Improvements in Printing Machinery.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th June, 1895-Accepted, 13th July. 1395
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Printing Machinery.
I ALFRED FRANCIS BATTEY of 103 Farringdon Road, London, E.C., Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a compact web perfecting printing and
folding machine which can be run at a high speed, and the invention consists in a
novel arrangement of parts whereby this object is effected.
In carrying out this invention, I make use of travelling impression cylinders
with stationary type beds, suitable inking and distributing rollers being provided
to move with the impression cylinders, and to take up ink from three fountains.
The type beds I may arrange in the same plane, and a short distance apart, or
may place them at a slight angle to one another, and between them I may place an
ink fountain or fountains. I also arrange an ink fountain on the opposite side of
each bed.
The impression cylinders and inking rollers are mounted on a suitable slide, or,
it may be, two slides, which may receive motion from a crank wheel placed at one
end of the machine, through a suitable connecting rod or rods.
When the beds are in the same plane, I prefer to place the web roll of paper
above the table, and near the centre of the machine, and I bring the paper down
on the inner side of one impression cylinder, passing to the end of the machine and
then round suitable guide rollers, over the web, to the inner side of the other
impression cylinder. In this way I reverse the paper, so that I may print it
on both sides. The web then passes out of the machine at the end, to the
folder, which may be of any construction; and placed below the table at
that end.
When the type beds are set at an angle, one of them will be placed on the
horizontal, and under the other end, which is raised, I place the web roll. The
paper passes in at this end, and at the centre of the machine it may pass over
guide rolls to the other end, returning to the centre, where it descends below.the
table to the folder. In each case, cutting mechanism will be employed to cut the
web into sheets before folding.
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The feed and delivery of the paper may be intermittent or continuous.
the latter case, suitable take-up mechanism will be provided to take up and let out
slack, as the printing must take place while the web is stationary.
The inking arrangements in the last named arrangement will be slightly different
from the former arrangement, in that there will be four fountains.
An impression will be taken at both the forward and backward travel of the
cylinders, and the type will have to be inked before each impression; hence the
arrangement of the inking and distributing rollers.
Dated this 11th day of September 1894.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I ALFRED FRANCIS BATTEY of 103 Farringdon Road, London, E.C., Engineer,
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 :-
The object of this invention is to produce a compact web-perfecting printing and
folding machine, which can be run at a high speed, and the invention consists in a
novel arrangement of parts whereby this object is effected.
In carrying out this invention, I make use of travelling impression cylinders with
stationary type-beds, an arrangement now well known, suitable inking and
distributing rollers being provided to move with the impression cylinders, and to
take up ink from conveniently-placed ink fountains.
The type-beds I arrange in the same plane, and a short distance apart; or I
place them at a slight angle to one another, and between them I place an ink
fountain or fountains. I also arrange an ink fountain on the opposite side of
each bed.
The impression cylinders and inking rollers are mounted on a suitable slide, or,
it may be, two slides, which receive motion from a crank wheel placed at one end
of the machine through a suitable connecting rod or rods.
In the accompanying drawings, I have shown, in diagrammatic form, at Fig. 1, a
machine with the type beds in the same plane, and, at
Fig. 2, a machine with the type beds set at a slight angle to one another.
The same letters will refer to corresponding parts in both the figures.
A represents the table of the machine, B B the type beds. C C¹ are the
impression cylinders, which, in the case of Fig. 1, are mounted in a single travelling
slide D.
In Fig. 2, the two cylinders are mounted each in a separate slide D, which slides
are connected together, and to a crank wheel (not shown), by connecting rods D¹.
E E represent ink fountains and E' inking rollers, while F are distributing rollers,
which are mounted on, and move with the slides D,-two sets to each impression
cylinder. G represents a web of paper, and H H drawing-off rollers, which form
part of a cutting and folding mechanism of any convenient design. J J are paper
guiding rollers which travel with the impression cylinders C, and K K are fixed
paper guiding rollers.
When the beds are in the same plane as in Fig: 1, I place the web roll of paper
above the table, and near the centre of the machine, and I bring the paper down
on the inner side of one impression cylinder C, causing it then to pass to the end of
the machine, and then upwards round guide rollers K, over the web, to the ioner side
of the other impression cylinder C. In this way, I reverse the paper, so that I may
print it on both sides. The web then passes out of the machine, at the end, to the
folder H, which may be of any construction, as before stated, and placed below the
table at that eud.
When the type beds are set at an angle, as in Fig. 2, one of them will be placed
on the horizontal and the other on the incline, and under the inclined end I place
the web roll G. The paper passes into the machine at this end, to the outer side
of the impression cylinder C, and at the centre of the machine it passes round
guide rolls K to the other end, and thence under the impression cylinder C,
returning to the centre of the machine, where it desceuds below the table to the
folder H. In each case, cutting mechanism will be employed to cut the web into
sheets before folding.
The feed and delivery of the paper may be intermittent or continuous. In the

page_text: latter case, suitable take-up mechanism will be provided to take up and let out
slack, as the printing must take place while the web is stationary. Such take-up
mechanism may consist of a pair of fixed guide rollers 1. 2, and a swinging roller 3.
The roller 3 is carried by an arm which is conveniently vibrated periodically by a
cam, or in any other convenient manner. When this roller is in the drawn
position, the entire web of paper is moving, but while the roller is changing or
swinging to the dotted position, the web is stationary, so far as the portion printed
upon is concerned, but the delivery is continuous. As the roller returns to the
drawn position, the forward movement of the paper takes place, or the slack caused
by the continuous feed is taken up.
In the last named arrangement, there will be four inking mechanisms, instead of
three, as in the first arrangement, which is necessitated by the manner of delivering
at the centre of the machine.
An impression will be taken at both the forward and backward travel of the
cylinders, and the type will have to be inked before each impression; hence the
arrangement of the inking and distributing rollers.
It will be obvious that in either arrangement shown, the positions of the
web G and the folders H may be made to correspond to those of the other
arrangement.
I may here mention that the operation of this class of machine is now well known,
and it will therefore be unnecessary to further describe it. The rotation of the
parts mounted in fixed bearings will be effected by suitable gearing, and the
rotation of the travelling impression cylinders may be effected by rack and pinion,
or any other suitable motion, but these gear movements, as well as the general
construction of the machines, may be left to the mechanical skill or fancy of the
designer, and form no part of the present invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The arrangements of web-perfecting printing machines as herein shown and
described with reference to the drawings, and consisting of two fixed type beds in
the same plane, or in other planes not immediately below one another; two
travelling impression cylinders with their accessories carried by the same or
separate slides operated from the same crank; two take-up devices, one placed at
the feed end and the other at the delivery end, all in combination with a web or
roll of paper, as set forth.
Dated this 11th day of June 1895