other Material upon the Feed Tables of Printing and other like Machines Prior to the Delivery of such Sheets to such ⚫ Machines.
Year: 1884

page_text: other Material upon the Feed Tables of Printing and other
like Machines Prior to the Delivery of such Sheets to such
⚫ Machines.
I FREDERICK HOYER of 55, Cornwallis Street, Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING SHEETS OF PAPER, OR OTHER
MATERIAL UPON THE FEED TABLES OF PRINTING AND OTHER LIKE MACHINES,
PRIOR TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH SHEETS TO SUCH MACHINES to be as follows:-
Apparatus according to my Invention, consists of mechanisms whereby sheets of
paper, or other like material are registered upon the feed table of printing and
other like machines, prior to the delivery of such sheets.to the printing machine.
To obtain a complete registration of a sheet of paper upon the feed table, I employ
the following means; a mechanism whereby the sheet is fed up to front transverse
stops, or registers, and registered longitudinally, and a mechanism whereby the
sheet is pushed in a transverse direction and then gripped and finally pulled in the
reverse direction.
The mechanism for registering the sheets longitudinally, consists of front gauges,
the sheet being fed up to such gauges by travelling tapes. When the sheet is thus
registered the side registering mechanism comes into operation. This mechanism
consists of a plate, which is mounted, or which slides upon a bar and receives a
to and fro motion from a cam worked from suitable means, from the printing
machine. On, or in connection with the registering plate, is a gripper, which when
the sheet is pushed forward to its utmost extent grips the sheet which is then
pulled in the reverse direction by the cam mechanism.
By these means, namely by the combined pushing and pulling action of the
sheets for side registering, a certainty of proper registering is obtained, and also
immunity from crumpling, or creasing is obtained.
Dated this twentieth day of December 1884

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Registering Sheets of Paper or
other Material upon the Feed Tables of Printing and other
like Machines Prior to the Delivery of such Sheets to, such
Machines.
I, FREDERICK HOYER, of 55 Cornwallis Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING SHEETS OF PAPER; FOR OTHER
MATERIAL UPON THE FEED TABLES OF PRINTING AND OTHER LIKE MACHINES
PRIOR TO THE DELIVERY OF SUCH SHEETS TO SUCH MACHINES, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:->
Apparatus according to my Invention, consists of mechanisms whereby sheets of
paper, or other like material are registered, upon the feed table of printing and
other like machines prior to the delivery of such sheets to the printing machine.
To obtain a complete registration of a sheet of paper upon the feed table, I employ
the following means:-A mechanism whereby the sheet is fed up to front transverse
stops, or registers and registered longitudinally and a mechanism whereby the sheet
is pushed in a transverse direction and then gripped and finally pulled in the
reverse direction.
The mechanism for registering the sheets longitudinally consists of front gauges,
the sheet being fed up to such gauges by travelling tapes. When the sheet is thus
registered the side registering mechanism comes into operation. This mechanism
consists of a plate which is mounted, or which slides upon a bar and receives a to
and fro motion from a cam worked from suitable means from the printing machine.
On, or in connection with the registering plate is a gripper, which when the sheet
is pushed forward to its utmost extent grips the sheet which is then pulled in the
reverse direction by the cam mechanism.
By these means, namely by the combined pushing and pulling action of the
sheets for side registering, a certainty of proper registering is obtained and also
immunity from crumpling, or creasing is obtained..
The beforegoing being the nature, object and purposes of my Invention, I will
now proceed to describe more in detail how the same may be carried into practical
effect, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of Drawings, making a part
of this Specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,.
like letters and figures being used to denote the same, or corresponding parts
throughout the several views of the Drawings.
D

page_text: Figure 1.
Figure 4 is an end view of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a back view of Figure 3.
With reference to Figures 1 and 2 A is the feed table of a printing machine.
B are the feeding tapes. C is the table for holding the sheets of paper in bulk to
be fed to the printing machine.
The
To obtain a complete registration of the sheet of paper a on the feed table A
when the sheet of paper a is being fed by hand from the pile of paper on the
table C as shown at Figure 2 1 employ the following means. The sheet of paper a
is fed up to the usual front transverse stops B¹ or registers of the printing machine.
On the bottom of the table A there are mounted two brackets b through which
brackets band carried by them, there are provided two transverse shafts de.
ends of. the shafts d e are carried out on one side through the bracket b. The
shaft d is connected to the lever f which is carried by the bracket f' from the side
of the printing machine table frame and the end of the shaft e is carried out and
connected by a lever e¹ to the rod g which is worked by the cam h mounted on the
shaft i receiving intermittent motion from the printing machine.. The shaft i also
carries a cam h which works the lever f through the rod . The functions of the
cams hk the rods gland the levers e¹ and ƒ are to give rocking motion to the
shaft e and a lateral motion to the shaft d for the purposes hereafter described.
Upon the shaft d fixed thereto and adjustable thereon there are provided the
registering devices for adjusting the sheet of paper sideways upon the table. These
side registers are identical in construction and are shown in detail at Figures 3. 4
and 5. They each consist of a bracket, or plate m which is fixed on and adjustable
on the shaft d. The lower part of the plate m is provided with a foot plate m
and the upper part of the plate m is carried out at m² past the shaft e and through
this projection m² the shaft e passes. The projection m² is slotted and in this slot
and carried by, fixed to, and sliding in a keyway on the shaft e there is a lever n,
the end of which is connected by a rod p to a vertical bar which slides in a
guide on the plate m. The lower part of the bar r is provided with a foot
picce s.
The object of providing the side registers just described in duplicate is that the
sheet of paper a may be registered either to one side, or the other of the table as
required and the lever fis provided with a quadrant end so that the rod / may be
set to work either of the registers..
The operation of the side register is as follows. The sheet of paper a is fed by
the tapes B, or by hand up to the ordinary front registering device B¹ and over the
foot plate m¹ of the side registering device and between the foot plate m¹ and the
foot piece s as shown at Figure. 4. The side registering device having been first
set on the shaft & in the correct position to suit the printing machine. A lateral
to and fro motion is imparted through the lever f to the shaft d and registering
device which gives a lateral pushing motion to the sheet of paper. A rocking
motion is then imparted by the lever e¹ to the shaft e which causes through the
lever n the bar and its foot plate s to descend and grip the sheet of paper
between the foot plates & and m¹. The registering device then receives its
drawing back motion and carries the gripped sheet back with it into its final
position for being removed by the printing machine mechanism. The shaft e is
again rocked and the foot plate 8 raised so that the sheet a which has been truly
registered is free to be removed by the printing machine mechanism, a true
registration and immunity from creasing, or crumpling having been obtained.
I would have it understood that although I have described a suitable operating
gear for working the side registers I do not confine myself to the precise details of
the gear shown in the Drawings, as it will be evident that the same is capable of
modification. I also do not confine myself to the combined action of the pushing,
gripping and pulling operation, or to the use of the combined mechanism for
effecting such actions as it will be evident that the pushing device may be used

page_text: separately and also that the gripping device may be used without the lateral
movement, merely to hold the sheets of paper in position before being taken by the
printing machine.
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
First. The use in combination with hand fed printing, ruling, or other like
machines of mechanism whereby the sheets of paper are pushed transversely to the
line of feed and so registered, as and for the purposes set forth.
Second. The use in combination with hand fed printing, ruling, or other like
machines of a mechanism whereby the sheets of paper are pushed transversely to
the line of feed and then pulled in the reverse direction and so registered and held,
as and for the purposes set forth.
Lauth of Santambon 1885