IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR ROLLING PAMPHLET COVERS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Phillips Thompson, of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, and
of 323, High Holborn, in the county of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for
an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR ROLLING PAMPHLET
COVERS." A communication from abroad by Emma L. Miller and William
H. Rohrer, both of Washington, in the district of Columbia, United States of
America
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Phillips Thompson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th February 1882.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON of the Agency for Foreign Patent Solicitors
6 Lord Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster and of 323 High Holborn in
the County of Middlesex Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
ROLLING PAMPHLET COVERS." A communication from abroad by Emma L.
Miller and William H. Rohrer both of Washington in the District of Columbia
United States of America.
This Invention relates to an improved tool or implement for pressing and folding
and pasting covers upon book edges pamphlets et cetera.
In pasting covers upon pamphlets the edges and a portion of the sides of the
pamphlet are first provided with paste after which the cover is applied and the
portion which is pasted rubbed down by the thumb and finger in close contact with
the pamphlet.
This operation is found to be tiresome and laborious and to result in the soreness
of the thumb and forefinger of the operator.
It is to avoid these difficulties and at the same time secure the production of
better finished pamphlets that this Invention is designed.
The Invention consists in arranging two rollers at right angles to each other
upon a suitable frame or supporting device adapted to be held and manipulated by
hand.
The Invention also consists in the peculiar manner of supporting and adjusting
the rollers as hereinafter explained one roller being arranged to project past the

page_text: end of the other to any required distance for the purpose of bringing the two rolling
surfaces in contact respectively with the edge and side of the pamphlet or book
being manipulated upon one roll also being made adjustable with respect to the
other in order to adapt the device for work of different widths.
Of the two rollers 'one is vertical and the other horizontal-the vertical roller
being made longer than the horizontal one and extended closely past its end-A
body or handle is designed as a means of sustaining and operating the rollers. The
vertical roller is mounted on the lower end of a headed spindle which is extended
upward through a vertical tubular screw mounted in the top of the body. The
spindle is provided at the upper end with a thumb screw by means of which it
may be secured rigidly in position within the tubular supporting screw-The
spindle is also provided between the lower end of the tubular screw and the
upper end of the vertical roller with a washer bearing against a shoulder on
the headed spindle so that when the thumb screw is tightened to secure the spindle
in position the washer serves as a solid bearing for the spindle preventing the
application of pressure to the vertical roller and permitting the same to turn freely.
By turning the tubular screw the vertical roller inay be raised and lowered as may
be required to adjust it for the thickness of the pamphlets upon which the device
is to be used.
The horizontal roller is mounted loosely on a horizontal pivot, the end of which
is extended through the side of the body and secured by a nut or thumb screw to
the outer end. The bodies of the two rollers are usually constructed of or covered
with rubber or other elastic material it being found in practice that they are
thereby caused to operate to better advantage.
While it is preferred to retain the construction above described it is manifest
that the details may be modified to any extent desired. The essential feature of
the Invention consists in the combination of rolling surfaces arranged at right
angles to each other. So long as this characteristic is retained, the details may be
modified to any extent desired.
In making use of the device the operator grasps the body or handle in his hand
and places the rollers in contact respectively with the rear and upper edges of the
pamphlet cover. He then moves the instrument back and forth, applying the
required amount of pressure thereto, until the surface is properly smoothed and
pasted after which the pamphlet is turned and a like operation is performed on the
other side.
The horizontal roller is made slightly bevelled towards its outer end in order
that it may crease the cover while being rolled over its surface-The vertical roller
should be so adjusted that its lower end will not touch the table on which the work
is being performed but it should extend two-thirds or three-fourths of the distance
across the rear edge of the pamphlet.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said William Phillips Thompson
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th August 1882.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON of the Agency for Foreign Patent Solicitors,
6, Lord Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and of 323, High Holborn,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
ROLLING PAMPHLET COVERS." A communication from abroad by Emma L.
Miller and William H. Rohrer, both of Washington, in the district of Columbia,
United States of America.
This Invention relates to an improved tool or implement for pressing and folding
and pasting covers upon book edges, pamphlets, etcetera.
In pasting covers upon pamphlets, the edges and a portion of the sides of
the pamphlet are first provided with paste, after which the cover is applied and the
portion which is pasted rubbed down by the thumb and finger in close contact
with the pamphlet.
This operation is found to be tiresome and laborious, and to result in the soreness
of the thumb and forefinger of the operator.
It is to avoid these difficulties and at the same time secure the production of
better finished pamphlets that this Invention is designed.
The Invention consists in arranging two rollers at right angles to each other
upon a suitable frame or supporting device, adapted to be held and manipulated by
hand.
The Invention also consists in the peculiar manner of supporting and adjusting
the rollers as hereinafter explained, one roller being arranged to project past the
end of the other to any required distance for the purpose of bringing the two
rolling surfaces in contact respectively with the edge and side of the pamphlet or
book being inanipulated upon, one rull also being made adjustable with respect to
the other in order to adapt the device for work of different widths.
Referring to the accompanying Drawings,
Fig: 1 represents a side elevation of the device as it appears in position for use,
and
Fig: 2 a vertical section through the same.
Referring to the Drawings, A, represents a vertical, and B a horizontal roller,
the roller A, being made longer than the roller B, and extended closely past its end
as represented in the Drawings. C, represents a body or handle designed as a
means of sustaining and operating the rollers. The vertical roller A, is mounted on
the lower end of a headed spindle E, which is extended upward through a vertical
tubular screw G, mounted in the top of the body C. The spindle E, is provided at
the upper end with a thumb screw F, by means of which it may be secured rigidly
in position within the tubular supporting screw. The spindle is also provided
between the lower end of the screw G, and the upper end of the roller A, with a
washer H, bearing against a shoulder on the spindle as represented in Fig. 2 so that
when the nut F, is tightened to secure the spindle in position, the washer serves as
a solid bearing for the spindle, preventing the application of pressure to the roller A,
and permitting the same to turn freely. By turning the tubular screw G, the
roller A, may be raised and lowered as may be required to adjust it for the thickness
of the pamphlets upon which the device is to be used.
The roller B is mounted loosely on a horizontal pivot I, the end of which is
extended through the side of the body C, and secured by a nut J to the outer end.
The bodies of the two rollers are usually constructed of or covered with rubber or

page_text: other elastic material, it being found in practice that they are thereby caused to
operate to better advantage.
While it is preferred to retain the construction above described, it is manifest
that the details may be modified to any extent desired. The essential feature of
the Invention consists in the combination of rolling surfaces arranged at right
angles to each other. So long as this characteristic is retained the details may be
modified to any extent desired.
In making use of the device the operator grasps the body C in his hand and
places the rollers A, and B, in contact respectively with the rear and upper edges of
the pamphlet cover in the position indicated in the Drawings. He then moves the
instrument back and forth, applying the required amount of pressure thereto, until
the surface is properly smoothed and pasted, after which the pamphlet is turned
and a like operation is performed on the other side.
The roller B is made slightly beveled towards its outer end in order that it may
crease the cover while being rolled over its surface. The roller A should be so
adjusted that its lower end will, not touch the table on which the work is being
performed, but it should extend two-thirds or three-fourths of the distance across
the rear edge of the pamphlet.
Having now described the Invention as communicated to me I wish it to be
understood that what I believe to be new and desire to protect under the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is :—
1st. A device for attaching covers to books, pamphlets, etcetera, after the appli-
cation of paste thereto, consisting of two rollers, one arranged at right angles to the
other and both supported in a suitable frame, as described.
2nd. In a device for pressing and attaching covers to pamphlets, books etcetera,
the combination of a frame-work or handle, with two rollers, supported therein at
right angles to each other, one roller being made adjustable end wise substantially
as shown and described, whereby the device may be adapted for pamphlets of
different thicknesses.
3rd. In a hand tool for pressing pamphlet covers, the combination of rolling
surfaces at right angles to each other, one to act upon the side face, and the other
upon the edge of the pamphlet or book, substantially as described.
4th. In a device for pressing covers upon pamphlets etcetera, the combination
of a roll to act upon the edge of the pamphlet, and a second roller to operate
upon the side of the same, the latter having its end beveled or rounded, as
described.
5th. In combination with the body C, the roller B, the roller A, its supporting
spindle, and the adjusting screw G.
In witness whereof I the said William Phillips Thompson have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Twelfth day of August in the year of our Lord
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