Improvements in Machines for Embossing, Piercing, Raising, or Cutting Paper, Cardboard, and other analogous Material.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd May, 1895-Accepted, 13th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Embossing, Piercing, Raising, or
Cutting Paper, Cardboard, and other analogous Material.
We, ALFRED THROWER of No. 1 Chalcot Gardens, Haverstock Hill,
Mechanical Engineer, JOHN JOYCE_ of No. 7 Milbourne Terrace, Lower
Edmonton, Engineer, and MANSELL, HUNT, CATTY AND COMPANY, LIMITED,
of Cressy Road, Hampstead, Manufacturers, all in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in machines for embossing, piercing,
raising or cutting paper, cardboard or any other material of analogous fibre,
softness and thickness, in respect of such processes or of any of them.
It relates more particularly, that is to say, in its entirety, to paper or other
material which can be wound off in a continuous web and which is thin enough
and soft enough to allow of several webs, each, it may be, from a separate reel,
being machined at once, and it is on such a footing that the invention is hereafter
described.
The objects of the invention are to provide means or mechanism for (a.) checking
the speed of the web reels, (b.) for preventing irregularities in the rate at which
the respective reels deliver their webs, reaching the feed rollers of the machine,
(c.) for gaining access to the die and counterpart, (d.) for driving the feed rollers,
(e.) for adjusting the distance between the die and its counterpart, (f.) for freeing
the work from the die and counterpart and (g.) for regulating the length at which
the work is cut off.
In carrying the first part of the invention into effect, the axles of the reels are
carried in hangers, or otherwise supported above the machine, in order that the
webs may be delivered downwards to the latter. The axle ends are held between
two brake blocks bored to receive them and fitted with tightening screws in such a
way that each or all the axles can be braked as much as may be desired.
In carrying the second part of the invention into effect, the webs from the reels
above mentioned, are led in an approximately horizontal direction to and between
a pair of rollers faced with rubber or analogous material and driven at a suitable
speed from a convenient pulley on some one of the shafts of the machine, preferably,
by means of non-slipping, (e.g., toothed or chain) gearing. Their function is to
emit all the webs at the same rate, thereby preventing any irregularity in the rate
at which any reel, as compared with its neighbours, parts with its web, reaching
the feed rollers of the machine. From the pair of rollers above mentioned, the
webs, now travelling at a rate common to them all, are led over a loose drum from
which they drop downwards towards the feed rollers of the machine. These are
mounted in bearings on the top of the latter. They are both rubber faced and are
geared together so as to revolve at the same peripheral velocity. The bearings of
one of them are, for the purpose of the third part of the invention, carried in bars
which are pivotted upon the axle ends of the other of them in such a way that the
pivotted roller can be swung up and over so as to give access to the interior of the
machine where the embossing or other process is being conducted, without the gear
wheels of the said roller being disengaged or the grip of the latter on the webs
being interfered with. It will be obvious that with a normal delivery of webs to
the feed rollers, there will be an intermittent gathering of slack between them

page_text: and the loose drum above mentioned. To prevent this slack getting in the way of
any operation or part of the whole process of machining the webs, there is provided
a vibrating horizontal arm. The latter is, preferably, pivotted upon one of the
feed roller axles. A light spring, fast by one end to a fixed point on the machine,
pulls the arm up against the slack along a line about midway of the drum and the
feed rollers, thereby tightening the webs. When the feed rollers revolve again,
the said arm gives way before the tension to which their motion subjects the said
slack. The edges of the webs pass, after they have left the feed rollers, between
grooved guide pulleys. These are carried on pivotted arms just above the meeting
plane of the die and its counterpart. The object in pivotting the said arms is to
provide for the pulleys being swung out of the way when access to the die or its
counterpart is desired.
Referring to the fourth part of the invention, the rotary motion necessary to the
feed rollers is an intermittent one, stopping during the operative act (e.g., embossing)
of the machine. It is imparted to that one of the said rollers which rotates in
fixed bearings, by the following mechanism. On any of the horizontal shafts of
the machine running at a lower level than the said roller, preferably, the main
shaft, or on some equivalent part, there is mounted an arm adjustable in respect of
its effective radial projection from its axis. As it revolves, it engages once during
each revolution with a rising and falling bar the upper end of which carries a rack.
This rack is pitched to engage with a spur pinion axially coincident with the feed
roller last mentioned. The connection between the pinion and roller is described
further on.
The rising and falling bar works in or on a suitable guide. The latter
may consist of a rectangular block on the machine entering a rectangular loop in
the bar. The length of this loop is that of the maximum rise or fall of the bar.
It is preferred that the latter should be oblique instead of vertical. Its rack is
kept in gear with the spur pinion above mentioned by the weight of the bar in part,
but principally by a spiral spring one end of which is made fast to the bar and
the other to a fixed point on the machine frame. The adjustability of the effective
radial projection above mentioned is provided for as follows. The arm is slotted
radially to the axis of its rotation, and in the slot there is fitted a loose block
which carries an external roller. This block is adjustable within the slot for the
purpose of regulating the radial position of the roller with respect to the said axis.
Such adjustability is effected by means of the usual square headed screw working
in the head of the arm without advance in either direction, but engaging with the
block. It is the periphery of the said roller that engages with the under side of
the projection on the bar, and such projection takes the form of a ledge transverse
as to the bar and sufficiently long to prevent jerking when the roller engages with
it as well as when it leaves it. The spur pinion above mentioned is fast upon the
sleeve of a disc which carries, on its opposite side, a series of equidistant pawls.
Both pinion and disc are loose upon a prolongation of the axis of the feed roller in
question. Intermediate of the said disc and roller and fast on the said prolongation,
there is a grooved pulley, in which the pawls are automatically held. When the
roller engages under the projection, the rack begins to rotate the pinion, the pawls
then biting in the groove of their pulley, thereby communicating the motion of the
shaft on which the radial arm is fast, to the feed roller in question. But when the
roller on the said arm has passed its highest point, the gravity of the bar, or some
mechanical device adapted to produce the same result, returns it, the concurrent
disengagement of the pawls from their pulley preventing the reversed motion of
the spur pinion as well as the regular one of the shaft last mentioned, being, either
of them, communicated to the feed roller in question. It is obvious that the
proportion which the engagement of the pawls with their pulley bears to a rotation
of the radial arm, is proportional to the radial projection of the roller. Advantage
is taken of this, to provide the arm and its sliding block with a scale and index, so
that by adjusting the position of the block in the slot by means of the screw, the
respective durations of the motion of the feed rollers and their intermittence can
be regulated as may be desired.

page_text: Referring to the fifth part of the invention, the die and its counterpart are fixed
in the machine to stand vertically, so that the webs drop between them from the
feed rollers. The said die and counterpart are held to their respective bases by
means of mortice and tenon devices on the respectively adjacent devices of both,
so that both die and counterpart can be slid vertically into and out of the machine
and held vertically therein without the use of cramps, holding bolts or the like.
A horizontal shaft carries an eccentric. The strap of this eccentric is connected
by a knuckle joint with a block. This block is held to the travelling base or frame
to which the die or the counterpart is affixed as aforesaid, by a sliding tapered
piece with which both the block and the said base or frame engage by means of
tongues and grooves parallel with the direction of the taper. A hand wheel and
screw device, with a locking device, are provided to adjust the taper piece in any
position and to lock it therein.
To accomplish the sixth object of the invention, an air cylinder is provided which
is kept charged with air at a suitable pressure, by means of a bellows or pump
driven by any suitable type of gear from a rotating shaft in the machine. A
delivery pipe is led from it to the face of both die and counterpart. At the
moment when the impression is completed, a tappet opens a stop valve on or to
each pipe, with the result that a blast of air is delivered between the faces of the
die and counterpart and the sheets, respectively, in touch with them, so that the
said sheets are freed from the die and counterpart and can fall freely through
the machine.
The cutting off mechanism and the provision for cutting the embossed web off of
the desired length-the seventh part of the invention are as follows. The webs
drop down between two opposed blades. One of these is advanced over the other,
shear-wise, at the right moment, by the forward motion of the travelling base or
frame acting through a suitable half crank and link mechanism, and returned by
the reverse motion. The bed which carries the knives is fitted to rise and fall
upon vertical guides under the action of a hand wheel, worm wheel and pinion and
screw gear. The cut off stuff falls on to a jigging shoot which projects the work
into a suitable receptacle.
Our invention is described above as embodied in a vertical machine whereby the
weight of the aggregated webs becomes a factor in travelling them to and through
the machine. It must, however, be borne in mind, that a horizontal machine,
i.e., one consisting of the same mechanisms co-ordinated in such a way that the
aggregated webs travel to and through it, either or both, horizontally, or at any
angle intermediate of vertical and horizontal, is equally within the scope of our
invention. According as the more or less horizontal type prevents the weight of
the aggregated webs from acting as a factor in travelling them, do we make use
of any of the usual devices of the roller, tape or other type for travelling the
said webs.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1894.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Machines for Embossing, Piercing, Raising, or
Cutting Paper, Cardboard, and other analogous Material.
We, ALFRED THROWER of No. 1 Chalcot Gardens, Haverstock Hill, Mechanical
Engineer, JOHN JOYCE of No. 7 Milbourne Terrace, Lower Edmonton, Engineer,
and MANSELL, HUNT, CATTY AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Cressy Road,
Hampstead, Manufacturers, all in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the

page_text: e.g., by hangers b', 6' pendant from the beam a³ already mentioned. These rollers
are faced with rubber or analogous material to give them "bite." A suitable
device is also provided for the purpose of keeping their peripheries in touch with
each other. This is shewn as consisting of a weight 6 freely pendant from a
loop 6 the loose ends of which embrace the top bearings of the top roller b. The
function of these rollers is to emit all the webs at the same rate, in fact as if they
were a single web, thereby preventing any irregularity in the rate at which any
reel, as compared with its neighbours, parts with its web, reaching the feed rollers
of the machine. The said rollers are, therefore, driven at a suitable speed from a
convenient pulley on one of the shafts of the machine, and preferably by means of
non-slipping (e.g., toothed or chain) gearing. This gearing consists of a chain
wheel 6 fast on the end of the main shafts, a chain from it to a second chain
wheel axially coincident with and fast to a spur pinion having its bearing
in a hanger and gearing with a second pinion 68 on a prolongation of the shaft of
the bottom roller b. 68, 610 are a pair of spur pinions providing for the rotation of
the top roller b at the same rate as the bottom one. From these rollers (b, b,) the
webs, now travelling at a rate common to them all are led towards a shrouded
drum c journalled in hangers c¹, c¹. From there they are led in a downward
direction to the above mentioned feed rollers d, d' of the machine, they being
led, on their way thither, in a zigzag direction through a grid c². Now the said
feed rollers draw the webs into the machine, as the latter wants it. The machine
demands it intermittently and it sometimes happens that, when the feed rollers d, d¹
stop suddenly at the end of their feeding motion, there is a slack left in the webs
between the said rollers and the drum c. Further, a certain amount of slack in
this last mentioned portion of the webs is necessary to provide for the enjoyment
of the third part of the invention. To take up this slack and keep the webs taut,
there is provided a tension device which pulls upon a constant bight in the webs
between the rollers b, b and the drum c. This tension device consists of a roller c³
as long as the webs are wide, and shrouded at both its ends, a stirrup c¹ supported
by the ends of the roller c and weights c adjustable in respect both of amount and
position. The dotted and full lines of Figure 1 illustrate the action of this tension
device. When the machine feeds, the bight and roller are pulled up. As soon as
the feed rollers d, d' stop, any slack left by them in the webs is taken up by the
pull and drop of the tension device. c, care a pair of steadying bars, opposed to
the tendency of the roller c³ to travel towards the grid cand, consequently,
adapted to prevent it-the tension device-swinging. A substitute device adapted
to take up the above mentioned slack, consists of a horizontal arın carried across
the webs about half way, or thereabouts, between the drum c and the feed
rollers d, d', by vibrating arms pivotted one on each side of the machine on any
suitable centres, e.g., the ends of the axles of the said feed rollers. A light spring
fast by its base to a fixed point independent of the arms, is adapted to keep the
arm pulled over against the webs thereby providing for the slack being taken up,
and, further, adapted to yield again before the pull of the feed rollers d, d' upon
the webs.
3. ACCESS TO THE DIE AND COUNTerpart.
This third part of the invention is illustrated in Figures 1, 4 and 9, more
particularly in the latter. d, d¹ are the above mentioned feed rollers of the
machine. They are of the same diameter and are covered with indiarubber or

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DUC corresponding position, IS
Illustrated in
4. DRIVING THE FEED ROLLERS d, d¹.
This part of the invention is illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9. The rotary
motion necessary to the feed rollers d, d' is an intermittent one, stopping during the
operative act (e.g., embossing) of the machine. It is imparted to the roller d,
the one which rotates in fixed bearings-by the following mechanism. On any of
the horizontal shafts of the machine running at a lower level than the last
mentioned feed roller, preferably on the main shaft s because of its relative
position, there is mounted and made fast to it an arm g. This arm is adjustable in
respect of its radial projection from its axis. The effective radial projection in
question is shewn as being the distance from the axis of the arm g to the outside
of a friction roller o' which is carried by the side of the said arm so as to rotate in
a plane parallel with that of its rotation. The radial projection in question is
adjustable by means of a block g² to which is made fast the axis of the friction
roller g, a radial slot g³ in the arm g and an adjusting screw 9 having its nose fast
to, subject to a capacity for turning freely in, the said block and adapted to work
in and through a nut in the outer end of the arm 9. 96 is a rising and following
bar having a rack g' along its lower upper edge. The object of this rack will
appear further on.
It is through this bar that the motion of the main shafts is
transmitted to the feed roller d, such motion being on its way to the latter, made
intermittent in the manner and by the means next described. 98 is a transverse
ledge near and fast to the lower end of the bar g' and always resting upon the
roller g'. This ledge is long enough to prevent jerking when the roller engages
with it as well as when it leaves it. 9 is a loop extending from the opposite or
lower side of the ledge. It is of the proper width to embrace the projecting end
of the main shaft s, and of a thickness to move freely up and down between a boss
upon the adjacent side frame d³, and the boss of the arm 9, which two serve to
prevent lateral motion of the bar 9° as it is alternately raised and allowed to fall
by the revolution of the radial arm g. The internal length of this loop g' is that
of the maximum rise or fall of the said bar.
The rack 9' is pitched to engage with a pinion which is free to revolve upon
the outer end of the axle of the feed roller d already described, and which axle is
prolonged accordingly. h is a disc likewise free to revolve about the same
prolonged axle end but only in company with the pinion h. For that reason, they
are connected by a sleeve h³-see Figure 3. The rack g' is kept in engagement
with the pinion partly by the weight of the bar 9-note how the relative
positions of the main shaft and of the shaft of the feed roller d, impose an oblique
position upon the said bar-and partly by the short arm of the bell crank lever h³.
The operative end of this short arm is an antifriction roller which is kept
constantly in touch with the back of the bar g'. The lever h³ has its fulcrum upon
the end of the feed drum axle, and the position of the roller is made adjustable
by the provision of an arcual slot in the outer end of the longer arm of the
lever, which slot embraces a screwed stud fast to the side frame, projecting
through the said slot and carrying a tightening nut h. The bell-crank lever and

page_text: its addenda above described, may be replaced by a spiral spring having one of its-
ends made fast to the bar g and the other to a fixed point on one of the side
frames d³ so as to be in constant tension. One of the rotations imparted to the
pinion h-either that due to its rise or the one caused by its fall-is communicated
to the shaft of the feed roller d as follows. h' is a pulley made fast to the said
shaft and between it, either through its periphery or through its side, and the
disc h' there is established an automatic engaging and disengaging device capable-
of holding the pulley h' to the dise A and pinion h when the rack g' moves in one-
direction, and to keep them disconnected during the motion of the said rack in the
other direction. The present invention includes any form which the device in-
question may take. The one illustrated consists of a V groove in the periphery of
the pulley and a pair of pawls he, he carried by the disc ' at opposite ends of a
diameter of it and at a proper distance from itself to stand in the said V groove..
Each pawl is eccentric to its own axis. Consequently, the rotation of the dise
in one direction makes them slip along the groove, and in the other, forces them
into immediate engagement with it. Such being the necessary functions of the
said device, it is evident that the type just described has for an equivalent a circle
of ratchet teeth in lieu of the V groove and spring actuated pawls engaging with
the teeth of such circle, in lieu of the eccentric pawls h³, ha. It is obvious that the
proportion which the engagement of the said device bears to a rotation of the radial'
arm g, is proportional to the radial projection of the roller g'. Advantage is
taken of this, to provide the said arm and its sliding block 9 with a scale and
index, see Figure 1-so that by adjusting the position of the said block g
in the slot g³ by means of the screw 9, the respective durations of the motion
of the feed rollers d, d' and their intermittence can be regulated as may be
desired.
5. ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE DIE AND ITS COUNTERPART.
The fifth part of the invention is illustrated in Figures 4 and 5. i is the die
and the counterpart. Both are supported vertically in the machine in order that
the webs may drop between them from the feed rollers d, d. Both die and
counterpart are held to their respective frames 22, 23, by the engagement of their
side edges, duly bevelled for that purpose, in under cut recesses in the respective
vertical faces of such frames, as clearly illustrated in Figure 5. This type of
engagement dispenses with cramps, bolding bolts and similar devices.
The frame of the counterpart is fortified against the stress of the die by
several transverse webs which, in addition to being incorporated with the
vertical portion of the said frame, are incorporated across their ends with the side
flanges or webs of the said frame through which it is securely bolted to the side
frames d³ of the machine.
is the frame of the die. It is fortified in the same way as that of the
counterpart, and as it must have a motion to and from the counterpart, its foot,
is of a sufficiently increased area and there is provided a special shelf extending
from one side frame d³ to the other of them, upon which such foot can slide.
Suitable guiding slots and studs are provided. The to and fro motion of the die i
is imparted to it from the main shaft of the machine through an eccentric sheave
fast on it, its strap i, a radial extension of the said strap in the direction of the
die, a block; held to the back of the frame and a knuckle joint between the said
block and the radial extension aforesaid. 2, jare rearwardly projecting cheeks
from the frame slotted longitudinally along their, respectively, opposite faces, to
receive the block; and the holding bolt 3, as indicated in Figures 4 and 7.
The adjustment of the distance between the die i and the counterpart is provided
for as follows. is a wedge. It engages with the frame by means of a pair of
straight ridges jo, jo, one on each side of it. These engage in grooves 18, one in
each cheek, 1,, are a second pair of ridges on the wedge and they engage
in grooves, in the block j. It is to be noted that it is these two pairs of

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ridges that are the two operative surfaces of the wedge, and that it is their
engagement in their respective pairs of grooves j, j, j,, that provides for the
distance between the die and the axis-say-of the bolt 2, being adjusted.
Obviously, the-wedge jt must under the general circumstances of the construction
illustrated work vertically. For that reason, it is made fast by a suitable connection
to the end of a screw working through a nut k held out by a bracket k' projecting
in a rearward direction from the top of the frame. The nut k is fitted with
a set screw k³ to hold the screw j in its adjusted position in the said nut.
-as
6. FREEING THE WORK FROM THE DIE AND COUNTERPART.
This sixth part of the present invention is illustrated in Figures 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9.
is an air cylinder fixed on the side of the machine. It is kept charged through
the delivery pipe with compressed air by a bellows 2 which may stand-
indicated in Figure 9-upon the floor of the machine room. 1 is the lever by
which the bellows is made to inject its contents into the cylinder 1. It has its
fulcrum in the top of a standard 1. is the connecting rod from one arm of it to
the top of the bellows. The opposite arm of the lever stands in the path of a
cam which actuates the lever in oue direction at each revolution, while it is
actuated in the other (or bellows charging) direction, by a spring 17. 18, 19 are a
pair of delivery pipes from the cylinder to the die i, and counterpart i¹, respectively.
Each is led along the top of the die or counterpart-as the case may be-and down
each side of it as illustrated in Figure 8. The two pipes m, m, along the sides
are flattened and slit along their inner i.c., respectively opposite, edges. The slits
deliver in planes parallel with and close to the flat faces of the respective die and
counterpart, and where the compression between the two latter will have the effect
of making the margins of the webs move a little away therefrom. m¹ is a finger
carried by the spur wheel &. Once in each cycle of the machine, it engages the
spring controlled valve m³ which normally holds the delivery pipes, closed and
opens it, whereupon the resilience of the compressed air produces four blasts from
the pipes m, m, which blasts force their way between the outer webs and the
respective die and counterpart, separating the former (the webs) from the latter,
(die and counterpart) whereupon the machined webs are free to fall down as the
die is moved away from the counterpart.
A modified mechanism for detaching the webs (but from the counterpart i¹ only)
is illustrated in Figure 1. t is a cam (already mentioned in connection with the
mechanism for driving the feed rollers d, d¹) and e¹ is a lever having its fulcrum
in e a fixed point on the side frame d³ and an antifriction roller e in constant
contact with the periphery of the cam t, the front portion of the lever e¹ with its
addenda being heavy enough to maintain this contact. The front end of the said
lever is adjustably connected by a link e with an arm e fast on the end of a
horizontal rod e which extends across the front of the machine and is adapted to
trim in suitable bearings formed thereon. The two ends e' (both angled at 90° and
in the same direction, so standing parallel with each other) of a light bar as long
as the webs are wide and standing normally near to the webs and just above the
machine, are made fast to the rod e. The cam t is timed to admit the roller e
into its drop e immediately after the machining of the webs whereupon the
light bar is jerked against the latter with force enough to push them, away from
the counterpart.
7. REGULATING THE POSITION OF THE PLANE IN WHICH THE WEBS ARE
CUT OFF.
This seventh next of the munand

page_text: correspondingly screw threaded sleeve to which is made fast, in an axially
co-incident position with both sleeve and column,a mitre :pinion of. Each front
corner of the table :n is enlarged into a socket. which embraces the respective
sleeve o in such a way that the latter can move in a circular.direction in the-said
socket, but must carny the said socket with it in respect of any vertical motion.
The two mitre pinions o*, o' are actuated by a hand wheel of and worm.o'.fast.on
the shaft o, the said worm gearing in a worm-wheelo fast on a shaft p on which
-are.made.fast a pair of mitre pinions,p', p':gearing with the pinions of, o¹, already
described. The rear edge of the table carries two sets of fingers.pl, p². Each
set consists of four, and these are arranged in pairs so as to stand. two on each side
of the respective rear column.o', two above and two below a half.crank p³ capable
of a sliding motion up and down the said column.equal to the maximum motion of
the table n. The knives p, pare: carried both more or less directly, by.the.table n.
The former is adjustably held in a fixed position on the top of the table. The
latter is held in a fixed position on the top of a slide p which is capable of a
to and fro motion upon the table n past guiding studs p, p, which are fast to the
table and stand up through slots p, p, in the slide. The knife p' consequently
receives the to and fro motion upon the table n and as it is carried on 'the slide
with its bottom side only just clear of the edge of the fixed knife, it works over
the latter with a shearing action adapted to slice through the webs with a clean
cut. The above mentioned to and fro motion. is imparted to the knife p³ by means
of the following mechanism which is driven directly from and by.the die frame. i².
9, 9, 9, 9 are four dogs fast on the foot of the said frame. These dogs are
arranged in.two pairs, a. pair on each side of the said foot --see Figures 12 and 5.
q, qare half cranks each fast on the top.of the respective rear column.o' which is
continued up through the top of the machine base to receive it and each presenting
its nose between the dogs of the respective pair-see Figure 5. The half
cranks pp already.described are held to the respective columns against motion
about. them, by feathers entered into grooves 9,9. It will be noticed that the
cranks p³, p³, and the cranks q', q', are aligned with each other, respectively, and
project from the same sides of the respective columns. The object of this,is.to
make: them move through.co-incident arcs. The outer ends of the half cranks g', 9',
are connected to the slide p. and the knife p³ by links q, q%. Consequently, when
the die i is pushed against the counterpart.,.the rear dogs y engage and work the
half cranks q, q', the columns are turned, the half-cranks p³, Pi, rocked, and the
knife p pushed in the same direction over the edge of the knife p, thereby effecting
the clean slice already mentioned. The plane of this is supposed to have already
been fixed by the-hand wheel of.
9.
It not unfrequently happens, that the pendent (not. the cut off).webs.are inclined
to stick to the edge of the fixed knife p¹. To detach them therefrom, there is
provided a plate which is carried with its rear face flush with the elge of the
knife.p, by pins 9, 9, adapted to slide through the fixed vertical plate under
the pressure of the web as it is being cut by the knives p, p, in one direction, and
in the other by a returning spring of any suitable type inserted between the two
plates g, 9. The machined and cut off pieces drop on to.a'jigger.q' which.is carried
by lugs g pendent.from the .under face of the slide.p.
DRIVING TRAIN.
This is illustrated in Figures 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. and 9. It does not, however,form

page_text: before the obstruction caused by a block or choke in the machine itself or between
the pulley and the machine, and to thereupon let the said pulley then run loose
on its shaft. The motion of the said shaft is transmitted to the main shaft s
through a pinion s fast on the counter shaft r, gearing in a spur wheels fast
on an intermediate shaft & adapted to run in bearings on the side frames and a
spur pinion fast on the said shafts and gearing in the spur wheel so fast on the
main shaft s.
Our invention is described above as embodied in a vertical machine whereby the
weight of the aggregated webs becomes a factor in travelling them to and through
the machine. It must, however, be borne in mind, that a horizontal machine,
i.e., one consisting of the same mechanisms co-ordinated in such a way that the
aggregated webs travel to and through it, either or both, horizontally, or at any
angle intermediate of vertical and horizontal, is equally within the scope of our
invention. According as the more or less horizontal type prevents the weight
of the aggregated webs from acting as a factor in travelling them, do we make
use of any of the usual devices of the roller, tape or other type for travelling
the webs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion;
of web reel or reels and devices for checking their speed, as set forth.
2. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion of rollers for emitting the webs in the direction of the die and counterpart
at the same rate; as set forth.
3. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion ;.
of web reels and rollers for emitting the webs in the direction of the die and
counterpart at the same rate; as set forth.
4. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion;
of web reels; devices for checking their speed; and rollers for emitting the webs
in the direction of the die and counterpart at the same rate; as set forth.
5. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion;
of web reel or reels, and mechanism for providing slack in the web or webs, and
for taking it up as required; as set forth.
6. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion ;
of web reels; rollers for emitting the webs in the direction of the die and counter-
part; and mechanism for providing slack in the web, and for taking it up as
required; as set forth.
7. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion;
of web reels; devices for checking their speed; rollers for emitting the webs in
the direction of the die and counterpart, and mechanism for providing slack in the
web or webs and for taking it up as required; as set forth.
8. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion;
of bearings for the journals of one of the said rollers in the ends of arms capable
of being swung about the axis of the other of the said rollers; as set forth.
9. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed rollers
adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent motion;
of bearings for the journals of one of the said rollers in the ends of arms capable

page_text: of being swung about the axis of the other of the said rollers, and devices for
supporting the said arms and one roller in their normal positions; as set forth.
10. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion; of vertical die and counterpart; mechanism by which the feed roller-
immediately over them can be swung away from them so as to give access to them
without disengaging it from its fellow feed roller and the webs between them; as
set forth.
11. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or wehs into the machine with an intermittent
motion, of the mechanism for driving the said feed rollers; as set forth.
12. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion of the mechanism for driving the said feed rollers; the vertical die and
counterpart, and the mechanism for providing access thereto; as set forth.
13. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion of the mechanism for driving the said feed rollers; the vertical die and
counterpart; the mechanism for providing access thereto; and the mechanism for
adjusting the distance between the said die and counterpart; as set forth.
14. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion of the die and counterpart and mechanism for adjusting the distance-
between them; as set forth.
;
15. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion; of the die and counterpart; mechanism for moving the die to and from
the counterpart; cutting off mechanism and mechanism for operating the latter by
the to and fro motion of the said die; as set forth.
16. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion of the die and counterpart; mechanism for moving the die to and from
the counterpart; mechanism for adjusting the distance between them; cutting off
mechanism, and mechanism for operating the latter by the to and fro motion of
the said die; as set forth.
17. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion; of the cutting mechanism and mechanism for operating it by the to and
fro motion of the die; as set forth.
18. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion of the die and counterpart; mechanism for driving the feed rollers;
die and counterpart; mechanism for moving the former to and from the latter;
mechanism for adjusting the distance between them; cutting off mechanism;
mechanism for working the latter from the to and fro motion of the die; and
mechanism for adjusting the plane in which the cut is effected; as set forth.
19. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion; of mechanism for adjusting the plane in which the cut is effected; as set
forth.
20. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion; of rising and falling table; mechanism for adjusting its position; and
cutting mecbanism carried on the said table; as set forth.
21. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted to draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion; of mechanism for imparting a shearing motion to one of the knives from

page_text: the-traversing die frame and devices by which that shearing motion can be imparted
irrespectively of. the height of the table; as set forth.
22. In a machine of the class specified, the combination with a pair of feed
rollers adapted.to.draw the web or webs into the machine with an intermittent
motion of die and counterpart and mechanism for freeing the machined web or
webs from either or from. both; as set forth.
23. "The hereinbéfore described mechanism for regulating the plane in which the
cut is effected.
-24. The herein before described mechanism for freeing the work from the die and
counterpart or from the counterpart only.
25. The hereinbefore described mechanism for adjusting the distance between
the die and the counterpart.
26. The hereinbefore described.mechanism for driving the feed rollers.
27. The herein before described mechanism for providing access to the space
between the die and 'the counterpart.
28. The herein before described mechanism for preventing irregularities in the
rates at which the reels are revolved, reaching the feed rollers of the machine.
29. The herein before described mechanism for regulating the speeds of the web
reėls.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1805
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
No. 22 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.