A NEW METHOD OF REGULATING PAPER LAID ON TO BE PRINTED ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES AT AND BY CYLINDER PRINTING MACHINES BY MEANS OF GUIDES, WHEREBY THE PRESENT WASTE OF PAPER IN PROGRESS OF PRINTING IS AVOIDED
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James John Myers, of 17, Bugle Street, & Caxton
Machine Works, Back of the Walls, both in the Town & County of
Southampton, Engineer & Machinist, for the Invention of "A NEW
METHOD OF REGULATING PAPER LAID ON TO BE PRINTED ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES
AT AND BY CYLINDER PRINTING MACHINES BY MEANS OF GUIDES, WHEREBY THE
PRESENT WASTE OF PAPER IN PROGRESS OF PRINTING IS AVOIDED."
Sealed the 3rd November 1857, and dated the 11th May 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James John Myers at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th May 1857.
I, JAMES JOHN MYERS, of 17, Bugle Street, & Caxton Machine Works,
Back of the Walls, both in the Town & County of Southampton, Engineer
& Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
METHOD OF REGULATING PAPER LAID ON TO BE PRINTED ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES AT &
BY CYLINDER PRINTING MACHINES BY MEANS OF GUIDES, WHEREBY THE PRESENT
WASTE OF PAPER IN PROGRESS OF PRINTING IS AVOIDED," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a square or other shaped rod or spindle, of iron
or other hard metal, or wood, the ends of which rest upon carriages, centres,
or bearings of metal or wood, fixed to the side frames of the printing machine
above, & in connection with the cylinder of the machine, and near to the
laying-on board, and it is so fixed on the carriages, centres, or bearings as to
be readily adjusted by means of screws, or the other ordinary appliances used

page_text: for such purposes, so that it may be set paralel with the form of type to be
printed. On this rod or spindle three or more smooth flat or twisted thin
plates of iron, or pieces of other metal, or other material of suitable stiffness, as
guides to lay the fore and side edges of the paper to the outside edges of the
two extreme plates, or pieces of metal, or other material, being fixed or
twisted sideways, so as to be at right angles to the other parts thereof, are
affixed vertically with adjusting means so as to be moveable laterally to any
part of the rod or spindle in such manner that the space between the two
rectangular or outside guides or plates may be extended or contracted, to be
applicable for any description or size of paper intended to be used, and be so
regulated and adjusted that the space within the sides of such two rectangular
or outside plates shall be of the width of the paper to be printed, & so that
the fore and side edges thereof whilst being transferred from the laying-on
board to the cylinder cannot with ordinary care be laid otherwise than in
a proper and uniform line with the form of type to be printed from until
attached to the cylinder by the grippers or tapes. The plates when so affixed
and adjusted on the rod or spindle, as aforesaid, I denominate guides. When
the rod or spindle is adjusted paralel with the form of type, and the guides
are regulated and fixed according to the width of the paper intended to be
printed, as aforesaid, the edges of the paper are laid from the laying-on board
to the insides of the plates or guides, in the same manner as is now adopted
for laying on paper to be taken by the grippers or tapes; the paper having
then passed along to the extreme end of the guides is taken hold of and
becomes attached to the cylinder by the grippers or tapes, and immediately
thereupon the guides are thrown back by means of a lever to allow the paper
to pass freely beneath them from the laying-on board round the cylinder.
The lever to be used for the purpose depends on the form of the cylinder of
the printing machine. The cylinder of the machine made and used by me
has a raised or impression part for printing from. For these, machines I use
a pendent lever, composed of iron or other suitable material, with or without
a friction roller, which is fixed to the rod or spindle on which the guides.are
placed, projecting in advance of the guides and nearer to the laying-on board,
of a sufficient length to come in contact with and to be acted upon by the
raised or impression part of the cylinder, so that on each, revolution of the
cylinder, when the raised or impression part comes in contact. with the
pendent lever it raises it, and the rod or spindle is thereby moved on its
centres or bearings, and causes the, guides, fixed thereto to obtain an oblique
or somewhat horizontal position, in which they are kept whilst the lever is so
acted upon by the cylinder, affording space for the paper, attached to the

page_text: cylinder to pass freely beneath to be printed, and when the whole of the said
raised or impression part of the cylinder has so passed the lever, in con-
sequence of the lever being again depressed, the guides are brought back into
their original position to receive the edges of another sheet of paper. When
the form or shape of the cylinder of the printing machine has no raised or
impression part for printing similar to that before mentioned, or in other
respects differs from that made & used by me, as aforesaid, I use instead of
the pendent lever a lever fixed on one end of the said rod or spindle, with the
guides of a sufficient length to hand down obliquely over a camb or sector
wheel attached to or connected with the axle of the cylinder. This camb or
sector wheel has a raised and a sunken part, so when by the revolution of the
cylinder the raised part comes in contact with the lever the lever acts on the
rod or spindle to which the guides, as before stated, are fixed, and gives to it
as well as to the guides a similar movement and position to that already
described by the pendent lever, and when the sunken part of the camb or
sector wheel comes in contact with this lever, the rod or spindle with its
guides are again brought into their original position. To keep, however, the
guides steady & in a proper exact position at all times to receive the edges
of the paper during the process of printing, whatever may be the form or
shape of the cylinder of the printing machine, another and heavier lever than
either of those already described is used, which is fixed. at the other end of
the rod or spindle, before described, at right angles or thereabouts with the
said rod or spindle, fitted with a stop at its end furthest away from the laying-
on board, with or without a set screw being made to rest on that part of the
fixed framing of the printing machine most convenient to be adjusted to; this
other and heavier lever is raised, and remains so until the guides have allowed
the paper to pass freely beneath them, and the pendent or other lever has
ceased to act or be acted upon either by the camb or raised or impression
part of the cylinder, when it falls by its own weight and brings the guides
to their original position, and keeps them fixed and steady in their proper
position until again acted upon, and this action of the rod or spindle & guides
by the means aforesaid is repeated on every revolution of the cylinder. By
means of these guides the paper to be printed is carried along smoothly from
the laying-on board to the cylinder, and prevents that waste & loss of paper
by twisting, or folding, or uneven laying of the paper to the cylinder, which
so frequently happens in the present mode of laying on the paper; and where
it is required to print on both sides of the paper, "register" is readily
obtained without the use of points or pointing apparatus, as now used.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James John Myers in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th November 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
JOHN MYERS, of 17, Bugle Street, and Caxton Machine Works, Back of the
Walls, both in the Town and County of Southampton, Engineer and
Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria; by Her Letters
Patent, bearing.date the Eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said James John Myers, Her special licence that I, the said James. John
Myers, my, executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said James John Myers, my exécutors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed; should and lawfully might
make, ruse, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an. Invention for "A NEW
METHOD OF REGULATING PAPER LAID ON TO BE PRINTED ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES. AT
AND CYLINDER PRINTING MACHINES BY MEANS OF GUIDES, WHEREBY THE PRESENT
WASTE OF PAPER IN PROGRESS OF PRINTING IS AVOIDED," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James John Myers, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or 'one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same: to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James John Myers, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:-
My Invention consists of a square or other shaped rod or spindle, of iron or
other hard metal, or of wood, each end of which rod or spindle rests upon a
carriage; centre, or bearing of metal. or wood, fixed to the side frames of the
cylinder printing machine above, and in connection with the cylinder, and near
the laying-on board,, and the rod or spindle is so fixed on the aforesaid
carriages, centres, or bearings as to be readily adjusted by means of screws; or

page_text: any other ordinary adjusting apparatus, so that it may be set and fixed parallel
with the form of type to be. printed. To this rod or spindle are affixed vertically
three or more smooth flat thin plates of iron or other metal or. material of suitable
stiffness, the outside. 'edges of the two extreme or outermost plates, whether
of iron or other material, being fixed, turned, or twisted sideways, so as to be
at right angles to the other side of the same plates; or the said plates are
affixed to the said rod.or spindle with adjusting apparatus, that they may be
moved laterally to any part of the said rod or spindle in such manner and at
such distances from each other that the space between the two rectangular or
outermost plates, may be extended or contracted, to be applicable for any
description or size of paper intended to: be used; and that by the means of
the. said; adjusting apparatus the space within the sides of. such aforesaid two
rectangular or, outermost platės may be set and fixed to the exact width of the
paper to be printed, so that the fore and side edges of the said paper whilst in
progress of transfer and passing from. the laying-on board to the cylinder of
the printing machine cannot with ordinary.care.be laid otherwise than in a
proper and uniform parallel line with the form of type..to be printed until
attached to the said cylinder by thez grippers or tapes. The.said plates, when
fixed and adjusted:as herein-before described,. I designate.and herein-after.call
"the, guides.
The rod or spindle having been adjusted parallel to the form of type to be
used, and the guides regulated and fixed in accordance with the width of the
paper to be printed, the edges of the. paper are laid from the laying-on board
to the inside.of the said guides, 'in the same manner as is. ordinarily adopted
in laying on the paper: to be taken by. the grippers or tapes,, and the paper
having passed along to the extreme end of the guides is taken .hold of and
becomes attached to the cylinder of the printing machine by the grippers or
tapes, and immediately thereupon the said guides are thrown back by means of
a lever, which allows the paper. to pass freely beneath them from the.laying-on
board round the cylinder.
The lever used for the purpose of throwing back the guides depends on the
form of the cylinder of the printing machine. When the cylinder of the
printing machines has a raised or impression part for, printing from I use. a
pendent.lever, composed of iron or other suitable material, with or without a
friction roller. This description of lever is fixed to the rod or spindle, therein-
.before described. It projects in advance of the aforesaid guides, and nearer
to the laying-on board; and is of a sufficient length to come in contact with
and be acted upon by the raised or impression part of: the said cylinder, so
that on each revolution of. the said cylinder, when the raised or impression

page_text: part thereof comes in contact with this lever the said lever is raised, moving
thereby the said rod or spindle on its carriages, centres, or bearings, and causes
the guides to obtain an oblique or somewhat of an horizontal position, and in
which position the said guides are kept whilst the said lever is so acted upon
by the said cylinder, affording sufficient space and time for the paper which is
to be attached to the cylinder to pass freely beneath to be printed, and when
the whole of the said raised or impression part of the said cylinder has' so'
passed the said lever, the guides, by means of the lever being again depressed,
are brought back into their original position ready to receive the edges of
another sheet of paper; but when the cylinder of the printing machine has no'
raised or impression part for printing from, a lever composed of iron or other
suitable material, as aforesaid, is fixed on one end of the aforesaid rod or
spindle, of a sufficient length to hang down obliquely over a camb or sector
wheel, which is attached to or connected with the axle of the cylinder of the
printing machine, the camb or sector wheel having a raised and a sunken part,
and when by the revolving of the said cylinder the raised part of the said camb
ór sector wheel comes in contact with the lever, the said lever acts upon the
said rod or spindle, and gives to the aforesaid guides a similar movement and
position to that already described by means of the pendent lever, and when
the sunken part of the said camb or sector wheel comes in contact with the
said lever the said rod or spindle and guides are again brought into their
original position. To keep the rod or spindle and guides steady and in a
proper and exact position at all times to receive the edges of the paper during
the process of printing, whatever may be the form of the cylinder of the
printing machine, another and heavier lever than either of the other levers
already described is fixed at the other end of the rod or spindle, herein-before
particularly described, at right angles or nearly so with the said rod or spindle,
with a stop, and with or without a set screw at its end farthest away from the
laying-on board, the set screw (if used) being made to rest on that part of the
fixed framing of the printing machine most convenient to be capable of adjust-
ment. When the said rod or spindle is acted upon by either of the levers
firstly or secondly above described, this other and heavier lever is raised, and
remains so until the guides have allowed the paper to pass beneath them, and
when the said firstly or secondly described lever has ceased to act or to be
acted upon either by the raised or impression part of the said cylinder, or by
the camb or sector wheel, this last-mentioned and heavier lever falls by its
own weight and brings the guides to their original place, and keeps them
fixed and steady in their proper position until again acted upon; and this
action of the rod or spindle and guides is repeated on every revolution of the

page_text: cylinder of the printing machine, and by means of the aforesaid guides the
paper to be printed is carried along smoothly from the laying-on board to
the said cylinder, and prevents the waste and loss of paper by twisting or
folding whilst passing to the said cylinder, which so frequently occurs by the
ordinary mode of passing the paper from the laying-on board to the said
cylinder; and also by means of the said rod or spindle and guides, when it is
required to print on both sides of the paper, register is readily obtained with-
out the use of points or pointing apparatus.
In witness whereof, I, the said James John Myers, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
JAMES JOHN MYERS. (L.8.)