Improvements in Machines for Cutting Paper into Strips or other Pieces for Toilet and other Purposes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Paper into Strips or other
Pieces for Toilet and other Purposes.
I SETH WHEELER, of Albany, New York, United States of America, Manufacturer,.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in machine for cutting paper into
geometrical forms, more especially into strips or other pieces or blanks for toilet
and other purposes; and the main object of my said invention is to provide for
separating webs of paper into continuous strips of partially separated geometrical
figures with great rapidity and precision.
In carrying my said invention into practice, I provide a frame which is preferably
made entirely of metal and in which is journaled a driving shaft having fixed thereon
two pulleys.
One of the said pulleys is arranged to receive motion from any suitable motor,
and the other to transmit the motion, through a helt to a third pulley which is
secured on an intermediate shaft; the latter is also provided with another pulley,
which transmits motion, through a belt, to a pulley, secured to a drum-shaft on which
a drum and pinion, are also secured; the said pinion gears with a spur-wheel secured
to the die-cylinder shaft and the spur-wheel gears with a similar spur-wheel, of tho
same size, which is fixed on the cutter cylinder shaft thereby ensuring a perfectly
uniform rotation of the cylinders.
The die-cylinder, is secured to its shaft and has, on its circumferential face, a series
of grooves or indentations, which conform to the arrangement of cuts or separations
to be made in the web of paper. The said grooves are arranged for cutting a series
of separated strips of partially separated dodecagonal forms from a web of paper, the
when
said strips being so arranged that there shall be but little waste of paper;
required the said grooves may be arranged for cutting separate strips of partially.
separated blanks of paper having any other preferred geometrical form.
The cutter-cylinder has, on its circumference, a series of cutters that conform to
the arrangement of grooves, in the die-cylinder; the said cutters being preferably

page_text: bevelled at both sides, to produce a knife-edge thereon; the cut is effected without
the cutters coming in contact with the edges of the grooves, that is to say, the cut is
not a shearing one; the same result may be attained if the cutters are bevelled on one
side only, but it has been found in practice the the double bevel is preferable, and
that it is not essential that the cutting-edge of the cutter should be in contact with
the edge of the grooves, though it is obvious that it may be so arranged if preferred,
but the double-hevelled cutters will effect the separations of the paper in a satisfactory
manner and with less liability to injury of their cutting-edge.
The cutter-cylinder is preferably composed of a series of discs having the cutters
arranged around their peripheries, and secured to the shaft in such manner that the
required figures will be produced by the combination of the catters attached to the several
discs. Triangularly-arranged cutters, for cutting out the small equilateral-triangular
waste pieces from between the adjoining edges of the strips of partially-separated
dodecagonal blanks, are secured to radially-arranged triangular-arms or lugs, which
are formed alternately at opposite sides of the discs.
The diagonally-arranged cutters, which run at an angle from the base-line of one
triangle to the base-line of the next triangle, are secured to the angular sides of the
depressions in the edge of the dises.
Longitudinal cutters, to produce the partial separations of the dodecagons of a
continuous strip, are secured to lugs, which project from one side of each disc (except
one of the end discs) so that said longitudinal cutters will project from the apex of the
triangular-cutters. A belt transmits motion from one of the pulleys on the driving
shaft to a pulley, secured to a shaft which is journalled in the end of arms secured to
the frame in such manner as to locate the said shaft over the cutting-cylinder. This
shaft forms a centre on which arms are loosely fitted, so that the said shaft will be
left free to rotate therein without imparting motion to the said arms, and so that the
latter will be free to move on the shaft when occasion requires.
Another pulley secured to the last mentioned shaft imparts motion through a belt
to a pulley secured to a shaft which is journaled in the forward ends of the said
loosely fitted arms so that the latter shaft will be located over the die-cylinder; a reel
is also secured to this shaft for the purpose of winding up the strips of paper as they
leave the die-cylinder. One of the pulleys is an ordinary friction pulley which is
adapted to slip when the peripheral speed of the paper wound on the reel exceeds the
speed of the belt and thereby the increase of diameter of the roll of paper wound upon
the reel is compensated for. A counterweight is attached to the rearmost ends of the
said loosely fitted arms for the purpose of balancing the weight of the roll of paper
wound on the reel.
A roll or web of paper is carried on a spindle which is journalled in adjustable-
bearings so arranged that they can be raised or lowered as occasion requires to suit
rolls of paper of different diameter.
Rotary slitting-discs or cutters, are used for cutting the web of paper into strips,
with straight parallel edges, when squares or similar geometrical forms of paper are
to be cut by the machine, the other separations, either complete or partial, being
produced by the operations of the cutters and dies hereinbefore described.
The said slitting discs are journalled in the outer end of spring-arms adjustably
attached to a stationary bar, in such manner that all, or any number, of the said
slitting-discs can be thrown upward so that they will not operate on the paper as it is
carried over the upper side of the die-cylinder."
The discs and the die-cylinder are for the purpose of producing partial separations
of the strips of paper in a direction corresponding to the axis of the die-cylinder; the
said discs are provided with transverse ribs carrying straight cutters, and hollow
circular-cutters, all having knife-edges as herein-described, in respect to the cutters
for producing the dodecagonal forms above referred to.
The die-cylinder is provided with a straight groove into which one of the straight
cutters enters, and an annular groove which corresponds to one of the hollow
circular-cutters.
The stid die-cylinder is also provided with circumferential grooves which correspond

page_text: in position to the slitting-discs and which are of sufficient width and depth to enable
the said slitting-dises to perform their work without coming in contact with the metal
and yet are narrow enough to give proper support to the paper during the operation
of slitting.
An ejector, for discharging the pieces of waste paper produced in cutting out the
geometrical forms, is provided; the said ejector is designed to fit in the inside of the
triangle formed by the triangular cutters and it consists of a triangular-head which
conforms to the interior of the triangular-cutters, and is fixed on the upper end of a
stem fitted to freely slide endwise in suitable holes in the hereinbefore mentioned
triangular-lugs; the said ejector is forced inwardly, against the resistance of a spring,
by the contact of its head, with the surface of the die-cylinder, and, as soon as this
contact is broken, the said spring forces the ejector outwardly, thereby discharging the
triangular piece of paper from the interior of the cutter.
Instead of the dodecagonal arrangement of grooves and cutters herein described,
any other suitable arrangement of grooves and cutters for producing geometrical
forms may be used on the various cylinders of this machine.
The dodecagon blanks are connected, lengthwise of the strips by narrow necks of
the paper which can be easily torn by hand to produce a separation of the blanks
from each other.
The cutters are preferably constructed as follows. that is to say -
A cutter-head is provided which is made in any form suited to the character of the
work required to be produced. To this head the cutter, or cutters, is or are secured.
Each cutter is made of sheet-steel, and has its lower edge beveled at each side to
form a knife-like cutting edge, and the latter, instead of being made on a straight
horizontal line, is beveled laterally from an entering-point so that, as the cutter
descends, the cut will extend sidewise from the said entering point: the effect of this
is to strain the paper in advance of the cut, thereby producing a shearing cut which
effects the cutting of the paper with great facility. It is obvious that instead of a
single entering-point each cutier may, when preferred, have several such entering-
points with an inverted V shaped outline of cutting edges intervening between the
said entering-points. The die or bed-piece may have a slotted opening cut entirely
through it, or it may have grooves, cut in its upper surface, the said slotted opening
and grooves being made of sufficient width to give the cutters ample clearance
therein. Face-pieces of sheet metal are secured to the upper face of each die, so as to
form a narrow slotted opening which will conform to the horizontal cross-sectional
form of the cutter or cutters secured to the cutter-head to which the die corresponds:
the said slotted opening is directly over the opening or groove in the die, and forms a
supplementary part of the cutting mechanism. The face-pieces are fitted to form
any required form of slotted opening for instance, straight, square, annular or
hexagonal; in the latter case a bridge is formed across one line of the said opening for
the purpose of producing a break in the continuity of the separation, so as to leave a
connecting strip between the several hexagonal blanks that are cut from a web of
paper. When the face-pieces are arranged to form an annular opening oppositely
located bridges are provided by which a connecting strip will be left between the
successive circular sheets that are cut from a web of paper.
A stripper is provided for clearing the web of paper from the cutters; this stripper
is placed a slight distance from the face of the die so as to leave an opening between
the adjacent faces of the die and stripper, to permit the web of paper to be fed there-
through where it will be in position to be operated on by the descending cutters.
The stripper is held rigidly in place on suitable strips or pieces, but, when preferred,
the said stripper may be held on yielding supports which will normally hold the said
stripper clear of the face of the paper, but are so arranged that as the cutter descends,
they will allow the said stripper to be brought into contact with the paper, to remain
there while the cutter is performing its work, and to be raised therefrom by the return
siroke of the cutter. The strippers are provided with slotted openings which conform
to the slotted openings in the face-pieces of their corresponding dies, but the central
portion of the stripper is omitted, and the opening through the said stripper

page_text: conforms to the outline of the outer side of the slotted opening in the face-pieces of
the corresponding die.
Instead of a single cutter and die, several similar cutters and corresponding dies
and strippers may be used, arranged contiguously so as to produce a series of
simultaneous cuts in a wide web of paper and they may be arranged either on a level
plane, in which case the cutiers will have a reciprocating movement, or they may be
fixed on revolving cylinders as hereinbefore described, and be so arranged that the
paper will be cut by the rotative movements of the said cylinders, or the dies may be
fixed on a revolving cylinder to coact with reciprocating cutters to effect the cutting
of the paper.
When preferred, the relative positions of the cutters and dies may be reversed, that
is to say, the dies may be placed uppermost and the cutters below, or the cutters may
be held in a stationary position while the dies have a reciprocating movement
imparted to them.
Dated this 1at day of Naramkan 1887
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Paper into Strips or other
Pieces for Toilet and other Purposes.
1, SETH WHEELER of Albany, New York, United States of America, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in machines for cutting paper for toilet and
other purposes, and the main object of my said invention is to provide for cutting or
dividing webs of paper with great rapidity and precision into continuous strips
composed of partially separated pieces of circular or other geometrical form.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my present improvement.
Figure 2 is an end elevation and
Figure 3 a plan of the said machine.
Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line a, Figures 1 and 3.
Figure 5 is a side elevation and
Figure 6 a front elevation of one of the cutter-discs for cutting paper into strips
of partially separated blanks of dodecagonal form.
Figure 7 is a vertical section drawn to an enlarged scale, of one of the triangular
lugs and cutters hereinafter described showing in elevation, a device for ejecting the
paper when cut.
Figures 8, 9, 10 and 11 are different views showing details of cutters and dies
hereinafter described for effecting a partial separation or division of the continuous
strips of paper into rectangular figures or blanks.
Figure 12 is a front view of part of a sheet or web of paper cut or divided into
strips by my improved machine.
Figure 13 is a perspective view of a cutter, die and stripper hereinafter described,
the cutter being shown elevated.
Figure 14 is a plan of the said die, the stripper being removed.
Figure 15 is a transverse section on the line a¹, Figure 13, drawn to a reduced
scale the cutter being shown down.
Figure 16 is a perspective view of a device for cutting out small squares of paper,
and particularly designed for removing or cutting away the waste or useless portions
in the division of the paper into octagonal forms, the cutter being shown elevated.
Figure 17 is a plan of the die shown in Figure 16 the stripper being removed.

page_text: Figure 1 is a transverse section on me y; y Figure 10, drawn to a reduced scare
showing the cutter down.
Figure 19 is an inverted plan of a cutter for forming hexagonal blanks or pieces.
Figure 20 is a plan of the die and stripper to be used with the cutter illustrated in
Figure 19.
Figure 21 is a perspective view of a cutter for forming circular blanks or pieces.
Figure 22 is a plan of the die and stripper to be used with the cutter illustrated
in Figure 21.
Figures 23 and 24 illustrate modified forms of the cutting edge of the cutters.
Figures 25 to 33 show various modifications of the arrangement of cutters and
die-cylinders.
B is
A is the frame of the machine, which is preferably made entirely of metal.
the driving shaft which is journalled in the frame A, and has fixed thereon two
pulleys 1, 2 the pulley 1 is to be connected with a suitable motor by the belt whereby
motion may be imparted to the shaft B; the pulley 2 is designed to transmit the
motion through the belt 3 to a pulley 4 fixed on an intermediate shaft C. The shaft C
has fixed thereon a pulley 5, which transmits motion through a belt & to a pulley 7
fixed on a shaft 8, on which a drum or cylinder D and two pinions 9 are also fixed;
the said pinions are geared with spur wheels 10 fixed on the die cylinder shaft 11, and
and the spur-wheels 10 are geared with similar spur-wheels 12 of the same size fixed
on the cutter-cylinder shaft 183, thereby ensuring a perfectly uniform rotation of the
cylinders fixed on the shafts 11 and 13.
E is the die cylinder, which is fixed on the shaft 11, and has on its circumference a
series of grooves or indentations 14, which conform to the arrangement of cuts or
separations to be made in the web of paper. As shown in Figures 1, 3, 5 and 6 the
said grooves are arranged for cutting from a web of paper a series of separated strips
composed of partially separated dodecagonal pieces the said strips being so arranged
that there shall be but little waste of paper. If desired, the said grooves may be
arranged for cutting separate strips of partially separated blanks of paper having any
other form.
F is the cutter-cylinder, which has on its circumference a series of cutters conforming
to the arrangement of grooves 14 in the cylinder E, the said cutters being preferably
bevelled at both sides, to produce a knife-edge thereon. The cut is effected without
the cutters coming in contact with the edges of the grooves 14, that is to say, there is
no shearing action of the said cutters and edges; the same result may be attained if
the cutters are bevelled on one side only, it has, however, been found in practice that
the double bevel is preferable, and that it is not essential that the cutting edge of the
cutter should be in contact with the edge of the grooves, though it is obvious that
it may be so arranged if preferred; the double bevelled cutters will, moreover,
effect the separations of the paper in a satisfactory manner and with less liability to
injury of their cutting edges.
The cutter-cylinder is preferably composed of a series of discs F1 having the
cutters arranged around their peripheries and fixed on the shaft 13 in such manner
that the required figures will be produced by the combination of the cutters attached
to the several discs. The triangularly arranged cutters 15, for cutting out the small
equilateral triangular waste or useless pieces from between the adjoining edges of the
strips of partially separated dodecagonal blanks, are secured to radial triangular arms
or lugs 16 which are formed alternately on opposite sides of each disc F¹.
The diagonally arranged cutters 17, which extend at an angle from the base-line of
one triangle to the base-line of the next triangle, are secured to the angular sides of
tho depressions in the edge of the disc F as shown in Figures 5 and 6.
Longitudinal cutters 18 to effect the partial separation of the dodecagons of a
continuous strip, are secured to lugs 19 which project from one side of each disc F
(except one of the end discs) so that the said longitudinal cutters will project from the
apex of the triangular cutters 15. A belt 21 transmits motion from the pulley 2 to a
pulley 22 fixed on a shaft 20; the said shaft 20 is journalled in the end of brackets 23
secured to the frame A in such a manner that the said shaft 20 is situated over the

page_text: cutting cylinder F. This shaft 20 forms a centre on which the arms G are loosely
fitted, so that the said shaft will be free to rotate therein without imparting motion
thereto, and the said arms will be free to move on the shaft 20 when occasion requires.
A pulley 24 secured to the shaft 20 imparts motion through the belt 25 to a
pulley 26 fixed on the shaft 27 which is journalled in the forward ends of the arms G
so that it is situated over the dic-cylinder E; upon this shaft 27 which is made
removable, are wound the strips of paper as they leave the die-cylinder E.
The pulley 22 is an ordinary friction-pulley which is adapted to slip when the
peripheral speed of the paper wound on the shaft 27 is less than the speed of the
belt 25, the increase of diameter of the roll of paper wound upon the said shaft is thus
compensated for. A counterweight 29 is attachod to the rear ends of the arms G for
the purpose of balancing the weight of the roll of paper wound on the shaft 27.
His a roll or web of paper carried on a spindle 30 which is journalled in adjustable
bearings 31 so arranged that they can be raised or lowered as may be required to suit
rolls of paper of different diameter.
When squares or similar geometrical forms of paper are to be cut by the machine
rotary slitting discs or cutters 1 are used for cutting the web of paper into strips with
straight parallel edges, the other separations, either complete or partial, being effected
by the operations of the cutters and dies on the cylinders E and F. The said slitting
discs are journalled in the outer ends of spring arms 32 (shown in dotted lines in
Figure 2) which arms are attached to a stationary bar 33 in such a manner that all or
any of the said slitting discs can be thrown upward as shown in Figure 2, so that they
will not operate upon the paper as it is carried over the upper side of the die-
cylinder E. The discs F¹ and the die-cylinder E are moreover, adapted for producing
partial separations of the strips of paper in a direction corresponding to the axis of
the die-cylinder E as shown in Figures 8 to 11, that is to say, the said discs are
provided with transverse ribs 34 carrying straight knives or cutters 35 and hollow
circular cutters 36, all having knife-edges as hereinbefore described with reference to
the cutters for producing the dodecagonal forms. The die-cylinder E, of which only
a small portion is shown in Figures 8 to 11, is provided with straight grooves 37 into
which the straight cutters 35 will enter and with annular grooves 38 which correspond
to the cutters 36. The said die cylinder is, moreover, provided with circumferential
grooves 39 which correspond in position to the slitting discs I and which are of
sufficient width and depth to enable the said slitting discs to perform their work
without coming in contact with the metal, and yet are narrow enough to give
proper support to the paper during the operation of slitting.
In Figure 7, J is an ejector for discharging the waste pieces of paper produced in
cutting out the geometrical forms. The said ejector is designed to fit within the
triangle formed by the cutters 15; it consists of a triangular head 40 which
conforms to the interior of the triangular cutters 15 and is fixed on the upper end
of a stem 41 fitted to freely slide end wise in a hole in the triangular lugs 16 on
the disc. The said ejector is forced inward against the resistance of a spring 42
by the contact of its head 40 with the surface of the die-cylinder E, and, as soon
as its head moves out of contact with the said surface, the said spring forces the
ejector J outward, thereby discharging the triangular piece of paper from the interior
of the cutter.
Instead of the dodecagonal or square arrangement of grooves and cutters
herein described, any other suitable arrangement of grooves and cutters for
producing geometrical forms may be used on the various cylinders of this machine
and it is obvious that the dimensions and relative proportions of the die and cutting
cylinders may be varied from those herein shown, as circumstances may require,
provided however that they are such as to admit the co-acting of the dies and cutters
as set forth.
In the sheet of paper represented in Figure 12, the zig-zag lines of cuts by which
the web of paper is separated into strips are indicated by single heavy black lines,
and the transverse cuts by which the said strips are partially separated to form the
dodecagons K are indicated by double light lines. The dodecagon blanks are

page_text: connected lengthwise of the strips by a narrow neck or necks of the paper which
can be easily torn by hand to effect the separation of the blanks from each other.
if
The improved cutting device shown in Figures 13, 14 and 15 is constructed as
follows, that is to say In a cutter-head of any form suited to the character of the
work to be done is secured a cutter 6 made of sheet steel, and having its lower edge
beveled on both sides to form a knife-like cutting edge, and the said edge, instead of
being made straight, is beveled or inclined from an entering point 6' to the ends of
the cutter. so that, as the said cutter descends, the cut will extend endwise from the
said entering point. The effect of this formation of the cutter is to strain the paper
in advance of the cut, thereby facilitating the cutting of the paper. It is obvious
that, instead of a single entering point, as shown in Figure 13, cach cutter may,
preferred, have several such entering points with an inverted V-shaped outline of
cutting edges intervening between adjacent entering points, as shown in Figure 24.
The die or bed-piece e may have a slot or aperture e cut entirely through it as shown
in Figure 15, or it may have grooves e cut in its upper surface, as shown in
Figures 16 and 18, and indicated by dotted lines in Figures 17, 20 and 22, the said
slot or grooves being made of sufficient width to afford ample clearance therein for
the cutters b. Face pieces d of sheet metal are secured to the upper face of each
die
c, so as to form a narrow slot or aperture d', which will conform to the horizontal
or cross sectional form of the cutter or cuiters secured to the cutter-head to which
the die corresponds; the said slotted opening d' is directly over the opening or groove
in the die, and forms a supplementary part of the cutting mechanism, as shown in
Figure 13. The face pieces d may be adapted to form when placed together, a slot or
opening of any desired shape, for instance straight, square, annular, or hexagonal ;
in Figure 17, they form a slot or opening along the four sides of a square; in
figure 20 they form a slot or opening which conforms to three connected sides of a
hexagon, a bridge d² is moreover, formed across one line of the said opening for the
purpose of producing a break in the continuity of the separation, so as to leave a
connecting strip between the several hexagonal blanks that are cut from a web of
paper in Figure 22, the face-pieces are arranged to form an annular opening d
having bridges de situated opposite each other by which a connecting strip will be
left, between the successive circular sheets or pieces that are partially severed from a
web of paper, and it will be seen that, in the cutters shown in Figures 19 and 21,
blank spaces 2, are formed in, or left between, the cutters for the purpose of
spanning the bridges d², so that the cuts will be made at the proper points to produce
the connecting strips between the blanks.
A stripper e is provided for clearing the web of paper from the cutters ; the said
stripper is placed a slight distance from the face of the die e so as to leave an opening
or space y between the adjacent faces of the die and stripper, to permit the web of
paper to be fed therethrough into position to be operated upon by the descending
cutters. As shown in the drawings, the stripper is held rigidly in place on the
strips f When preferred, however, the said strippers may be held on yielding
supports which will normally hold the said stripper clear of the face of the paper, but
ar& so arranged that, as the cutter descends, they will allow the said stripper to be
brought into contact with the paper, to remain there while the cutter is performing
its work, and to be raised therefrom by the return stroke of the cutter. In Figures 13
and 20, the strippers e are provided with slots or openings e', which conform to the
slots or openings in the face pieces of the corresponding dies. As shown in
Figures 16, 17, 18 and 22, the central portion of the stripper is omitted or dispensed
with and the opening through the said stripper conforms to the outline of the outer
side of the slot or opening d in the face pieces of the corresponding die.
Instead of a single cutter and die, as shown in the drawings, several similar cutters
and corresponding dies and strippers may be used arranged contiguously so as to
produce a series of simultaneous cuts in a wide web of paper; and they may be
arranged on a level plane, in which case the cutters will have a reciprocating move-
ment, or fixed on revolving cylinders as herein before described and so arranged that
the paper will be cut in the rotating movement of the said cylinders, or the dies may

page_text: be fixed on a revolving cylinder to coact with reciprocating cutters to effect the
cutting of the paper.
The reciprocating cutters may have their cutting edges on a concave line concentric
to the dic-cylinder as in Figures 25, 26 and 27 in which case the cutter will
during the act of cutting, travel with the dio-cylinder, returning to its normal
position after each cut; or the dic-cylinder may have an intermittent movement,
being at rest during the action of the cutters, which receive a reciprocating move-
ment only. The same result is obtained by securing the cutters and dies, or either of
them, to a cylinder or cylinders having concentric reciprocating movements, and
arranged to separate, and clear the paper on the return movement or segments of such
cylinders similarly arranged, between which the paper passes, will accomplish the
same result, in which latter case, the paper after cutting is caused to pass to suitable
winding mechanism. Figures 28, 29 and 30 show segments carrying the cutter and
die. Figures 31, 32 and 33 show a cutter carried by a segment and arranged to
operate in combination with dies carried by a cylinder. Fewer cutters and dies are
necessary with these modifications but for rapid work, complete cylinders for both
dies and cutters are preferable.
When preferred, the relative positions of the cutter and dies may be reversed, that
is to say, the dies may be placed uppermost and the cutters below, or the cutters may
be held in a stationary position while the dies have a reciprocating movement imparted
to them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood that I am aware
that machines have already been made for cutting paper into strips and then
partially dividing the said strips into pieces of square or other rectangular form by
means of perforating devices, I therefore make no claim to such machines, but
I claim
First. A machine for the purpose above specified, provided with cutters and dies
constructed and arranged substantially as herein before described so that they will cut
paper into strips composed of pieces of circular or polygonal or other form and will
partially sever the said pieces from each other as herein before described.
Second. In a machine for cutting a web of paper into geometrical forms either
completely or partially separated from each other, the combination of a die-cylinder,
having in its periphery or circumferential surface a series of grooves or indentations
which conform to the cuts or punctures to be made in the paper, and a cutter-cylinder
provided with a series of cutters which correspond to the grooves or indentations in
the said die-cylinder, the said die-cylinder and cutter-cylinder being arranged to be
rotated at the same peripheral speed to produce the cuts in the paper by the incisive
action of the cutting edges of the knives between the edges of the grooves in the
die-cylinder, as, and for the purpose, herein specified.
Third. A cutter-cylinder provided with a series of entters secured around the
periphery of the said cylinder in such a manner that the several cutters will combine
to produce the outlines of any required geometrical plane figures, as, and for tho
purpose, herein specified.
Fourth. The combination of a die, having a slot or opening which conforms to the
cut to be made in the paper, and a cutter or knife arranged to conform to the said
slot or opening in the die, the cutting edge of the said knife having one or more
entering points and corresponding cutting edges which are bevelled laterally from the
said entering points, as and for the purpose, herein specified.
Fifth. The combination of a die having a narrow slot or opening which conforms
to the cut to be produced in the paper, a cutter having knives arranged to conform to
the said slot or opening in the die and a stripper in or through which the said cutter
reciprocates, and which is arranged at a suitable distance from the face of the said
die, to form an opening between the faces of the said die and stripper for the
passage of the paper, as, and for the purpose, herein specified.

page_text: Sixth. The employment of cutters and dies constructed and arranged to form a row
or series of alternate incisions and perforations, substantially as, and for the purpose,
set forth.
Seventh. The improved machine consisting of the parts constructed and combined
substantially as described with reference to Figures 1 to 11 and operating as, and for
the purpose, above specified.
88.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.