Improvements in Attachments for Printing Presses, for Cutting Ribbons and for Automatically Counting the same.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1898
Improvements in Attachments for Printing Presses, for Cutting
Ribbons and for Automatically Counting the same.
I, FERDINAND BERKEMEYER, of Sellersville, in the County of Bucks, State of
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Clergyman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be par-
ticularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
My invention consists of an improvement in attachment for printing presses,
for cutting cigar ibbons and for automatically counting the same, whereby the
ibbons will be printed and cut to a desued length and the number will be
registered without any waste
It further consists of details of construction, all as will be hereinafter set forth.
Figure 1 represents a plan view of a device for a platen printing press attach-
ment for cutting bbons and for automatically counting the same, embodying
my invention.
Figuierepresents an end view of the cutting device in detached position
Figures 3 and 4 represent views of detached portions of the machine
Figure 5 represents a side elevation of the machine showing a portion of the
printing press employed
Similat letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures
In the drawing, A designates a portion of a punting press which is of the
usual construction and has the ink distributing plate on plutes B, inking olleis C
and type bed or holders D
E designates a platen which is adapted to be moved in the direction indicated
by the arrow Figure 5, so that the ribbon to be punted is brought to the type F.
Mounted on the platen E are the blocks or guides G, which are provided with
openings through which the blous H are passed.
J designates a plate or table attached or forming part of the printing press
and secuted thereto by the chips K is a bed L of the cutting attachment, which
has ears M which are engaged by said clips K, the outer end of said bed being
supported by a post N and the face of said bed being provided with a groove P,
the walls of which are inclined
Qdesignates the body of the cutting device, which has a tongue R, the same
being adapted to enter the groove P and thus hold the cutting device in pos1-
tion, the thumb screw S further assisting to lock the parts,
T designates a guide which is gidly secured to a forward part of the body Q,
the latter being also provided with a movable guide U, which is locked in the
desired position by the thumb screws V, it being noticed that the guides T and U
form a passage W in the body portion, which is adapted to receive the 1ibbon
when printed
One face A of the body Q is at an angle to the remaining sides and secured
thereto is the cutter one blade B of which is rigidly secured to said body Q
substantially level with the bottom of the passage W, while the blade C 18
pivoted to either said blade B¹ or to the boy Q at an angle to the other blade
and has a connection D¹ which passes around the pulleys or 1ollers E, F, and

page_text: is secured to the platen E, a spring G having one end secured to said blade C
and the other end to the bed Q or to an arm H₁ returns said blade C¹ to its proper
position.
designates guides which are suitably supported on the bed L and are adapted
to receive the ribbons after the printing and cutting are accomplished
A guide K¹ is movably secured to said bed L and serves to direct the ribbons
to the passage W, and serves as an end measure.
Movably mounted on the plate J is a bar L', which is provided with a pawl M¹,
the same engaging with the teeth on a disc or plate N', a spring arm P¹ prevent-
ing the turning of said disc in the wrong direction.
Q designates a cord or wire which has one end attached to said bar L' and
the other end attached to the platen as at R¹, said cord in the present instance
passing around the pulleys or rollers S¹, but if the platen 18 of such size that
a direct pull can be exercised in the bar L', it will be unnecessary to use the
rollers St.
T¹ designates a pin which is carried by the disc N¹, said pin being adapted
to contact with an arm Ui, which acts as a hammer for the bell or indicator V
so that the operation of the press may know when the disc has made a complete
revolution.
The spring W¹ has one end secured to the bar L' and the other end to a suit-
able fixed point and is adapted to return the said bar after it has been moved by
the operation of the press.
A designates an opening in the plate N₁, which is adapted to receive a pin
for operating the hammer, whereby the indicator will be struck and the operator
notified that a certain number of ribbons have been printed.
The operation is as follows;
The ribbon H supplied from any suitable source is passed through the guides G,
between which it is adapted to receive the impression The platen 18 now
caused to approach the type F and the impression 18 made
The ribbon is then further advanced through the bur K¹, which serves as a
guide, and is brought into the passage W between the guides T and Ụ by the
operator who grasps the free or cut end of the ribbon and draws upon the same,
which, at the same time, prevents the said ribbon from being pulled backward
out of the guide W when the platen is moved toward the type The guide U
is adjusted according to the width of the 11bbon
The device is now ready for another impression and the platen is again moved
to the type. As the same moves forward it exerts a pull upon the connection D'
which is moved in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figure 5 This
causes the pivoted blade C of the cutter to move in the direction indicated by
the arrow and the ribbon is cut the desired length
At the same time the board or connection Q₁18 operated which exerts a pull
on the bar L¹, moving the same in the direction indicated by the arrow Figure 1
and carrying with it the pawl M', which thus causes the plate N to advance a
distance of one tooth, it being noticed that the said plate is provided with a
pin T', and when the plate has made one complete revolution, the pin T¹ strikes
the hammer U¹ of the bell or indicator and causes the same to be rung, thus
noting the number of 11bbons printed The spring W returns the bar L¹ to
its former position after the piston is returned to its former position, and the
spring G¹ returns the blade to its position when the said platen 18 moved back
to its former position, and the parts are ready for the next operation
The printed and cut ribbon is now placed in the guides J and the ribbon H
18 again moved forward to the proper position
In the present case I have shown two ribbons which are printed at the same
time, after which the same are brought one over the other at about the bar K'
and the two ribbons are cut simultaneously, but it will be evident that if desired,
I may only pint one ribbon at a time, the ribbon being supplied from any
suitable source,

page_text: The block Q may be adjusted on the bar L as desired depending upon the
size of the 1ibbons to be cut
By inserting other pins as at A³ in the plate N¹ the operator can tell exactly
how many ribbons have been printed, whether 10, 15, 20, 100 etc
When the guides J are full the same can be removed by sliding the same out
the groove P when the ribbons can then be stored, or if desired, the ribbons can
be removed at once from said guides J without the necessity of taking out the
same.
If desired, the teeth of the plate N¹ may be numbered so that the operator
may tell at a glance exactly how many ribbons have been printed, it being noted
that the guide K¹ serves as an end-measure in determining the point to which
the ribbon is brought in order to have the impression at the proper place.
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 18.
1st In an attachment for a printing press having a platen, a bed suitably
supported on said piess, a body-portion carried by said bed, a cutter mounted
on said body-portion, connections from said platen to said cutter, whereby the
latter is operated by the movement of the said platen, and meaus for returning
said cutter to its normal position
2nd. In an attachment to a printing press having a platen, a bed suitably
supported on taid press, a groove in said bed, a body-portion having a tongue
entering said groove and cured by said bed, a cutter mounted on said body-
portion, connections between said cutter and platen, whereby the latter is opei-
ated by the movement of said platen, and means for returning said cutter to
its first position
3d pnting press having a platen, a standard with a bed thereon, a block
having a tongue movable in a groove in said bed, guides on said block forming a
passage-way, a cutting device on said block, and a flexible connection from the
movable member of said cutting device to the movable plafen of a punting press
4th In an attachment to a pinting press having a platen, a bed suitably sup-
ported on seid press, a body-portion canied by said bed, means for adjusting
said body-portion thereon a cutter mounted on saad body-portion, means for
operating said cutter, means for returning said cutter to its normal position, and
an adjustable guide mounted on and body-portion
5th. In an attechment to a piuting press having a platen, guides thereon, a
bed suitably supported on said press, a groove in said bed, a body-portion having
a tongue entering said groove and carried by said bed, means for adjusting sand
body-portion thereon, a cutter mounted on said body portion, means for operal-
ing said cutter, means for returning said cutter to its first position, and an
adjustable guide mounted on said body portion
6th In an attachment to a printing piess having a platen, a bed suitably sup-
ported on said press, a groove in said bed, a body portion having a tongue
eutering said groove and carried by said bed, means for adjusting said body-
portion thereon, a cutter mounted on saad body portion, means for operating said
cutter, means for retaining said cutter to its first position, an adjustable guide
mounted on said body poition, and a registering device operated by the move-
ment of the platen.
7th An attachment to a pinting press for the purpose set forth, consisting of
a block having a body with a tongue thereon and provided with guides in its
upper face forming an adjustable passage-way, one end of said body being at
an oblique angle to its sides, and provided with a cutting device having connec-
tions with the movable platen of the press for operating the same
8th A printing press having a movable platen, a standard with a bed thereon,
a block having a tongue adjustable in a groove in said bed, guides on said
block forming a passage-way, a cutting device on a slanting end of said block,

page_text: a movable member provided with a flexible connection adapted to be secured to
said platen
9th. The swinging platen E with guides G having openings therein, the bed L
with the groove N therein, the block Q having the tongue R in said groove and
provided with the clamping screw S, a cutter device having a movable member C¹
with flexible connection secured to said platen E, the returning spring (,
for said member, the guide K' movably secured to said bed L, and the fixed
guide T and adjustable guide U forming the passage-way W
Dated this 7th day of June 1898.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, WC, Agents for the Applicant