutched together until dry, and then thrusting the sealed package out of the
machine will be readily understood without further explanation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is:
1. An automatic folding and wrapping machine composed of a series of folding
devices made up of folding blades and pressure rolls; a feeding mechanism which
carries the wrapper-web to the last folding device of said series and a forwarding
device which carries the combined paper and wrapper during the process of sealing
or securing the said wrapper and discharges the finished product from the machine
ready for mailing.
2. The paper receiving box, the independent freely rotating rolls forming the
bottom thereof and on which rests the pile of papers, and means to rotate the said rolls
in a direction to feed the papers from the said box, combined with the nippers to
engage the undermost paper of the pile and draw it from the said box, the paper being
pulled out by the nippers causing the rotation of the feed rolls in the same direction
and at a speed determined by the movements of the nippers and with the first folding
blade and its co-operating rolls substantially as described.
3. The paper receiving feed-box having in its bottom two or more independent movable
loose rolls, to support the lowermost paper of the pile of papers, a pair of rolls located
outside the said feed box, and the first folding blade combined with the nippers adapted
to pass between the said folding blade and roll under it to engage a paper and pull it
from the said feed-box, substantially as described.
4. The paper receiving box having a series of independent feeding rolls upon which
rests the undermost paper of the pile of papers to be folded, a ratchet wheel for each
roll, a pawl for each ratchet, and means to actuate the said pawls to rotate the said
feeding rolls positively and independently in but one direction, combined with the
first folding blade and its co-operating rolls, to operate substantially as described.
5. The paper receiving box having a series of independent feeding rolls upon which
rests the undermost paper of the pile of papers to be folded, a ratchet wheel for each
roll, a pawl for each ratchet, means to actuate the said pawls to rotate the said feeding
rolls positively and independently in but one direction, and a presser to impinge the
lowermost paper of the pile against that feeding roll of the paper receiving box'
nearest the first folding blade, combined with the first folding blade, its co-operating
rolls and the nippers to carry the paper from the feeding-box to the said blade,
substantially as described.
6. The paper receiving box, the first folding blade, its co-operating rolls, the nippers
composed essentially of the bar g³ with shaft g' and arm g², a carriage supporting the
said nippers, and a track upon which the said carriage is adapted to slide, combined
with means to move the carriage, and with means substantially as described to auto-
matically rock the shaft g' and arm g² on the carriage just before the carriage is
started toward the box or receptacle to thus open the nippers, the said mechanism
operating to automatically close the nippers to grasp the paper as the carriage starts
backward, substantially as described.
7. The folding blade and its co-operating rolls, combined with the presser to rise
between the said rolls and impinge the paper to be folded against the acting edge of

page_text: the said blade at or about as the blade strikes the paper to carry it between the said
rolls thus preventing the paper from being twisted or turned aside.
8. The paper receiving box, independent loose rolls in the bottom of the box to
support the papers, the pressure fingers ƒ³, the first folding blade, its co-operating
rolls, the nippers having stationary and movable members, a carriage supporting the
said nippers, and a track upon which the said carriage is adapted to slide, combined
with means to move the carriage on the track, and means to rock the movable member
of the nippers on the carriage, substantially as described.
9. In a mailing machine, the rolls 101 and 102 and folding-blade and bed-plate 94,
'provided at one edge with a track, a nipper carriage thereon, the rocking or movable
member g³ thereof, the connecting link and lever to reciprocate the said carriage,
combined with a link and lever and friction device, and means to move the said lever
to rock the movable member of the nippers upon the carriage, substantially as
described.
10. The rolls 105 and 106 for feeding the paper forward, and the jaws to grasp the
folded leading end of the paper as it leaves the said rolls, combined with the second
folding blade and rolls, the jaws carrying the paper forward to be folded squarely
across the same, substantially as described.
11. The feeding blade A, and its co-operating rolls, combined with the spring
jaws to grasp the folded end of the paper and carry it positively and squarely under
the said folding blade, and with stops to arrest the folded end of the paper held by the
said jaws, substantially as described.
12. The feeding rolls 63, 64, and the cross-bar, having fingers 69, combined with
the bed B³ having the fingers a*, the knife carrying yoke in the said bed, and with
means to adjust the said bed toward and from the said feeding rolls, substantially as
described.
13. The feeding rolls 63, 64, the cross bar 60, having the fingers 68, and the adjustable
bed B³, having rearwardly extended fingers a*, combined with the cross-plates 6¹³
and a³ and with their attached fingers located above the fingers 68 and a*, to operate
substantially as described.
14. The second folding blade, its co-operating rolls, and the jaws to grasp the folded
paper and draw it underneath the said folding blade, combined with the elevated
supporting plate 79, located near the said rolls, and with feeding rolls to feed the
wrapper web underneath the said supporting plate, and across the path of movement
of the said folding blade, substantially as described.
15. The feed-rolls to feed the wrapper web and the bed B³, the knife carrying yoke
'therein, the attached knife for severing the wrapper web, and the cutting member B*,
combined with the adjusting rod, its pinions and the rock bars to adjust the said bed
horizontally upon the frame of the machine, substantially as described.
16. The bed B³, the knife carrying yoke therein, its attached knife for severing the
wrapper web, and the cutter member B*, combined with the adjusting rod, its pinions
and the rock bars to adjust the said bed horizontally upon the frame of the machine,
and with the slotted levers A", and the blocks a, and with means to move the said
levers to reciprocate the knife carrying yoke, substantially as described.
17. The second folding blade, and its co-operating rolls, combined with the trans-
ferring mechanism located below the said rolls and adapted to receive the folded paper
within them, and with the jaws to which the said transferring mechanism delivers the
folded paper, substantially as described.
18. In a paper folding mechanism, the folding blade, and rolls, combined with the
transferring device including the shaft H, the arm H, its attached spring jaw 78,
arm H*, means to move the said arm and the shield 77 loose on the said shaft,
substantially as described.
19. The cylinder composed of shaft, the heads m³, and bars m³, combined with
the jaws composed essentially of the pivoted arms m the rocking plates me pivoted
therein, and the pads m', substantially as described.
20. The shaft a, its heads, the shafts m³, arms m₁, plates mo pivoted thereon, and

page_text: arms 67 and 71 connected by a spring, and a cam to move the arm 71, combined with
the pads m', substantially as described.
21. The shaft A, its heads, the rods m³, plates me slotted at 75, combined with the
stops 74 made movable in the said slots, substantially as described.
22. The shaft A, its heads, the rods m³, plates ma slotted at 75, combined with the
stops 74 made movable in the said slots, and with the pads m7, substantially as described.
23. The shaft A, its heads, the rods m³, plates me slotted at 75, combined with the
stops 74 made movable in the said slots, and the pads m' and with cams I³ to
simultaneously adjust the bars 65 carrying the said stops, substantially as described.
24. The shaft A, heads m², rods m³, plates me having slots 73 and pads m², combined
with the bunter r, substantially as described.
25. The shaft A', heads m³, rods m³, plates me having slots 37 and pads m7, combined
with the bunter r, and with the sealers, to operate substantially as described.
26. The roll carrying the wrapper web, means to rotate it to form slack in the said
web, and the feeding rolls 63 and 6, combined with the intermediate guide rolls b²,
means to feed the addressing strip, sever therefrom a single address and stick it to the
wrapper web, and with means to adjust the said roll 6 to ensure the application of the
address to the face of the wrapper, substantially as described.
27. The support 204, for the addressing strip, and the shaft w provided with the
arm w¹ combined with the feeding finger frictionally connected thereto and having a
feed point to engage a hole or depression in the addressing strip, substantially as
described.
28. The support 204, its rod 217, the upright w in which it is free to slide, and the
spring 218 combined with the clamping plate 213, the rod 216, the carriage w³, the
rod 210 and friction device attached to the said rod 210 and engaging the rod 216,
to operate substantially as described.
29. The vertically movable supporting plato 204, and the carriage w and its attached
knife, combined with means substantially as described to reciprocate the said carriage
and knife, substantially as described.
30. The spring supported supporting-plate 204, its attached blade, the carriage w³,
and attached knife or cutter w, combined with means to raise and lower the said
carriage and supporting plate, and with wetting mechanism to travel under and
wet the gummed end of the addressing strip, when the same is elevated, substantially.
as described.
31. The supporting plate 204 located above the wrapper-web, and supporting the
underside of the addressing strip provided with addresses and with a series of
holes or recesses one for each address; a feeding finger to enter each hole or
depression in succession; the arm w¹ to which it is joined frictionally, the rock
shaft w, feeding finger to positively feed the said addressing strip the distance of one
address and leave one address projecting beyond the knife at the delivery end of the
said supporting plate; combined with a knife m³, and means to actuate it to cut off.
the said addressing strip substantially in line with the hole or depression engaged by.
the feeding finger, thus ensuring correct placing and cutting of the addressing strip,
substantially as set forth.
32. The adjustable roll 62 over which is extended the wrapper-web, the rest 220 for
the wrapper-web, the supporting plate 204 to support the addressing strip, its.
connected knife, the slide or carriage w and its attached knife or cutter, combined
with means for reciprocating the slide or carriage w³ and with the said supporting
plate, and with a feeding finger to engage holes or recesses in the addressing strip
and feed it positively just the distance for one address at each stroke substantially as
described.
33. The roll for supporting the addressing strip, and the feeding finger for engaging
holes or recesses in the said strip to feed it intermittently combined with drawing-off
mechanism substantially as described to make slack in the addressing web in advance
of the requirements of the feeding finger, substantially as described.
34. The supporting plate 204 to support the gummed addressing strip, the bar 19,
means to reciprocate it, the box attached to the said bar, and the roll in the said box,..

page_text: combined with a water supply and with an overflow pipe, to operate substantially as
described.
⚫ 35. The addressing strip supporting plate having a ledge at one side under which
passes the edge of the addressing strip, combined with the feeding finger having a
point, and with means to operate the said finger the said ledge supporting the said
finger to ensure the movements of the point of the finger in a horizontal line,
substantially as described.
36. The jaws to hold the wrapper and paper, the swing frame n³ its rotating shaft n
having pasting bars, and the paste roll, combined with the shaft n' and gears n³, n³, nº,
the cam n¹s, gear n²², and sector n² to operate substantially as described.
37. The shaft n7, and the attached pasting bars, combined with the yoke n³, the
gears no, n³, n², and shaft n', the said yoke resting on the said shaft loosely and with
means to rotate the gear n², substantially as described.
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38. The jaws to carry the wrapper and paper, the paste box mounted in guides on
the frame-work, the paste-roll shaft in the said box, the yoke n', the shaft n' to support
the yoke, the shaft n', its attached pasting bars, and the link ¹³ to connect the paste-
roll shaft with the shaft n', combined with the gears substantially as described to rotate
the said shaft n at a variable speed, the said gearing being operative to rotate the
shaft n' in all positions of the said paste-box, substantially as described.
39. The feed-roll shaft b', the ratchet D fast thereon, the stud D7, pawl thereon,
the loose slotted plate or hub D' having a pinion D³, and a stud to act upon one end
of the said pawl and disengage it from the teeth of the said ratchet wheel, combined
with a rack to reciprocate the said gear and plate or hub D to effect the intermitting
rotation of the feed roll in one direction and remove the point of the pawl from tho
teeth of the said ratchet in the backward stroke of the said pawl, substantially as
described.
40. The plate 204 and the spring clamp 203, combined with a wetting devico
having a roll and a box in which the roll is partially held, and with means sub-
stantially as described to operate the said wetting device and cause it to travel but
once across the wetting strip before the same is severed, substantially as described.
41. The combination with the clamping jaws to hold the folded and wrapped papers,
and the bunter of a series of rolls and supports therefor to conduct the said folded and
wrapped papers away from the jaws, substantially as described.
42. The paper receiving box, a series of rolls therein provided with ratchet
toothed wheels, a bar 102 provided with a series of spring held pawls, arms 116 upon
which the said bar is pivoted, and a reciprocating slide-bar 115 loosely connected to
the said arms 116 to provide for lost motion and enable the pawls to be disengaged
from the ratchets during one stroke of the bar 115, combined with the nippers and
with the first folding blade, substantially as described.
43. In a folding machine, the rolls, ³, and their supports, combined with means
substantially as described to open or separate the said rolls intermittingly for the
reception between them of the folded and wrapped papers, and with a series of rolls to
carry the wrapped papers from the rolls 1,, first to receive between them the
papers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
44. In a folding machine, the rotating cylinder having jaws, and means substantially
as described to open and close the said jaws, combined with a bunter to dislodge the
folded and wrapped papers therefrom in succession, the same bunter co-operating with
all the sets of jaws substantially as described.
45. In a folding machine, the roll to support the addressing web, means to feed the
said web, the blade to support the wrapper web, and means substantially as described
to feed the wrapper-web, combined with the frame carrying the said roll 6³, and with
adjusting devices for the said frame to enable the addressing slip to he applied to any
part of the wrapper web, substantially as described.
46. In a folding machine, a rotating cylinder containing jaws composed of pads,
as m, and of plates as m³, arins m' on which the said plates are pivoted, shafts
carrying the said arms and springs to normally press the plates toward the said pads,
substantially as described.

page_text: 47. In a folding machine, the rods m³, arms m², a paste roll and plates m³ pivoted
thereon to support the end of the wrapper web to be pasted, combined with a vibrating
frame and its attached paster to transfer paste from the paste-roll to the wrapper,
stantially as described.
sub-
48. In a folding machine, jaws to hold the assembled paper and wrapper, and
pasting mechanism substantially as described to paste the wrapper, combined with the
sealer to meet and lay the flap of the wrapper over upon the pasted part thereof,
substantially as described.
49. In a folding machine, jaws to hold the assembled paper and wrapper, and
pasting mechanism substantially as described to paste the wrapper, combined with the
sealer to meet and lay the flap of the wrapper over upon the pasted part thereof, and
with means substantially as described to move the sealer bodily and cause it to follow
the jaws for a slight distance and meet the rolls, ³, substantially as described.
50. The rotating cylinder and its attached jaws, and the sealer, the bunter and
means substantially as described to operate the said sealer and the bunter combined
with the rolls between which the folded and wrapped paper is delivered, substantially
as described.
51. The feedbox, and its series of independent rolls on which rests the pile of
papers, and means substantially as described to rotate the said rolls to project the end
of the paper next to be fed out of the box, combined with nippers to engage the
paper so projected forward and draw it from the said feed-box, the said rolls during
such operation being turned only by the moving paper and only so long as the said
paper is in contact with the roll and then coming to rest and with the first folding
blade, to operate substantially as described.
52. The roll carrying the wrapper-web, means to rotate it to deliver the wrapper-
web at a speed faster than it is required by the feed rolls thus accumulating slack in
the web, combined with the feed-rolls the web cutting mechanism means substantially
as described to adjust the same toward and from the said feed-rolls and folding blade
and rolls between which the wrapper-web is fed before being cut off, substantially
as described.
Dated this 30th day of July 1889.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.