IM- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY POR NUMBERING THE PAGES OF BOOKS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Frederick Newell, of Cloak
Lane, Queen Street, Cheapside, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY POR NUMBERING THE PAGES OF BOOKS
Sealed the 27th October 1853, and dated the 11th August 1853.
Sealed the 27th October 1853, and dated the 11th August 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Fre-
derick Newell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 11th August 1853.
S
I, THOMAS FREDERICK NEWELL, of Cloak Lane, Queen Street, P
Cheapside, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR NUMBERING THE PAGES OF
BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS" to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the so arranging machinery
for printing the numbers of pages of books and documents that
two pages may be simultaneously printed. For this purpose the
two printing surfaces, consisting of the alternate numbers, are
placed on either side of a revolving plate. The two printing
surfaces are inked by two inking apparatus; one inks one printing
surface, and the other inks the other printing surface. The im-

page_text: pressions of the two printing surfaces are taken constantly in the
same locality; the printing surfaces are, therefore, after printing,
moved a distance equal to that between the succeeding printing
surfaces. The ink is applied at the time of the movement of the
printing surfaces. A set-off tape is employed to prevent the
printing off from the printed pages. The printing surfaces are
horizontal, and one page of a book or document is placed over
the upper printing surface, and is pressed thereon; the other page
of the next leaf comes under the other printing surface, and is
pressed up thereto.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters
Patent, filed by the said Thomas Frederick Newell in the
Great Seal Patent Office, on the 11th February 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
I, THOMAS FREDERICK NEWELL, of Cloak Lane, Queen Street,
Cheapside, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by
Her Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
three, in the seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her
heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Thomas
Frederick Newell, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas
Frederick Newell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Thomas Frederick Newell, my executors,
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, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR NUMBERING THE PAGES OF
BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS," communicated to me from abroad, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Frederick
Newell, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal

page_text: 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 Thomas Frederick Newell,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof (that
is to say):
This Invention has for its object the so arranging machinery
for printing the numbers of pages of books and documents that
two pages may be simultaneously printed. For this purpose the
two printing surfaces, consisting of the alternate numbers, are
placed on either side of a revolving plate. The two printing
surfaces are inked by two inking apparatus; one inks one printing
surface, and the other inks the other printing surface. The im-
pressions of the two printing surfaces are taken constantly in the
same locality; the printing surfaces are, therefore, after printing,
moved a distance equal to that between the succeeding printing
surfaces. The ink is applied at the time of the movement of the
printing surfaces. A set-off tape is employed to prevent the
printing off from the 'printed pages. The printing surfaces are
horizontal, and one page of a book or document is placed over
the upper printing surface, and is pressed thereon; the other page
of the next leaf comes under the other printing surface, and is
pressed up thereto.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will
proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, shows a front view, Figure 2, a plan, and Figure 3,
a transverse section of a machine constructed according to my
Invention In each of the Figures the same letters indicate the

page_text: a, a, is the framing of the machine; b, is a circular wheel or plate
capable of turning upon the axis c. Upon the upper and under
side of this wheel or plate are the printing surfaces, the even.
numbers on the one side, and the odd numbers on the other, so
that two leaves can be printed simultaneously, the one being
placed upon the upper printing surface, and the other against the
lower printing surface.
I would here remark that instead of employing a horizontal.
wheel such as that shown in the Drawing, a disc, a band, or a
chain might be made use of, provided that upon their two sides
similar printing surfaces be formed; and instead of having only
onė place arranged for taking off the impressions, the machine
could be so arranged that two or a greater number of persons
might take off impressions at one time from the same apparatus;
for that purpose it would be necessary to add other inking and
pressing apparatuses; one of these apparatuses alone would give
the required motion to the printing wheel or continuous printing
surfaces above mentioned.
The apparatus shewn in the Drawings is arranged for number-
ing from one to four hundred pages, but this may be varied, and
apparatuses may be made capable of numbering a greater or lesser
number. The apparatus is set in motion by a treadle d, weighted
at the back in order to throw it up again when the foot of the
workman is removed. The treadle d, when it is lowered, puts
in motion the pressing apparatus, the inking apparatus, and the
set-off tape, in the following manner-e, is a connecting rod,
which at its lower extremity is attached to the treadle d, and at
its upper extremity to the lever f; this lever moves upon an
axis f', and sets in motion the two pressing surfaces g, h, by means
of the rods g', h', the surface g, pressing the paper against the
under printing surface, and the surface h, pressing it upon the
upper printing surface; and in order to prevent the numbers that
have been printed upon one side of a leaf by the upper printing
surface being transferred to the lower presser g, and from thence
upon the next piece of paper, the set-off tape i, is made use of,

page_text: which is rolled from one drum or cylinder j, j, upon the other, the S
tape or set-off passing over the pressing surface g, in passing from
the one drum to the other; and it is guided and supported by the
pulley ; or, instead of drums, an endless tape passing around
suitable rollers may be employed. The upper presser h, does not
require the tape or set-off i', because it makes the first impression
upon a leaf of the book, and consequently presses upon a surface
not printed each time it is set in motion. k, is a rod attached at
its lower end to the treadle; this rod at its upper end carries the
inking apparatus, which consists of four rollers 1, 1, and m, m,
the axis of which are fixed to the arms n, n, upon which the
springs o, o, constantly act, as shewn in the Drawing. The
rollers 1, 1, receive their ink from the roller p, in the inking
trough p'; and the quantity of ink that is allowed to pass from the
trough pi, on to the surface of the roller p, is regulated by means
of the spring p², which is pressed more or less towards the
cylinder p, by the screw p³; motion is communicated from the
rod k, by the driver k¹, to the cylinder p, by setting in motion
the ratchet wheel 2, upon the axis of the cylinder p, each time
that the rod k, is drawn back. The ink taken up by the rollers 1,
is distributed over the fixed plates q, q; and the rollers m, m, take
up the ink from the plates q, q, and apply it to the upper and
lower printing surfaces. In order to give motion to the tape or
set-off i, the lever r, and clawker s, are made use of, which act
upon the ratchet wheel t, placed upon one of the drums that carry
the tape i. The lever r, is set in motion by means of the con-
necting rod u, which connects the rod k, to the lever r. The
lever r, at its upper extremity gives motion to the driver s', and
by it to the ratchet wheel fixed on the lower surface of the
wheel b. The workman having a book open upon the table in
the position shewn by the dotted lines at æ, places one leaf upon
upper and another leaf against the lower printing surface; he
then presses the treadle, and the two impressions are obtained;
he then introduces the leaf of the book which was previously upon
the upper printing surface in such manner that it may receive
the

page_text: a fresh impression from the lower printing surface; applying a
fresh leaf of the book to the upper printing surface, he then again
presses the treadle, and so on in succession. In order to assist
the workman a guide with stops may be employed for the leaves
placed upon the upper printing surface, as may be seen in the
plan, Figure 4; v, being a plate, with grooves to receive the
shank of the two stops w, w, which may be more or less separated
the one from the other, and thus allow of a greater or smaller
space for the corner of the page.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that
I make no claim to the parts separately, nor do I confine myself
to the details shewn and described, so long as the peculiar
character of the Invention be retained; but what I claim is, the
combination of machinery herein described for numbering the
pages of books and documents.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Frederick Newell,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day
of February, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
B. GOBEY,
12, Cursitor Street,
Chancery Lane.
THO. F. NEWELL. (L.S.)