Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Use in the Manufacture of Paper.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Use in the Manufacture
of Paper.
I, JACKOB SCHILATTER, of Napoleons-Insel, near Rixheim, Alsace Lorraine,
Paper Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a device the purpose of which is to lead the paper
from the paper making machine to the drying apparatus in a much easier
manner than has hitherto been possible.
The new device consists of a roll about which the paper is caused to pass, the
journals of this roll resting on adjustable inclined planes or in spring bearings
so that if the paper tears or becomes slack, the said roll or its journals will move
down the incline or be moved by the spring and come in contact with a travelling
roller or belt through the agency of a friction roller, the roller being set thereby
in rapid rotation and the paper in contact therewith is passed quickly forward.
Before being transferred to the drying cylinder the paper is passed round a
roller the journals on each side of which rest on adjustable inclined planes or in
spring bearings. As long as there is a pull exerted on the paper, the roll is
kept in such a position that a friction roller fitted at one of the journals is out
of contact with a roller driven by a belt which also passes over a pulley which
derives its motion from another pulley by means of a belt and pulley. Or the
roller may be driven in any other convenient manner. When the paper becomes
torn or loses its tension, the roller slides down on its inclined journal guides or
is moved by the springs so that the friction roller comes in contact with the
roller or belt which sets it in rapid rotation and thus accelerates the transfer of
the paper on to the drying cylinder. The device works quite automatically and
is of great importance in the manufacture of thin paper which passes through
the machine at a high rate of speed.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Use in the Manufacture
of Paper.
I, JACKOB SCHLATTER, of Napoleons-Insel, near Rixheim, Alsace Lorraine,
Paper Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a device the purpose of which is to lead the paper
from the paper making machine to the drying apparatus in a much easier
manner than has hitherto been possible.
The new device consists of a roll about which the paper is caused to pass, the
journals of this roll resting on adjustable inclined planes or in spring bearings,
so that if the paper tears or becomes slack, the said roll or its journals will move
down the incline or be moved by the spring and come in contact with a travelling
roller or belt through the agency of a friction roller, the roller being set thereby
in rapid rotation, and the paper in contact therewith will be passed quickly
forward.
The device is shown in the accompanying drawing in which:-
Figure 1 is a side view,
Figure 2 a front view, and
Figure 3 a diagrammatic view of the belt gearing.
Before being transferred to the drying cylinder the paper is passed round a
guide or feed roller F, the journals on each side of which rest on adjustable
inclined planes or in spring bearings.
In order to make the journals of the roller F adjustable, the bearings which
are pivoted at K, are provided with a downwardly extending slot through
which passes the shank of a screw P screwing in the frame of the bearing. By
turning the bearing on its pivot and securing the set screw tightly within its
slot, the journals may be adjusted in any desired position.
As long as there is a pull exerted on the paper, the roller F is kept in such
a position that a friction roller G fitted near one of the journals is out of con-
tact with a roller E driven by a belt 1), which also passes over a pulley C which
derives its motion from another pulley A by means of a belt and pulley B, or
the roller may be driven in any other convenient manner.
When the paper
becomes torn or loses its tension, the roller slides down on its inclined journal
guides or is moved by the springs so that the friction roller G comes in contact
with the roller or belt D which sets it in rapid rotation and thus accelerates the
transfer of the paper on to the drying cylinder. The device works quite auto-
matically and is of great importance in the manufacture of thin paper which
passes through the machine at a high rate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. Apparatus for the automatic regulation of the travel of paper to the drying-
cylinder of a paper-making machine characterized by the journals of the feed-
roller being supported on adjustable planes or in spring bearings so that upon
the tearing or slackening of the paper the feed roller which had been hitherto
held up by the tension of the paper will drop and a friction roller on its shaft
will be pressed against a belt on a rapidly rotating pulley and thus be made to
rotate more quickly, substantially as described.
2. The complete apparatus for use in transferring paper from the paper making
machine to the drying cylinder, substantially as described or illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 28th day of November 1899.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.